The 2016 Presidential elections give us the opportunity to talk about the political behavior of the Italian Americans through their experience, from the first days to these years. It is a very interesting topic, which we address by meeting with one of the most prominent experts about this topic, Prof. Stefano Luconi. Watch out, this is going to be...
READ MOREAward-winning poet Louisa Calio directs and hosts the Association of Italian-American Educators Poets & Writers Piazza at Hofstra's 21st Italian Experience, Sponsored by Arba Sicula, at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center and Theater, Hofstra University on Sunday, September 15, 2013 from 12: noon – 5:00pm. Readings by: John Barrale, Gaetano Cip...
READ MOREThe Italian-American Women of Staten Island will stage their annual Women in History Luncheon on Sunday, March 2, at noon, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. Vienna Profeta, the senior vice president of development at Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville, is the honoree. Read more Source: http:/...
READ MOREMore than 100 sports memorabilia photos, every one signed by the athlete, are part of a unique exhibit, a first on Staten Island, that chronicle the rich history of Italian Americans in the world of sports spanning the 20th Century. There are household names, for sure, but many even the most diehard sports enthusiast might not recognize. T...
READ MOREby Giada Valenti Thursday, March 19 - 8 PMMadison Theatre, Rockville Centre, NY Come and join me for the filming of my show From Venice With Love as a television special to air on PBS this summer. I will be performing with a 26 piece orchestra conducted by the incredible Chris Walden composer-arranger. Music producer is Grammy Award winne...
READ MOREThursday, May 7, 2015, 6pmJoseph Sciorra, Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY For more than a century, Italian-American Catholics in New York City have developed a varied repertoire of devotional art and architecture to create sacred spaces in their homes and neighborhoods, spaces outside of but in relationship to the consecrated halls of loc...
READ MORECiao Napoli. A Scrapbook of Wandering in NaplesAuthored by Antoinette Carone, Photographs by Jim Mauro Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 7:00 PM When Antoinette Carone and her husband hatched a plan to relocate to Naples, Italy, they had no inkling that every trip to the market would be a sojourn dating back as far as 2500 years....
READ MOREThe 31st Annual Bravo Italiano Festival kicks off Friday. At the Italian American Club in Watertown, volunteers are busy whipping up more than 600 meals. They're cooking up plenty of pasta and sauce. Usually the event is held at the Fairgrounds Arena, but with the work going on, there they're moving the event in-house. "We're ho...
READ MOREdi Riccardo Chioni Aveva fatto l'ingresso trionfale con la Columbus Parade in ottobre, una sorta di preview in vista del tour a stelle e strisce che mercoledì ha portato il "pezzo di legno made in Italy" più famoso al mondo alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò per la prima di "Pinocchio" nell'interpretazione di Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. &...
READ MORENew York Italians in collaboration with Fordham University, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Department is pleased to announce that starting September 2013 we will create a fund to encourage the study of the Italian language, preserve Italian traditions and benefit students enrolled in Italian programs at Fordham University providing...
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