After National Search York College Appoints Alum Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Panayiotis Meleties, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs of York College/CUNY in Jamaica, Queens, announced today that Dr. Donna Chirico has been appointed Dean of the college's School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Chirico's appointment is especially noteworthy as she is a product of York College both as an alumna and as a facul...
From the Stones to Sunday dinner, proud to be Italian
Poughkeepsie native and Wappingers Falls resident John Regan has played bass with Ace Frehley of Kiss and Peter Frampton. He has recorded with the Rolling Stones and once auditioned for that band's full-time bass slot. He does, however, take an enormous amount of pride in the days he spent playing local clubs around the Hudson Valley....
OSIA honors Sciame
Joseph Sciame received the Order Sons of Italy in America's Guglielmo Marconi Award at the organization's biennial convention in August. The award is presented to an Italian American who has made significant contributions to the United States. Sciame is the vice president for community relations at St. John's University, the president of t...
Talk with Dr. Cynthia Gueli, Author of Lipstick Brigade
September 10 (Thursday) 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Sponsored by National Organization of Italian American Women. NIAF building in Washington, DC. Contact: 212-642-2003. Talk with Dr. Cynthia Gueli, Author of Lipstick Brigade. Greater Washington DC Region of NOIAW. A presentation by author Dr. Cynthia Gueli of her recent book,...
Frank L Monteverde (1868-1938)
Frank Monteverde was the first and only Italian American Mayor of Memphis, TN from 1918 – 1919. He also was the first native Memphian to hold that office. He defeated the "Boss" Crump machine that had held a tight grip on Memphis politics. Many of the local politicians in Memphis at that time were members of the KKK which made his election even mor...
Labor Council to honor Serpico
The Italian American Labor Council will honor one of its own as Man of the Year on Oct. 3 at Alta Villa Banquets in Addison. (312-822-3183, chicagoialc.com) This year's honoree will be IALC President Emeritus Joseph Serpico. A past president of Local 1031 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the retired union services vice...
Since 1919, a Stellar Standard for Italian-American Cuisine in NYC
by John Mariani Mario's is one of those restaurants I look for opportunities to write about, usually in round-ups of my favorite Italian restaurants in New York, best pizzerias, and best restaurants in the Belmont section of the Bronx. So it's about time I spend an entire article in praise of a place that has been such a part of Italian-Am...
Tenor Elio Scaccio comes to Rochester
by Ralph Meranto International Tenor Elio Scaccio comes to Rochester on Friday October 16 at 5:30 pm for an evening of food and music at the Italian American Community Center. A performing artist since early childhood, the release of his first CD "Lettere D'Amore," in 2010, launched a tour of concert halls, clubs, festivals, TV and radio....
Fifty years ago Olivetti’s Programma 101 changed the history of computing (but not the destiny of its Italian creators)
by Paolo Bricco Fifty years ago, Olivetti debuted the Programma 101 at the New York World's Fair. The Wall Street Journal's Oct. 15, 1965 edition was titled: "Desk-Top Size Computer is Being Sold by Olivetti For First Time in US." In 1964, Olivetti was almost bankrupt. A consortium of financial firms, coordinated by the leading banker of 20th-cen...
IT and US: Make in italy - 50 years of italian breakthroughs
WTI Magazine #71 2015 October, 30Author : Maria Teresa Cometto Translation by: Did you know the first personal computer was invented by an Italian? As well as the first microchip and many other breakthroughs in technology. You will find out this and much more, when you visit the new exhibition "MAKE IN ITALY - 50 YEARS OF ITALIAN BRE...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series – November 14, 2015 Featuring Robert Agnoli & Thomas Fucaloro
WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleecker, NY WHEN: Saturday November 14 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm WHO: Robert Agnoli is an author and union organizer. Edge City: The Chronicles Of Bobby A: Un Italian' In the USA is his first collection of poetry. Born in NYC and raised in North Jersey – Clifton, Garfield, Passaic, Paterson, Little...
Rocco R. Bene; headed S. Phila. real estate board
by Walter F. Naedele Philip Buffone started playing Pop Warner football when he was 13. Rocco R. Bene was 14 and on the same South Philadelphia team. "He has been my best friend for 65 years," Buffone said from his home in The Villages, Fla., where Mr. Bene bought a house down the street four years ago. They played for the fo...