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CIMA is proud to host the morning of the last day of the third annual Italian Literary Fiction Festival. The Italian Cultural Institute in New York in collaboration with FUIS (Italian Unitary Writers’ Federation) — THE BRIDGE Book Award  – Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò New York University – CUNY Hunter College – (CIMA) The Center for Italian Modern...

The NYPD honored a retired officer battling terminal cancer Friday evening by providing an ambulance home from the hospital where he was greeted by friends and family in Center Moriches. Joseph Stillitano’s brothers and sisters in blue made sure to be there at his home to celebrate his fighting spirit and dedication to helping those around him. It’...

As late as the 1940s, newspaper stories written about Buffalo’s Italian population were painted with wild strokes of exotic color. “Off in a section of the city where the rays of the sun, on a bright day, glisten down upon dilapidated housetops and seek their way into narrow streets and by-ways with which the place abounds, are colonized a people i...

When you drive on West Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst, you might notice two tall pillars with lions on East and West Riviera drives. Those massive structures are the entrance to American Venice, a project that debuted in 1926 that ties Long Island to Venezia.  Real estate developers Victor Pisani and Isaac Meister designed waterways to mimic the ca...

On March 12, 1909, while on a secret mission in Palermo, Sicily, NYPD Lt. Det. Joe Petrosino was murdered by members of the island’s criminal underworld. Members of the NYPD top brass, New York City dignitaries and family members of Lt. Detective Giuseppe “Joe” Petrosino gathered at his grave in Calvary Cemetery in Queens on Tuesday to mark 115 yea...

You can not tell the story of Italian Americans on Long Island without the first Italian native to settle on our land. That distinction belongs to Pietro Cesare Alberti, who immigrated from Venezia in 1635. Alberti settled in New Amsterdam, the landmass known as Manhattan today and lived on Broad Street with his wife until 1646. He moved to Brookly...

The spectacular exhibition that will open in 378 Broadway, New York is intended to represent a systematic account of Leonardo's life, which is divided into two precise points of interest: one dedicated to the display of graphic sketches devoted to research on the dynamism of water, his interests in engineering studies, the subject of war and that o...

Italian Charities of America - 83-20 Queens Blvd. Elmhurst NY. For information email here. Since 1951 Italian Charities of America's dances are a longstanding tradition to fundraise for our non-profit organization and non-profit building. Our Saturday Night Dances are held in our grand ballroom, and they are great events to dance and socialize with...

Out in movie theaters this week: The new film Cabrini celebrating the life, of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the pioneering nun (now a saint) who became a pillar of compassion and grace for thousands of Italian immigrations in the late 19th century. She was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1946. And her legacy continues to be celebrated in seve...

Magazzino Italian Art in New York presents a new exhibition of the works of Mario Schifano (Homs, 1934 - Rome, 1998), artist, filmmaker and musician. Curated by Filippo Fossati, director of Magazzino, in collaboration with the Mario Schifano Archive and the Maurizio Calvesi Archive, the exhibition entitled Germinal will be on view from March 23 to...

Long Island Italian American leaders have launched the Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island (IAHSLI). This non-profit will serve as a harbinger of advocacy, community engagement, and education for the Italian American community.  As one of the most populated Italian American regions in the United States, Long Island embodies an ethos of...

After five months of negotiations and subsequent proposals, the Private Joseph F. Merrell Jr. - Father Vincent Capdoanno American Legion Post No. 1368, Staten Island, N.Y., was born. The new name became official on the afternoon of Feb. 27 during a solemn ceremony in the banquet room of Jody’s Club Forest in West Brighton — where more than 30 membe...