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Italian realist playwright Carlotta Corradi was awarded the first Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Playwrights last night, June 24 at the concluding event of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, which was held at Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave.   The award recognizes her new play, "Via dei Capocci," which was given a s...

The Italian American Museum, Its Board Members and President Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa congratulate Uff. Maria T. Fosco on receiving the 2014 Fondazione Dean Martin Award   On Thursday, August 7th, the Dean Martin Foundation of Montesilvano (Pescara, Italy) honored Museum Vice President, Maria T. Fosco with...

Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. and Tuesday, November 18th, 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. / Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013 $60 per person - To register for this workshop, please call the Italian American Museum at (212) 965-9000 or&n...

Dopo più di un anno di attesa l'Istituto di Cultura di New York ha finalmente trovato il suo nuovo direttore. Si tratta dello scrittore Giorgio Van Straten, la cui "chiara fama", criterio che guida la selezione dei rappresentanti della cultura italiana nel mondo, è testimoniata dai numerosi libri pubblicati e dagli incarichi ricoperti in prestigios...

The 93 annual Italian Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is open 6pm - midnight Wednesday through Sunday July 15 - 19 on 8th Street and Highland Avenue in Verplanck. Enjoy Italian food, carnival rides and dancing in the street! New this year: Miss Italia Mount Carmel Pageant for girls 8 - 26. Winners in 3 age categories.   Wednesday at 7 pm....

UNICO Nation the USA's largest Italian American Service organization now has a Harrison Chapter. This is exciting news for all those of Italian decent who pride themselves of their heritage and want to give back to the community. Initially to have a charter for a UNCIO chapter 15 people are needed.   Harrison's Chapter quickly doubled that n...

by Michele Kratts   Niagara Falls is a city of immigrants and — relatively speaking — most of us have not been here for very long. The search for our roots has become much easier thanks to the Internet and modern technology. The world is suddenly quite small. There are databases and DNA tests.   We can reach across the oceans — a...

Award winning photographer, FRANC PALAIA will present a solo show of color photographs of Joseph Bertolozzi's Tower Music project.   If your not familiar with the project, Joe played the Eiffel Tower for two weeks in 2013 and recorded thousands of different sounds by tapping, banging, bopping, scraping and hitting every section of the Eiffel...

By Giovanni di Napoli   Sunday's Feast of Saint Rita of Cascia was a huge success as hundreds gathered at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the festivities. Mass was celebrated by Msgr. David Cassato, who blessed the parishioners and the sea of roses filling the pews.   After Mass, members of the Associazione Cultural...

Thank you to everyone who made our evening in celebration of Janet DiFiore and Maria T. Vullo on June 23, 2016 a tremendous success! We were proud to accomplish their accomplishments and recent appointments by Governor Cuomo. Janet DiFiore was appointed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and Chief Judge of New York State. Maria T. Vullo was a...

The 57th annual Columbus Day Tournament of Bands Parade and Italian Festival is around the corner, and the City of Binghamton announced key details at an event Friday morning. "[The event] allows the city to showcase our wonderful downtown to the entire region," said Binghamton Mayor Rich David, "It's a fun day seeing bands from high schools acros...

New York, New York: Ms. Maria Bartiromo and Hon. Frank J. Guarini, former U.S. Congressman, will be honored at the American Foundation of Savoy Orders' Festa Della Primavera Spring Awards Reception on June 6, 2013 at the Columbus Citizens Foundation, 8 East 69th Street, in New York City. They will receive the Savoy Foundation's First Annual Chivalr...