Tony Danza's San Gennaro Meatball Contest Will Be Streamed Live to Italy
The annual Feast of San Gennaro turns 90 this year — and to celebrate, it will be broadcast live for the first time in its Italian motherland. Organizers of the beloved neighborhood tradition are setting up cameras throughout the streets of Little Italy to document all 10 days of festivities honoring the patron saint of Naples for online viewe...
An Italian Harlem Notable: Anthony Ravielli- Renowned Illustrator
Anthony (Tony) Ravielli (1 Jul 1916–9 Jan 1997) was born in Italian Harlem. He attended the Textile High School, taught himself anatomy by volunteering at the Bellvue Hospital morgue, and later studied at the Cooper Union and Art Students League. He began his career as a portrait painter, went into advertising, and by the early 1950s had become an...
13th Annual Christmas in Italy at the Washington Irving Campus Auditorium on December 18
When: Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00 PMWhere: Washington Irving Campus Auditorium | 40 Irving Place, (Gramercy Park), NYC, NY 10003Members $50, Non-Members $55 Buy now. Advance ticket purchase required. Join us once again this year for NOIAW Member Cristina Fontanelli's annual Christmas in Italy concert! Special guests include the Children o...
Al Metropolitan Museum Trasparenze "Veneziane" di Carlo Scarpa 1932-1947. Arte vetraria del Novecento da Venezia a New York
Dopo il grande successo di pubblico e critica, la mostra Carlo Scarpa. Venini 1932 – 1947 a cura di Marino Barovier si trasferisce al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York, e con il nuovo titolo di Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company, 1932 – 1947, che rimarrà aperta al pubblico dal 5 novembre 2013 al 2 marzo 2014. La mostra...
Il ricevimento dell'Asilm, onori al corpo diplomatico
Come vuole la tradizione, anche quest'anno la American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit ha voluto onorare i componenti del corpo diplomatico e consolare presenti nella Big Apple con un ricevimento presso la Columbus Townhouse nella Upper East Side. Il Cavaliere di Gran Croce Lucio Caputo, presidente dell'Asilm ha porto il saluto di benvenut...
Ellis Island, l’ospedale dei migranti riapre dopo 60 anni
Via a tour di 10 turisti per volta nei 30 edifici della struttura (ASCA) – New York, 2 set 2014 – Per la prima volta in 60 anni, i turisti che sbarcano a Ellis Island potranno visitare l'Immigrant Hospital: l'ospedale situato a sud est dell'isola che tratteneva i pazienti considerati troppo malati per ottenere l'accesso negli Stati Uniti. ...
Basilica of St. Patrick’s and Two Bridges Unveil Historic Photo Exhibition Then & Now–Evolving Neighborhoods
The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (http://oldcathedral.org/) the city's first Cathedral Church celebrates a 200th anniversary and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council (http://www.twobridges.org/) serving residential, commercial, Manhattan cultural life, unveils Then & Now-Evolving Neighborhoods through September 29, 2014. On Sept...
A Look at the 2014 Feast of Sant'Amato di Nusco, Long Island City, New York
Sunday, September 28th, members of the Società Sant'Amato di Nusco of Long Island City, New York (47-39 Vernon Boulevard) gathered at Saint Mary's Church (10-08 49th Avenue), to celebrate the Annual Mass and Procession in honor of Saint Amato, patron saint of Nusco, Avellino. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks and appreciation to t...
This Sunday at OHA, New York Council For the Humanities' Speaker Salvatore Primeggia on Italian Immigration History
By Onondaga Historical Association In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) presents the lecture Tracing Italian Immigrant History to the Italian American Present by Salvatore Primeggia on February 15th at 2:00 P.M. This lecture is free and open to the general publ...
Gentile, Donovan get endorsements in race for Congress
The Republican and Democratic candidates for the special election on May 5 each garnered additional endorsements recently in their bid for the empty seat formerly held by Michael Grimm. Councilman Vincent Gentile received the endorsement of the Italian American Democratic Leadership Council. "Vinnie Gentile epitomizes all the values...
1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraiser
December 4. 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States. Join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season and the opening of Presepio Napoletano at the first Tombola Gala Fundraising Event. The event will feature: • Live music• Sumptuous specialty dinne...
Italian tenor makes Met Opera debut with 5 minutes notice
Francesco Anile got to make his Metropolitan Opera debut in a T-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers. With 5 minutes notice. The 54-year-old Italian tenor was in the green room during the last act of Saturday's performance of Verdi's "Otello," which was being broadcast on radio throughout the world, when he was told by a stage director that Latv...