Teachers, Pundits to Discuss Italian-American Public Art in NY Seminar
“Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces: Reinterpreting Italian American Public Art in New York City” is the title of the new seminar scheduled in New York, next June. Funded by the federal agency National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and conceived and organized by Rebecca Bauman, Associate Professor of Italian at the Department of Modern Language...
La Befana's January Journey: Captivating the Hearts of St. Raymond Elementary School: from Italy to the Bronx
St. Raymond Elementary School in Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY recently experienced a magical day filled with excitement, joy, and valuable life lessons as they hosted not one but two captivating bilingual shows for grades K-8. Incanto Productions, Italian Queens-based theater company, specialized in multicultural and multilingual productions for schools...
Longtime St. John's Administrator Reflects on 61 Years of Building Bridges and Cultivating Relationships
That was how Joseph Sciame ’71Ed, Vice President, Office of Community Relations, encapsulated more than six decades as a St. John’s University student, administrator, and integral member of the campus community, one most often tasked with fostering positive relationships with the diverse groups outside the University’s walls. As an undergraduate st...
Loggia Glen Cove Honors Glen Cove High School Senior Virginia Graziosi
One of Glen Cove High School’s outstanding seniors, Virginia Graziosi, was honored at Loggia Glen Cove’s December Membership meeting. During the well-attended gathering, Marianne Prince, a representative of OSDIA (Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America) New York State Commission for Social Justice, presented Virginia Graziosi with a certifica...
UFT Italian-American Heritage Committee dinner
The last time the UFT Italian-American Heritage Committee hosted a dinner, UFT founder George Altomare and longtime Bronx district representative Patricia Filomena — both former committee chairs — were in attendance. And while both died this year, they were on the minds of all 35 members in attendance at Mario’s Restaurant in the Bronx on Oct. 26 a...
Prestigious Award to Simona Rodano for Contributions to Italian Heritage and Culture In Queens, New York
On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 in a highly anticipated ceremony, award winning artist and producer Simona Rodano was set to be honored with a prestigious award from the esteemed Comm. Joseph Sciame, a prominent member of the St. John's Preparatory School Board, as well as the President and Chair of the Italian Heritage Culture Month Committee in Ne...
Da Vinci Society at Wagner College breaks attendance records at 18th annual showcase of Italian-Americans on Staten Island
The Da Vinci Society at Wagner College recently made waves within the community as it celebrated Italian Heritage Month by hosting its 18th annual Scholarship Dinner Gala in Nicotra’s Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn on September 28. The event's resounding success not only broke attendance records – bringing together more than 500 students, facult...
Botticelli Week at Stony Brook U. Focuses on the Artist’s Depiction of Hair
Sandro Botticelli was a renowned Italian painter of the Renaissance who had a distinctive style of depicting hair in his portraits of women. He is best known for his iconic painting, The Birth of Venus, that shows the goddess arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown, ankle-length hair a glorious mass of w...
‘Awe-inspiring’ Italy leaves impression
To experience the finest Italian Renaissance art anywhere, there’s no finer place to visit than Florence, Italy. That’s what keeps drawing State University of New York at Fredonia students each summer to Art History 390: Arts of Italy, a study abroad course taught by Department of Visual Arts and New Media Associate Professor Peter Tucker. Beginnin...
Borrello Proposes Italian History Lessons In Schools
There are several pieces of legislation introduced each year in the state Legislature to require schools to teach the history other than basic world or United States history. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, is adding Italian history to that list with S.7618. The bill, like the others, would direct that state education commissioner to requ...
Gabriella Sanna Named Next Executive Director of Hoff-Barthelson Music School
Hoff-Barthelson Music School announces the appointment of Gabriella Sanna as its next Executive Director as of January 1, 2024, following the retirement of current Executive Director Ken Cole on December 31 of this year. Sanna is a visionary leader with a proven track record of program development, enrollment growth, successful fundraising, and rec...
Italian American Women’s Center awards $1,000 scholarships to four Queens, Long Island students
The Italian American Women’s Center awarded four graduating high school students from Long Island and Queens with $1,000 in scholarships. The scholarships were presented to each student during a luncheon at Uncle Bacala’s in Garden City on July 23. The students — Angelo Cangero, Sophia Ieraci, Jack Longobucco and Lauren Stea — earned the scholarshi...