Taste Italy at Endicott’s Gusto Festival
Palma Longo can close her eyes and savor the aromas and tastes that she says helped define the Italian-American neighborhoods she grew up in on Endicott's North Side. "You'd walk down the street at Oak Hill Avenue and you'd smell the spiedies cooking outside," she said. "Everyone had a great barber and a garden in the backyard — tomatoes,...
Italian foreign exchange student excited for American school experience
For high school students, one of the most exciting things to experience is the chance to study abroad in a whole new country and be immersed in something very different to their usual norm. If not personally experiencing that themselves, the next best thing is getting to know someone who is a foreign exchange student. This year, Fillmore C...
JoAnn Falletta to receive Columbus Day honor
JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's music director, can chalk up a lot of awards and achievements. On Columbus Day, though, she will receive an honor that strikes especially close to home. Falletta is going to be honored by the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York at their 107th Annual Columbus Day...
Italian Christmas Market
Friday, Dec. 5 & Saturday, Dec. 6 - 10 to 6 pm / Sunday, Dec. 7-12 to 4pm American Italian Heritage Museum • 1227 Central Ave • Albany, NY 12205 Share this truly old Italian Tradition with us. Our Museum rooms will be filled with many items. Decorations Unique Gifts for Children & Adults Ceppos (some fully decorated) Italian Music CD's -...
Elena Attala-Perazzini: "The Writer's Assistant" and "Via da Noi, Away from Us"
by Annie Shapiro After her three publications in Italy, two novels and one collection of stories, Elena presented for the first time in New York two of her works. The unusual and interesting backdrop was of the event were a hundred and fifty early ink and graphite drawings by Andy Warhol exhibited for the first time ever at Anton Kern Gal...
Music, Fascism, and the Holocaust
Thu, Feb 5, 2015, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmREGISTERThe Italian Academy - 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (Just south of 118th Street)With Michael Beckerman (NYU) and Harvey Sachs (Curtis Institute of Music). Europe and the United Nations commemorate the victims of the Shoah each winter on the date of Auschwitz's liberation in...
Pazzi da emigrare: le conseguenze psicologiche della vita da immigrati in uno spettacolo e un dibattito
Dell'esperienza dell'emigrazione-immigrazione tanto si è detto e scritto ma di quel processo di trasformazione restano tuttora in ombra le conseguenze psicologiche. Eppure il distacco, l'abbandonare ciò che si conosce per l'ignoto, il lasciare le sicurezze per una realtà in cui bisogna reinventarsi e ricostruire una propria identità, è un...
Mario Batali Unveils Menu at Forthcoming New York Restaurant
by Joanna Fantozzi Get ready for a new Mario Batali restaurant.The menu for Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's upcoming mega 474-seat restaurant inside (and outside) the Maritime Hotel in New York has finally been revealed. The proposed menu was unveiled at a community board meeting. It will include separate breakfast, brunch, lunc...
A Look at the 108th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in Long Island City
Saturday, September 5th, my friends and I joined members of the Società Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna at Saint Mary's Church in Long Island City, New York, to celebrate the 108th Annual Feast of the Madonna Addolorata. Thank you Emily, Rosetta, Celeste and all the members of the society for your warmth and hospitality, we had...
DIFFRACTION Exhibition Opening and THE FAT MAN ARPEGGIOS Book Presentation
OCTOBER 05, 2015 - 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 DIFFRACTION Works by Lucio Pozzi. The Diffraction paintings are small works on board Pozzi started about 4 years ago. In each he improvised, adding freely brushed demi-gloss acrylic areas onto a ground of matte 'flashe...
November Events at the American Italian Heritage Association in Albany, NY
Veteran's Day celebrationOur Veteran's Day celebration will take place on Wednesday. November 11th, lunch at 12 noon and we will show "Basilone - Marine Corps Legend & American Hero." The cost for the lunch is $5. Your check is your reservation. Reservations must be made by November 9th St. Frances Xavier Cabrini CelebrationSt. Frances...
Catered Italian St. Joseph Table Feast set for March 13 at Ascension Parish, Batavia
A traditional Italian feast catered by Bing's Restaurant, of Amherst, will be available for a St. Joseph Table event at Ascension Parish beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 13. Proceeds will aid ministry and outreach to area veterans, elderly and youth in the City of Batavia. Space is limited to 250! Cost is $25 per person if you buy tick...