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The Columbus Day Parade Committee named Vincent Vetrini as the grand marshal of this year's event, while Joseph Luciano received the Monsignor Anthony Maltese Humanitarian Award and Scott Mikos was named recipient of the DiRubba Community Service Award. Vetrini, a longtime supporter of the Columbus Day Parade Committee, is the co-founder of the Ea...

Il Venetian Heritage Council ha deciso di procedere ad una raccolta fondi per il restauro dell'antico ghetto di Venezia ( https://vh-council.org/). L'iniziativa sarà presentata alla stampa il prossimo 10 novembre al Consolato Generale di New York. Per l'occasione interverranno Joseph Sitt e Diane von Furstenberg, presidente e vice presidente d...

CARLO GRANTEto Perform the Second Concert in His Series"MASTERS OF HIGH ROMANTICISM"Schumann – The Piano Sonatasat Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall - Monday, December 15, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Italian pianist Carlo Grante will present the second of three concerts in his series "Masters of High Romanticism" on Monday, December 15, 2014, at Lincoln Cente...

Raccontare identità e rappresentazione degli Italoamericani non è mai stata impresa facile. E lo ha confermato anche la presentazione del libro di Maria Laurino The Italian Americans. A History che si è tenuta la scorsa settimana alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della New York University. Il libro accompagna l'omonimo documentario della PBS diret...

By Ravender Sembhy   Ferrari is accelerating towards a stock market listing after its parent firm filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which owns the Italian luxury sports car maker, has mandated UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Santander to act as underwriters as it looks...

Seeking musicians, performance artists, actors, singers, writers, graphic artists, readers, jugglers, acrobats, original acts.   The upcoming San Gennaro Feast is the largest and most visible annual Italian cultural expression in New York City. The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge, through the auspices of its Chaplain Msgr. Sakano, has hosted an I...

October 15 (Thursday) 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Congressman: Vito Marcantonio Champion of Immigrant Rights.  Vito Marcantonio served as a congressman for East Harlem from 1934-50. During, this time he forged a powerful alliance between the Italian and Puerto Rican communities. His advocacy for immigrant rights was a central part of his leadership...

By Rob Bailey A new Italian-American indie flick hits close to home. The stereotype-skewering "Friends and Romans" — now playing a limited run this week at UA Stadium 16 in Mariners Harbor — was filmed on Staten Island. Screenwriter Gregg Greenburg says iconic borough locations such asAriemma's Deli and Goodfellas pizzeria are featured. &nbs...

By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Era il 1999 quando decisi di intraprendere la professione di docente e insegnante di italiano nelle scuole pubbliche di New York. Allora non conoscevo i requisiti per ottenere l'abilitazione dallo Stato, perciò dovetti iscrivermi a molte classi per sapere come e quando fare domanda per essere abilitata all'insegnament...

A linebacker for the Green Bay Packers understood exactly why we love the enduring, family-run Italian restaurant. The October 1974 issue of Esquire magazine included a feature on where N.F.L. players liked to eat, in which that linebacker, Jim Carter, gave this description of a Chicago favorite: "Food keeps coming, and they're insulted if you don'...

The Galbani Little Italy Festival, a celebration of the Little Italy Neighborhood in Gates, will be held Aug. 12-14 at Gates Memorial Park, 160 Spencerport Road, Rochester. The festival will feature live entertainment will be provided by La Muralla, Mambo Kings, Fever: The Wrath of Polyester, Joey and Maria's First Ever Comedy Wedding, Ignite! and...

"La competitività delle aziende italiane: innovazione, internazionalizzazione e finanza" è il titolo del dibattito che si terrà questa sera a New York alle 18 (ora locale) alla New York University nella Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. A discuterne saranno il Vice Direttore Generale della Banca d'Italia Salvatore Rossi, il direttore generale di Linco...