Saratoga Race Course to Host Italian-American Day on July 30
The New York Racing Association, Inc. will host Italian- American Day at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday, July 30. The event is the second installment in the inaugural International Heritage Series, a weekly celebration of global culture and heritage during the 2014 summer meet. The day-long festivities will feature Italian music, dance,...
Italian American Association Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Thursday, Aug 21 7:00p - American Italian Heritage Museum - Albany, NYA Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony celebrating the opening of our new Italian Cultural Center will be held at 7:00 pm on Thurs, August 21, at American Italian Heritage Association, 1227 Central Ave, Albany, NY. The Center is located on the second floor of our museum &am...
Little Italy Sandwiched between Past and Present
For most immigrant groups the idea of upward mobility is an inevitable byproduct that is caused by the blood, sweat and tears of past generations. In most cases immigrants from the past and present, arrive in the US and yearn for the "American Dream." They aspire to go from "rags to riches" or at least from nothing to something. Most immig...
WALL OF FAME GALA Honoree: Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo
FIFTH ANNUAL WALL OF FAME GALA. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 –6:30 PM GLEN SANDERS MANSION - 1 Glen Ave, Scotia, NY 12302Honoree:Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo Senior Associate Judge NY State Court of Appeals Victoria A. Graffeo, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in Rockville Centre, New York in 1952. Educated in the Sch...
Actor Tony LoBianco Brings To Life Former Mayor Fiorello La Guardia In One Man Show
The year was 1945 and there was a newspaper strike, and former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was reading the Dick Tracy comics on the radio. This weekend, veteran screen and stage actor Tony LoBianco will bring the city's 99th mayor back to life in his one man show called "The Little Flower," 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria reported. ...
Cara Nicoletti, Butcher, Baker and Author
There's a brand-new white Whirlpool refrigerator in Cara Nicoletti's apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ms. Nicoletti, a butcher, a baker and the creator of the literary food blog Yummy Books, is grateful to her landlord for the appliance. Its predecessor "was gross and old and didn't have any shelf space, and I'd been asking for a reall...
Screening: 41 PARALLELO: New Animated Films from Naples
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 - DECEMBER 07, 2015. 06:00 PMScreening: 41 PARALLELO: New Animated Films from Naples. In collaboration with Napoli Film Festival. All the films are in ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles. CHELL' CA SENT [What I feel] (2015, Italy, 3 min.)....
Sean Largotta Announces Holiday Accommodations and Dining at Hotel Hugo
New York City entrepreneur and hospitality mogul, Sean Largotta, announces holiday accommodations and dining at Hotel Hugo, Bar Hugo and Il Principe. The hotel, rooftop bar and upscale Italian restaurant offer guests luxurious amenities and high-end dining in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. "Whether guests are in town spending time with fam...
Joe Petrosino: the Legendary Italian-American Detective who Fought the Mafia in New York
New York City police officer Joe Petrosino stood in Palermo's Piazza Marina, waiting to meet an informant supposed to give him information about the Mafia. No informant ever arrived. Instead, Petrosino was gunned down. Four shots. There ended the life and career of the Italian American who had made it his mission to fight and eradicate organized cr...
Doveroso ricordo di Camillo Cianfarra Jr, grande giornalista di origini abruzzesi
Sono trascorsi esattamente 60 anni dal disastroso affondamento della nave italiana "Andrea Doria". Questo rende doveroso il ricordo di tutte le vittime di quel tragico evento. Pochissimi però sanno che su quella nave viaggiava e morì uno dei più grandi giornalisti abruzzesi: Camillo Massimiliano Cianfarra J. Questi era nato a Long Island nel 1907 m...
Bobby Conte Thornton, Ariana DeBose, and the Bronx Tale Cast in the Recording Studio
The new Broadway musical A Bronx Tale entered the studio this week to recorded the show's original cast album. Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show, written by Chazz Palminteri, is based on his acclaimed solo show and subsequent 1993 film of the same name. A Bronx Tale is set against the...
Staten Island's Candice Guardino uses real life as inspiration for her off-Broadway show
Authors and playwrights, comedians and filmmakers report regularly to the Staten Island's Italian-American franchise.Sometimes, the takeaway is funny and entertaining, as it was a few years back in Anthony Wilkinson's off Broadway romp "My Big Gay Italian Wedding." But a lot of the time, it's just stereotypes: Mob wives and made men, meatballs and...