September Monthly Meeting and Cultural Presentation. Thursday, September 21st at 7:00pm. The Cultural Presentation to follow. The presenter is Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo and the title of his talk is "Utica, -NY and the 104 Annual Cosmas & Damian Feast." Utica, NY has an interesting Italian American story and the St. Cosmas & Damian Feast is a very...

Tricia Barbagallo is a Member of the American Italian Heritage Association. She holds two Master's Degree in History from the University at Albany, and is 3/4 of the way complete with a Ph.D. in history. She has worked at the Colonial Albany Project since 1987 - rebuilding the lives of Albany citizens born before, and also studies Albany's Colonial...

In Honor Of the Italian Immigrants Who Came To The United States of America: Our 31St Annual St. Joseph Celebration. Thursday, March 16th. The business meeting will start at 7:00pm, followed by Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo's presentation with slides of "St. Joseph Traditions." We will have the traditional St. Joseph Table and this year we will serve...

OUR HISTORY ~ 1979-2014 by Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo   On Tuesday, June 12, 1979 I invited eight Italian American professors to meet with me in the Department of Law lounge at Syracuse University. I had previously read Richard Gambino's book, Blood of My Blood, finding it so powerful that I was compelled to do something to preserve ou...

Philip DiNovo: Was born and raised in Albany and currently resides there. He founded and headed up the Business Administration Department at SUNY Morrisville and taught Business Administration there for 32 years. DiNovo returned to the Capital District 14 years ago after he retired from teaching.   He founded The American Italian Heritage As...

New York is no doubt the State with the highest number of Italian Americans in the country. Nevertheless, even if almost everybody seems to be interested just in New York City, in Upstate New York there is a huge Italian American population. In Albany, the Capital city of the Empire State, about 150 miles north to Manhattan there is plenty of them...

Speakers in the Humanities in association with the American Italian Museum and Associationis proud to present: "Celebrating New York State's Century-old Papa Manteo Sicilian Marionette Tradition and Theater" A Total Sicilian Marionette Demonstration, Talk and Film Presentation by Award-winning TV Producer-Writer-Director and Histori...

The Hon. Vice Consul Comm. Stefano Acunto will be traveling to Albany on Thursday March 26th to be in attendance at TASTES of the World on behalf of the Consul General of Italy and representing the Italian Government. His role is to assist ICCR in honoring Professor/CAV Philip J. DiNovo, President/Director of the American Italian Heritage Associati...

by Debra Santangelo   Professor Philip J. DiNovo is the Founder and President of the esteemed American Italian Heritage Association and the American Italian Heritage Museum in Albany, New York. He has also been knighted by the Italian Government and is a respected figure in America's Italian community. Mr. DiNovo has kindly agreed to provid...

by Danielle Sanzone   If you enjoy food from around the world, you won't want to miss the TASTES of the World, the 2nd Annual International food tasting festival on Thursday. March 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This year's event at the WAMC Linda will honor Prof. Philip J. DiNovo, a former SUNY professor who for 32 years has volunteered h...