Arte Programmata: a new book presented by author Lindsay Caplan
Friday, November 18, 2022, 6pm. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10013. General admission tickets: $15. Members & students: Free. Register for this talk. In conjunction with our current exhibition, Bruno Munari: The Child Within, CIMA is hosting a talk by Prof. Lindsay Caplan about her recently published book,...
Fort Drum honors Italian POW with wreath-laying ceremony on National Unity Day
Fort Drum community members gathered at the Prisoner of War (POW) Cemetery on Nov. 4 to place a wreath at the grave of an Italian soldier, in honor of Italy’s Armed Forces Day and National Day of Unity. During the ceremony, Col. James Zacchino Jr., Fort Drum garrison commander, spoke about Pvt. Rino Carlutti, and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Thomas McCort,...
One Summer in 1888, Three Milestones for the Italian-Americans in the South Village
In the latter half of the 19th century, Manhattan and Brooklyn became centers of everyday life for thousands of Italian immigrants entering the United States. Their numbers started off small — the 1860 federal census showed just 1,067 Italian-born people living in New York City and Brooklyn — but grew quickly by the end of the century, almost tripl...
The miracle of St Frances Cabrini: A baby’s sight healed
The story of an American Catholic Saint and the baby of a family from Castletara whose eyesight was restored is virtually unknown in Ireland. The miracle centred around a baby who received horrific damage, albeit accidental, to his eyes. The child would live and one day enter religious life himself. Peter Smith Jnr was born on March 14, 1921, at a...
Memorial Conference Honoring Mario Mignone, Nov. 11 and 12
The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University is hosting a memorial conference in honor of its founder, Distinguished Service Professor Mario B. Mignone. “Made in Italy, Made for America: Honoring Mario B. Mignone (1940-2019)” will be held on Friday, November 11, from 8 am to 6 pm in the Charles B. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 1, and on Sat...
How La Befana Brought a Ray of Light into the Darkness of the Pandemic
It’s not every day that you find yourself locked down in the midst of a global pandemic with a one-toothed puppet of Italy’s legendary La Befana, but through a mix of serendipitous circumstances, that some might call fate, I spent the pandemic living out an urban version of ancient Italian legend. For those who may not know, in Italian folklore, th...
Museum hosts special exhibit to celebrate Italian Heritage Month
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush officially declared the month of October Italian Heritage Month to celebrate the achievements and contributions people of Italian descent have made to the United States. People of Italian descent have been finding many ways to celebrate their heritage, from cooking authentic dishes and hosting gatherings to parti...
Nassau County Legislature celebrates Italian Culture and Heritage Month
On Oct. 24, the Nassau County Legislature celebrated Italian Heritage and Culture Month by recognizing the achievements of Italian and Italian American Nobel Prize Laureates. Joseph Sciame, president of the Sons of Italy Foundation Inc. and chair of the Board of Directors of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, presented the Legi...
Road Trip Close to Home: Little Italy in the Bronx
News 12 takes a trip to Little Italy, the heart of the Bronx where families can grab a slice of pizza, fresh seafood and have fun. Forget the expensive flight and the jet lag - There's no passport needed to arrive on Arthur Avenue for a day in Little Italy. Just bring your appetite. For your first stop, head to the corner of East 187th Street and A...
In St. Scalabrini’s Footsteps
The Catholic New York office at the New York Catholic Center is a short walk from the Center for Migration Studies of New York on East 60th Street near the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. I have not made the short trip, but I hope that may soon change after my conversation last week with Don Kerwin, the center’s executive director. Our talk came on the...
IAP 253: An Alliance for Italian America with Special Guest Sabino Curcio of Growing Up Italian
Ciao Paesani… and greetings from the corner of Mulberry and Grand Streets at the heart of Manhattan’s Little Italy — and the future home of the Italian American Podcast! That’s right, we’re on location in the soon-to-be world-class headquarters for all things Italian American, and before we even break ground on building our dream home, we wanted to...
Louis Gigante, Boss Vincent’s New York Priest Brother, Dies at 90
His four brothers were mob bosses, but he had chosen the path of faith: Father Louis Gigante, a Catholic priest central to the rebuilding of the South Bronx, has died at age 90 after a life that seems straight out of a movie script. Father Louis bore a heavy last name for a priest. Vincent, one of his brothers known as ‘Chin,’ roamed the streets o...