Patchogue’s Italian Feast of Saint Liberata happens on Sept. 7
Patchogue’s largest celebration of Italian heritage is all set for its return to Main Street next month. Hosted by the Greater Patchogue Foundation, the 57th annual Italian Feast of Saint Liberata Festival is on Sept. 7, from noon to 6 p.m. in downtown Patchogue. The traditional procession begins at noon in front of the Suffolk County District Cour...
The Ferragosto Festival Returns to Bronx Little Italy For a Celebration of Italian Food, Culture & Tradition | Sunday, 9/8 from 12pm-6pm
The Annual Ferragosto Festival will return to Bronx Little Italy on Sunday, September 8th from 12 pm to 6 pm. The beloved event invites New Yorkers and visitors to experience the neighborhood’s old-world charm with a day-long celebration of Italian culture and tradition, featuring delicious food from local small businesses, live music, and amusing...
Annual Italian Festival - 9/5/24 thru 9/8/24 John Michael Marino Lodge No. 1389
Thursday, Sep 5, 2024. 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington, NY. The John Michael Marino Lodge 1389, Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, located in Port Washington NY, presents their 43rd Italian Festival. The festival will be held at North Hempstead Beach Park (parking lot 2), located at 175 West Shore Road, in Port Washington from Thursday S...
Red Sauce Studio Brings Italian Flair Back to Little Italy
In a historic launch, Red Sauce Studio is putting the Italian back in Manhattan’s Little Italy by introducing a unique podcast studio that celebrates Italian-American culture. At the helm of this exciting venture is John M. Viola, a passionate advocate for preserving Italian-American heritage. John M. Viola is a renowned Italian-American entreprene...
This 112-Year-Old NYC Icon’s Secret to Living Forever Is Pretty Easy
New York’s oldest person turned 112 last week, and she shared her secret to a long, fulfilling life. Louise Jean Signore, a 4-foot-5 Italian-American, was born in Harlem in 1912 and moved to the Bronx at age 12, where she still lives today. She worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for 39 years. The eldest of five siblings, she...
CIAO Italian Festival in Canastota, NY
Saturday, August 10, 2024. 11:00 am - 6:00 pm. North Canal Street, Canastota, New York, 13032. The Canastota Italian Ancestry Organization (CIAO) will be hosting an Italian American Festival on North Canal Street in the Village of Canastota on Saturday, August 10, 2024. The festival will kick off next to the historic Erie Canal at 11:00 am and will...
Frecce Tricolori paints Rochester skies Italian for first North American performance in 32 years
Clear skies for majority of the day meant for a clear view of planes! Saturday was day one of the two-day 2024 A.P. Property Services Rochester Airshow at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. The airshow, returning this year with an Italian twist that had annual attendees even more excited. “I love the airshow. I come her...
Restored Christopher Columbus statue finds new home in Rockland County
A 2,000-pound bronzed statue of Christopher Columbus has been relocated to the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge in Blauvelt, NY. The nearly 100-year-old statue, created in 1925, was previously vandalized and defaced during protests in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. An Italian-American organization fundraised to restore the statue, which arrived at its ne...
Italian Americans of Long Island: Giuseppe Mario Bellanca
You’re familiar with Charles Lindbergh, but probably not Giuseppe Mario Bellanca. The Italian aviation pioneer, designer, and engineer who ran a flying school in Mineola, NY, for a period of time was born in Sciacca, Italy, and left an indelible mark on aviation and Long Island history in the 1920s. He is most notable for building the plane that ma...
How the Death of Joe Petrosino, the 'Italian Sherlock Holmes,’ Remains a Mystery Over 100 Years Later
Towards the end of the 19th century and the turn of the 20th, one New York immigrant community was terrorized by their own people. Italian immigrants arriving in America in search of a better life were treated as subhuman. On top of that, a secret society known as the Black Hand, which was a loose organization of Italian criminals, terrorized the n...
‘Mangia! Mangia!’: Buffalo’s Italian Heritage Festival returns to Hertel Avenue
A big stretch of Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo is filled with red, white and green for the annual Italian Heritage Festival that kicked off Friday. Hertel is closed from Delaware Avenue to Virgil for the celebration of food and fun. “I just love the energy. You can tell everyone is just enjoying themselves,” declared Gabriella of Buffalo. As I too...
The profound truth about the town of Roseto, and owing it all to the meatball
In 1882, a group of men left Roseto Valfortore (Valley of Roses), a town of 1,300 near the province of Foggia in the region of Puglia, to set sail for New York. The men spent their first night in America sleeping on the floor of a tavern on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Italian neighborhood. They eventually found work in the slate mines of Bangor,...