Stephen De Maio hosts Opera Night at Columbus Citizen’s Foundation
On the evening of Friday, Nov. 21, at the Columbus Citizens Foundation in Manhattan, Board of Governors member Anthony Carrera and his wife Maria greeted the guests to Opera Night, hosted by Stephen De Maio. The Columbus Citizens Foundation sponsors the Columbus Day Parade and gives college scholarships to youngsters. The opera night combines youn...
Sons of Italy installs new president, officers
The Order Sons Of Italy's Per Sempre Lodge No. 2344 held its installation of officer's ceremony On Mar. 31 at Lynbrook's Greis Park. This is a 110- year tradition of the Order Sons of Italy. The Per Sempre Lodge installed John Quinn as its new president, along with his new council of officers for the 2015-16 term. Picture seated from left...
Mario Sereni, Italian baritone - obituary
Mario Sereni, who has died aged 87, was an Italian baritone and mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, for more than a quarter of a century. Although he had an outstanding voice – smooth, powerful and unforced – his career was overshadowed by the great baritones of his time, such as Ettore Bastianini, Piero Cappuccilli and Leonard Warren. S...
The Hard-Working Italian Origins of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
by Jim Dwyer Dressed in overalls and jackets, wearing work boots and hats, the men lined up five dozen strong on Christmas Eve 1931 for that week's pay at a Midtown Manhattan construction site. Behind them stood a fine Christmas tree. It had been mounted by the men and draped with the traditional cranberry strings and garlands. ...
A Look at the 2013 Festa di San Vito, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
More photos here Fonte: Magna Grece
AIHA September Monthly Meeting
AIHA September Monthly Meeting will take place on Thursday, September 19th. The business meeting begins at 7:00 pm followed by the presenter: Ann Parillo, TV Producer and Host of "Schenectady Today - In and Around the Capital District. Please bring dessert for the social to follow. Free and open to the public. Poetry reading by Sarah Cifar...
Announcing the 2013 S.S. Crocifisso Mass and Procession in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
September 29, 2013 - Procession 3:00 PM - Mass 4:00 PM Club Carinesi D'America - 7618 17th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11214 The procession, organized by Club Carinesi D'America, will begin at the society's clubhouse (7618 17th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York) and make its way through the neighborhood for Mass at Our Lady of Guad...
Guggenheim ready to host Italian Futurism
by Claudia Astarita "Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe": this extraordinary exhibition will have its opening at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Feb. 21, 2014. This outstanding show has been organized to re-evatuale and broaden the notion of what avant-garde means, focusing on one of Europe's most important...
Brooklyn bishop calls church to unite in faith with immigrants
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic parishes are called to build communion with immigrants and newcomers so people unite in faith rather than solely because of their cultural backgrounds, said the bishop of Brooklyn, N.Y., who has worked for 38 years to improve immigrant relations. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, former executive director of Mi...
Verdi, la patria e le trasformazioni di un'epoca
di Fabiana Yvonne Lugli Nell'ottobre 2013 si son festeggiati i 200 anni dalla nascita di Giuseppe Verdi e le celebrazioni e gli onori resi al grande Maestro a livello mondiale confermano l'indiscusso successo che, ad oggi, ancora le sue opere e la sua immagine riscuotono in tutto il mondo. Tanti gli eventi e le celebrazioni a New York. E n...
Pagliacci, by Appointment Only
by Julie Besonen The Italian heritage of Brooklyn's Homecrest is evinced by the Virgin Mary statuettes on the block that is home to the Enrico Caruso Museum of America. A tidy house at 1942 East 19th Street, owned by Aldo Mancusi since 1956, doubles as a shrine to the opera icon. "A hobby gone crazy," Mr. Mancusi said, his silver mustache...
Author Marianna Randazzo "Given Away: A sicilian Upbringing" Presented by Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
But Tina is a survivor. She is able to forgive those who took so much away from her, and her spirit triumphs over adversity. As she grows older, she struggles to keep the harsh realities of World War II and abandonment at a distance through her sense of humor, imagination and determination. At age 15 fate intervenes again, and to gain pass...