Navigating Ship's Manifests
We will scrutinize all the information that these important records can provide. Find out what information is needed to locate manifests, understand the markings to learn which immigrants were detained and why, who they left behind, the address where they were headed, and who they were coming to see. Presented by Toni McKeen. Saturday, May...
Book Presentation: My Fault by Margherita Grassini Sarfatti
Edited, Annotated and Commentary by Brian R. Sullivan, Yale University and U.S. Naval War College; with Dr. Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY In the summer of 1938 Mussolini's former adviser and lover, Margherita Sarfatti, first spoke of writing a highly revealing biography of the dictator. The Fascist regime had begun trumpeting vici...
Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles): Divorce Italian Style + Live Monologue: The Man From the South - Friday, October 24, 7:30 P.M.
You are cordially invited to attend a screening of the classic film "Divorce Italian Style", the masterpiece of Italian cinema starring Marcello Mastroianni, and a live "monologue" performance of Aldo Nicolaj's "The Man From the South" at the Italian American Museum on Friday, October 24th. About the film: Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcell...
La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema with the New York Philharmonic Featuring Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming and Josh Groban on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 27 at 9 p.m. on PBS
Dawning in the dark aftermath of World War II, the fertile mid-century decades of Italian cinema delighted international movie audiences with an eclectic mix of movie classics from groundbreaking directors including Frederico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and many more. A major component of Italian cinema's enduring popularity continues t...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (June 7th), my friends and I joined members of the Società di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Feast of San Cono, patron saint of Teggiano, Salerno. Starting from the society's clubhouse at 231 Ainslie St., the procession meandered through the neighborhood to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian...
Sons of Italy in Endicott celebrates 100 years
by Anthony Borrelli A place to smoke a cigar, relax by playing cards with the guys and drink a glass of wine. In the early years of the 20th century, local Italian American immigrants who were among the throngs who came to this country needed to look no further for a place to unwind than at the Sons of Italy lodge. This was a...
Yex e Aicf unite a New York per la crociata contro i tumori
di Francesco Semprini I giovani italiani d'America rilanciano la loro crociata per sconfiggere i tumori. I membri dello «Young Executives Committee» (YEX) della Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, e l'American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF), fondazione impegnata da 35 anni nella raccolta di fondi per la ricerca sul cancro, hanno unito le...
Ellis Island circa 1900
Ellis Island was the gateway for more than 12 million immigrants who passed through its doors seeking a better future in America, from 1892 to 1954. The rich tapestry of cultures and nationalities who entered the new world there are revealed in these timeless photos taken between 1902-1913. The photographs, from the collection of William W...
Is that a Donatello in the MFA’s storage?
When New York art dealer Andrew Butterfield arrived at the Museum of Fine Arts in the spring of 2013, he carried with him a tantalizing conjecture: An obscure 15th-century sculpture, which the museum had kept in storage for most of the past 30 years, was in fact the lost work of a Renaissance master. Butterfield had not come to Boston out...
A Badge of Honor
Over Independence Day weekend, Il Regno's very own Cav. John Napoli was kind enough to show us his brevet and medals from the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Sacro Militare Ordine Constantiniano di San Giorgio), an ancient Roman Catholic dynastic order of Knighthood, which according to tradition traces its origins back to Emper...
John Michael Marino Awards Inspire Many
The evening of the John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. Order Sons of Italy in America 36th Annual Awards Presentation was memorable and inspiring, for it was on this night that The John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. presented scholarships and awards to dynamic high school students of the Class of 2016. The ceremony followed the John Mic...
Columbian Lawyers Association host 50th anniversary party at Brooklyn Museum
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn started 50 years ago with a modest 10 members. On Thursday, more than 350 members packed into the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate the semi-centennial anniversary of the organization. "Given the extraordinary turnout of over 350 people, the magnificence of this room, the extraordinary food and the...