Tricia Barbagallo, speaker at the May 18th meeting at the American Italian Heritage Museum - 7:00 PM
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...
Rockland Sons of Italy Recognize Students Learning Italian
From The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176: The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 recognizes students each month who study the Italian language at area schools. The students are presented with a monetary gift at a monthly dinner hosted by the Lodge members. To date they have honored over 26 students. On April 26th, the Lodge held another dinner hon...
Upstate New York's best Italian restaurant: And the winners are...
Not all heroes wear capes -- others wear napkin bibs. We searched in the North Country, the Southern Tier, Western New York and the Capital Region for the best Italian restaurant Upstate New York has to offer. After hundreds of nominations and votes for semifinalists, the readers narrowed down our list to six finalists. Here are the winners of Upst...
Anne L. Campana, 94, led many lifestyles during her lifetime
Anne L. Campana, 94, a proud American of Italian descent and a native to Williamsburg, died Friday, April 28, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent Campana Sr.; and sons, Dr. Robert A. Campana and Ronald A. Campana; two brothers, Anthony and John Zullo; and sister and brother-in-law, Marie and Edward Welch. She is survived by her...
Il primo anno del console Genuardi: la sfida di New York è sempre più alta
Quando Francesco Genuardi arrivò a New York nel marzo del 2016 per ricoprire la carica di Console Generale d’Italia, sospettavamo che sarebbe stato un diplomatico all’altezza del compito. Nell’osservarne le prime uscite, infatti, oltre alla sua imponente figura fisica, aveva mostrato di aver capito e accettato l’andazzo senza fiatare: la sede diplo...
Celebrating the Feast of San Francesco di Paola in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Saturday evening I met up with my fellow Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George at Saint Francis of Paola Church (219 Conselyea St.) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Traditional Solemn High Mass in honor of San Francesco di Paola, patron saint of Calabria and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Starting from the Madonna de...
Florence in New York
Florence lands in New York with a themed trade show for US professionals and buyers on May 15 to 17, 2017. Florence in New York will take place on the 29th floor of 180 Maiden Lane, Manhattan, a vernissage for high-end products exclusively made in Tuscany. All the products have been crafted by experts according to artistry passed down from father t...
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017
New Italian Cinema is the only screening series to offer North American audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. This year’s seventeenth edition again strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, outrageous comedies, gripping dramas, and captivating documentaries,...
Brownsville church faces wrecking ball unless Brooklyn Supreme Court steps in
The Battle of Brooklyn circa 2017 is in Brownsville. It has arrived in the form of a showdown between a faith-based group determined to level a 109-year-old church to erect affordable housing and residents who want to preserve their neighborhood’s patrimony while providing a hub for Brownsville culture. Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Bernard Graham i...
Uncle Steve's has a new look
Next week Brooklyn based Italian Specialties Group LLC will start shipping newly labeled jars of its Uncle Steve’s tomato sauce to retailers and online merchandisers nationwide. Actor Steve Schirripa’s signature tomato sauce will now have his photo on each jar. “When we started this company I wanted to create the best tasting, cleanest products....
Celebrating the Feast of the Madonna Incoronata in East Harlem, New York
As part of my weekend long celebration of the anniversary of myinvestiture into the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, I joined my brother Knight Cav. Charles Sant’Elia for Mass Saturday morning at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, New York. Sponsored by Jean Pignatelli, the Missa Cantata (or Sung Mas...
The Mother-in-Law Cure: Learning to Live and Eat in an Italian Family at Casa Belvedere, Tues. May 30th
Tuesday, May 30th @ 7:00 PM. Location: Casa Belvedere. 79 Howard Ave, SI, NY 10301. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere invites you to The Mother-in-Law Cure: Learning to Live and Eat in an Italian Family. A book presentation with Author, Katherine Wilson. PLEASE JOIN US!Katherine Wilson's debut memoir, Only in Naples: Lessons in Food...