Feast of San Gennaro Comes to Little Italy Sept. 15-25
Go for the cannoli-eating competition, stay for the piles of pizza and live music. Little Italy's longest running festival, the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, is coming Sept. 15 through Sept. 25 this year, so you better get your stomach ready. The 11-day festival fills the neighborhood of Little Italy with live music, parades and food stands sel...
Chai-Style: Italian Art Meets Glorious Food
Envision a romantic movie and dream in Italian voices? Fantasize about rich Italian red sauces and anchovies? Dream that hearing classical music lifts us mortals to heaven? Meet all of the above in Robert (Dahlan Roberto) Foah, trained orchestra conductor and world-traveled multimedia expert with installations from Australia to R...
John Sirica: Italian of the Week
Prior to 1973, few people outside of our nation's capital knew the name John Sirica. He was born on March 19, 1904, to two Italian immigrants. When he was 14, his family moved to Washington, D.C. In the 1920s and 30s John started boxing and debated whether or not he wanted to become a professional fighter. He decided against it and receive...
Town to hold annual Columbus Day parade
By Julia Perkins The town will celebrate Columbus Day with its annual parade Monday morning. The parade arrives at P.T. Barnum Square at 9 a.m. and includes residents dressed as Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella, who gave Columbus the money for his 1492 voyage that led him to the Bahamas. Participants will raise the It...
ICF Branch 392 to honor the Gerardis
The Italian Catholic Federation Branch 392 will present Giovanna and Antonio Gerardi with its Mother Cabrini Award on Nov. 13. The award is bestowed each year upon a couple that represents the Italian values of community, family and faith. The event will feature a Mass at St. Francis Borgia Church in Chicago and a dinner dance at Porretta's. (773-7...
17 novembre 1942, nasce Martin Scorsese
di Jacopo Licciardi Uno dei registi più famosi e influenti di tutti i tempi. Punto. Italo-americano di Litlle Italy, New York, per molti amanti del cinema, rappresenta il punto più alto della cinematografia USA degli anni 70 e 80. Taxi Driver, New York New York, Toro Scatenato, Quei Bravi Ragazzi, Cape Fear, fino ad arrivare a The Departed...
No One Helped: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy
December 1, 2016 - 6.00-7.30 PM. - The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036 The 1964 rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, Queens, has become one of America's most infamous true-crime stories. It began when a front-page report in the New York Times incorrectly c...
Italian Short Film Day & Social World Film Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute cordially invites you to Italian Short Film Day & Social World Film Festival. Wednesday, December 21, 2016. 5:30 PM. Italian Cultural Institute - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 On the occasion of the winter solstice, known as the shortest day of the yea...
Landmark Ceramics hosts grand opening for new production facility
Landmark Ceramics recently hosted a grand opening event to show off its newly constructed 700, viagra dosage 000-square-foot tile production facility, showroom and North American headquarters. The event signals the launch of the company into the American ceramic tile market. Guests included representatives from the Tennessee State Government, Mt. P...
Italian American Service Organization UNICO Foundation Offers Scholarship Opportunities to Deserving Nursing Students
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNICO Foundation, which is affiliated with UNICO National, the largest Italian American service organization in America, has announced the establishment of several new annual scholarships specifically for nursing students. At the UNICO National Convention held last month, UNICO Foundation Presiden...
Speciale Anno della Cultura: l’America torna a parlare italiano
Dopo alcuni anni di declino e grazie all'impegno delle nostre rappresentanze diplomatiche negli Stati Uniti e dei molti italo americani che occupano posizioni di prestigio nella società americana, la lingua italiana è tornata tra le materie di insegnamento degli AP Examination, i corsi che permettono agli studenti delle superiori di ottenere cred...
When Italy meets Philadelphia – People and stories of a succesful relationship
Come join us for an great night at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. There will be a round table focused on the great relationship that the City of Philadelphia has with Italians, and what this meant, means today and will mean in the future. Many great guests will join us: -Dario Altieri, Director The Wistar Institute...