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The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), announced today that the organization’s annual Epiphany reception honoring Three Wise Women will be held on January 23, 2025 from 6 to 9 PM, at Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York City, according to a statement released by NOIAW’s National President, Pat Tinto. Each year, NOIAW, the...

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2025-01-21 @ 06:00 PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation - 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY. RSVP Here. Explore the multifaceted influence of Italian culture across the globe with CCF's Executive Director, Lisa Ackerman. Italy, a country younger than the United States, has exerted a cultural influence that remains intoxicating, mystifying, and remarkabl...

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The award will be presented to Joseph Scelsa, founder and president of the Italian American Museum in New York, on Friday, October 18, at 6 p.m., at the Columbus Citizens Foundation headquarters in New York, as part of the promotional event “Basilicata: a wonderful land,” organized by Mondi Lucani in collaboration with the American foundation. Of I...

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The Columbus Day Parade in New York City is the largest celebration of Italian-American culture in the United States. The position of Grand Marshal is an important one. Joe DiMaggio, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren all served as Grand Marshals of past parades. Sandra Bookman sat down with this year's Grand Marshal, Mike Strianese who will lead the...

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Tuesday Octber 22 at 6PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation 8 East 69th Street, NYC. Very few people know that two important monuments in New York City were created in Rome by New Yorker Emma Stebbins, the 19th century designer of Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Foundation in Central Park and Christopher Columbus, the statue adjacent to the New York Sta...

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On the occasion of “2024: Year of Italian Roots in the World,” a rich program of events dedicated to the celebration of Italian traditions, culture and roots will take place in New York. From October 10 to 14, Italea - the program to promote Tourism of Roots, launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation within the PNRR...

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Join us on Thursday October 17 at 6pm (Columbus Citizens Foundation | 8 East 69th Street | New York, NY) for a lecture by special guest speakers from Italy that focuses on both the Giostra della Quintana and the fascinating traditions of the region of Umbria. RSVP Here  The Giostra della Quintana (Joust of Quintana) originates from the fifth road o...

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A Tavola - Telling H.E.R. Story, NOIAW signature national program, started in 2023 to gather Italian women's voices on our History, Education, and Renaissance, launches its second chapter. We will talk about the names and faces behind the stories that you learned a tavola. How do we keep the spirit of those names alive? Why is it important to share...

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Columbus Citizens Foundation is proud to announce that Vivian Cardia is an Honoree of this year’s Columbus Celebration and will join Grand Marshal Michael T. Strianese to help lead this year’s Parade. Vivian Cardia is a philanthropist and former President of Vivicar LLC. Born, raised, and educated in New York, she earned her BA in Italian from Ford...

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Carmine Di Sibio is the Former Global Chairman and CEO of EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and played a pivotal role in the growth and innovation of one of the world’s leading professional services organizations. He began his career with EY as an auditor in 1985 and held several roles, including EY Global Managing Partner-Client Service, before being ap...

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