WTI Events: March 10 2016 Presentation of We the Italians, the book in New York, NY
March 10 2016 New York, NY
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WTI Events: October 10 2013 Va pensiero... Giuseppe Verdi and the Italian Americans in Roma, Italy
October 10 2013 Roma, Italy
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How to Find Old New York in Manhattan’s Vanishing Little Italy
Manhattan’s Little Italy is filled with New York City history that you can eat. Visit any number of local businesses -- some of which have been slinging mozzarella and powdered pastries for decades -- and you’ll get a taste of the area’s once-bustling immigrant community. Sure, you could grab your gabagool at Whole Foods, but there, they pronounce...
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An Interview with Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa on the Status of the New IAM
As we begin 2019, what can you tell us about the status of the new museum? Now that we have removed the Banca Stabile artifacts (vault, teller cases, light fixtures and deposit table) and placed them in storage, the demolition of the existing buildings has begun. The developer has erected scaffolding along the Mulberry and Grand Streets sides of th...
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Alla ricerca delle proprie origini, due sorelle americane in visita a Giovinazzo
Visita a sorpresa ieri mattina a Palazzo di Città con tanto di foto ricordo nella Sala consiliare per le sorelle Janine Coyne e Louise Coyne McCarthy. Le due donne - si legge in una nota diffusa dall'amministrazione comunale -, residenti a New York dove si occupano della gestione dell’Italian American Museum, hanno girato la Puglia per dieci giorni...
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Dr. Joseph Scelsa Speaks at the Transportation Columbia Association of New York
Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 7:00PM. Pizza D'Amore - 2147 Mill Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11234. Refreshments will be served. The Italian American Museum's Founder and President, Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Transportation Columbia Association of New York this Tuesday, September 4 at 7:00pm. The meeting will b...
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Grande successo dell’American Tour dell’Associazione Internazionale Joe Petrosino di Padula negli USA
Si è concluso con grande successo l’American Tour dell’Associazione Internazionale Joe Petrosino di Padula che ha partecipato, attraverso una sua delegazione, ad alcun importanti eventi organizzati negli Stati Uniti d'America per celebrare la sempre più nota figura di Joe Petrosino, il poliziotto italo-americano che divenne il primo vero martire de...
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Italian American Museum founder on how he quadrupled his budget
Most Italian immigrants and the businesses they started have long left Little Italy, but the Italian American Museum is expanding its footprint downtown to make sure they are not forgotten. Led by its president, Joseph Scelsa, the museum in February closed on a deal to sell its three contiguous 3-story buildings on Grand Street to Nexus Building De...
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