Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, is organizing In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be June 10 to 20, 2013. All events are free. The festival's website is www.insc...

October 15 (Thursday) 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Congressman: Vito Marcantonio Champion of Immigrant Rights.  Vito Marcantonio served as a congressman for East Harlem from 1934-50. During, this time he forged a powerful alliance between the Italian and Puerto Rican communities. His advocacy for immigrant rights was a central part of his leadership...

June 8 2013 New York Italians is proud to offer you our first Food tour of Little Italy in the Bronx Explore New York's last real remaining "LIttle Italy" in the Bronx with Danielle and Christian Galliani, co-authors of "The Insider's Guide to Little Italy" . Spend an afternoon exploring an iconic neighborhood that still does things the old-fas...

Se si viene a New York, ci si accorge che il mondo è davvero piccolo e che la presenza di italiani è davvero così massiccia, come si ha modo di leggere se si approfondisce l'argomento. Aziende italiane, turisti, italoamericani che seppure sia passato diverso tempo da quando i nonni approdarono negli USA, rimangono fedeli a quell'Italian Style lasci...

Date: Monday, May 04, 2015 - Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Hours: www.inscenany.com o chiamate 646-850-7056 Venue: New York, NY Organized by: KIT-Kairos Italy Theater Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, presents the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 f...

Strolling along East 187th Street on a recent weekday afternoon, the Rev. Jonathan Morris explained his mission as the pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Belmont: to act as a kind of bridge linking the neighborhood's various identities.   On the one hand, he serves a population of recently arrived immigrants, many of them from Mexi...

Don't ever sleep on the old-school Italian deli. Sandwiches — and good eating in general — have become so popular in recent years that, here in New York, at least, there's such an extraordinary wealth of new and incredible options available for any given meal. And so I fear we too often ignore the old reliables, especially those that feature lots o...

"An Italian Christmas Journey," a traditional Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo will take place on Sunday December 6, 2015 at 5:00p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 687 East 187th Street, Bronx NY 10458. The concert celebrates the renewal of the music program at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Castaldo w...

Going back centuries, the Ferragosto tradition recognizes the end of the harvest season and to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is a way for families to engage in part of the Italian culture and coming together in a solid bond of family and friendship.   Over 15 years ago, merchants of the Arthur Avenue/Belmont section decided to bring t...

  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : Nicola Bergamo      Translation by: John Cabot University   I grew up fascinated by the United States, just like all my peers who lived through the Cold War since childhood. At the time, there was the division between good and bad, between democracy and dictatorship, between freedom and oppression,...