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Italians are one of the immigrant communities that defined New York City and U.S. American life. The big wave came between the 1850s and 1930s with a peak around 1900-1910.

Originally considered an “other,” today nobody thinks of Italian-Americans as anything other than Americans. Columbus Day celebrations played a role in making that shift.

We created Roman Catholicism, classical music and opera. Christmas and Columbus Day are New York City’s big Italian celebrations.

Classical Music
Opera

La Bohème

Saturday, January 2, 2021 January 2 – April 17 METROPOLITAN OPERA Lincoln Center, NYC – Eleonara Buratto (Mimi) Dmytro Popov (Rodolfo)

Celebrate Ash Wednesday, the Start of Lent

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 – “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This day of repentance starts the Catholic period of devotion leading to Easter.

Così fan tutte

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Lincoln Center, NYC – Mozart’s Italian rom-com opera is back in McCermott’s Coney Island setting February 15-March 14, 2020.

Italian Archive

Italian Festivals

Italian New York City

Manhattan has Little Italys Downtown and a remnant in East Harlem. An important one Arthur Avenue, is in Belmont, The Bronx. Today Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is one of our biggest Little Italys.

Italian New Yorkers

Lady Gaga

Sunday, January 26, 2020 62nd GRAMMY AWARDS Los Angeles, California The Italian-French-Canadian New Yorker’s “I’ll Never Love Again” won Best Song Written for Visual Media

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Italian Culture

Classical music, opera and ballet have Italian origins. Italian fashion is popular. In the U.S. Italian culture has largely become U.S. American culture. Everybody eats pasta and pizza these days.

The Romans absorbed Greek culture from Greek communities in Southern Italy, and spread this culture around the Mediterranean. When Rome fell, the culture was preserved in Spain by Jewish poets working for Muslim sultans and Christian kings. The Italian Renaissance made Italian culture a pan-European culture. This culture took over the world during the Colonial Era.

The influence of Roman Catholicism is profound, even in traditions that we no longer see as religious. Christmas is just one example of an Italian tradition that has lost its religious meaning.

Italy

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