CIAO, 5/13/12: La Festa della Mamma…and A Tribute to Mothers With Special Needs Children

By CIAO! Co-host Joey Nigro-Nilsen For our Mother’s Day show, Jim and I will talk about the special place “mother” has in all of our hearts and share a few humorous stories about how Italian mothers in Italy spoil their children, especially the boys. The link below from a Wall Street Journal article was given to us last year by Mike Hennigan. ...
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CIAO! 5/6/12: CIAO! SCORES A FIRST WITH NEIL SEDAKA’S ITALIAN RECORDINGS!

CIAO! SCORES A FIRST WITH NEIL SEDAKA’S ITALIAN RECORDINGS!–by Joey Nigro Neil Sedaka has composed more than a thousand songs from the time he was a teenager with his first hit in 1958, “Stupid Cupid,” written for Connie Francis. He has sold over 60 million records, won a Grammy and been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. It should come ...
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CIAO! 4/29/12: Growing Up in Syracuse’s Old Neighborhoods

GROWING UP IN SYRACUSE’S OLD NEIGHBORHOODS–by Joey Nigro Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Syracuse’s old neighborhoods was a wonderful experience. In this edition of CIAO! my cousin Sam Barber and I talk about how all of my maternal grandparents’ five daughters lived on the same block on Spring St. off of Butternut St. As their children were born, ...
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CIAO! 4/22/12: FAMILY & TRADITION – Tyrol Club of Solvay

CIAO! For Sunday, April 22nd FAMILY & TRADITION – TYROL CLUB OF SOLVAY by Joey Nigro Family and tradition…that’s what the Tyrol Club of Solvay is all about! One of the traditional foods of the Trentini is polenta which is basically water, salt and cornmeal…but there are so many wonderful variations! In this Sunday’s CIAO! we will air more of the ...
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CIAO! 4.15.12: Keeping an Alpine Treasure Alive & Well

On October 29, 1929, 29 immigrants from the Northern most area of Italy just south of Austria, met to form a brotherhood, the Tyrol Club of Solvay (Il Circolo Trentino di Solvay). Now, some 3 generations later, the current membership has stepped up to continue the tradition of sharing and honoring the rich traditions of their Trentino-Tyrolean heritage and supporting ...
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CIAO! 4/1/12: EASTER MEMORIES…AND “LOMBARDI” THE PLAY

EASTER MEMORIES…AND “LOMBARDI” THE PLAY–by Joey Nigro. This Sunday, April 1st, my co-host Jim Battaglia and I will talk about “Easter Memories.” Remember the candy department at E.W. Edwards on Salina St.? Every Easter, and only on Easter, they sold a milk chocolate cylindrical shaped “pop” on a stick. I wasn’t a big candy lover in those days, but over the ...
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CIAO! 3/25/12: Italian-American Palm Sunday Traditions

KEEPING TRADITIONS ALIVE: ITALIAN- AMERICAN TRADITIONS FOR PALM SUNDAY By Joey Nigro I’ve often said that there is something comforting in keeping with traditions. And, growing up Italian-American gave us many opportunities to celebrate and carry on the traditions that were brought to this country from the “old country” (as we used to call it) by our immigrant forebears. This week, ...
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CIAO! 3/18/12: Andrea Bocelli’s message to Il Volo member!

ANDREA BOCELLI’S MESSAGE TO TEENAGER GIANLUCA GINOBLE OF IL VOLO–by Joey Nigro I hope most of you saw Il Volo when their PBS special aired on WCNY-TV. You can link to some of their videos from my blog if you missed the show. I mentioned that when I heard Gianluca Ginoble when he first appeared on the Italian TV show ...
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