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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...

Buongiorno New York Wine Industry! Get ready to experience one of the finest and most unique global Italian wine events: Simply Italian Great Wines U.S. Tour 2024 returning to the Big Apple with a full day program of wine tastings, networking and discovering new grapes, appellations and wineries. And happily rediscovering the always popular brands...

The Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island and the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University have formed a partnership and recently signed a memorandum of understanding to commemorate the collaboration. Both organizations commit to working on initiatives aligning with their missions and visions. They will collaborate on project...

It was not long after his immigration to the United States in 1909 that Don Pasquale Egidio founded his business. An immigrant from Salerno, Italy, Egidio settled on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy. In 1912, he established his roots at Egidio Pasticceria on East 187th St. and Hughes Avenue and has been in business ever since. Egidio gre...

Dorothy said it best, “There’s no place like home.” But, every once in a while, we find a place that makes us feel like we’ve clicked our ruby red slippers three times–even if it may be 5,000 miles away from Italy. Whether you’re an expat who’s homesick for the rhythm of the local bar, a local dreaming of that incredible pizza you had on holiday to...

H.E.A.L.T.H. Youths, New Brighton Civic Committees, acclaimed Chef Massimo Felici, Community Organizer Ronnie Gambon, The Staten Island Children’s Museum, The Office of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Project Hospitality, The Healthcare Education Project, and community partners are thrilled to announce the inaugural Italian Heritage on the Esplan...

When: Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Where: Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Ave, Hicksville, NY, 11801 Join us as we listen to Poetry from the Italian Soul presented by RITA M. MONTE, poet and producer of the international radio show, Profumi D'Italia, on WHPC 90.3FM Nassau Community College. The reading will take place in the community ro...

The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA) held its annual “Passing of the Gavel” ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights, where Mario Romano was officially installed as the association’s new president. The event, a longstanding tradition, brings together past BRLA presidents to offer their support and advice to the incoming l...

Since 1976, the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York  has spearheaded first a week, and now a month-long collaboration with other Italian and Italian American organizations, with the mission of promoting, presenting and preserving Italian and Italian American culture in the Tri-State area.  Its annual theme is mirrored by other states...

Sixteen months after introducing Italian fine dining to Sparkill with Lanni's Cucina Verace Italiana, veteran restaurateur Vittorio Lanni has opened a new place in Piermont, complete with (at least for the moment) a red Ferrari parked outside next to signs pointing to Amalfi, Salerno, Positano, Napoli and Procida. Trattoria Da Vittorio, which premi...

A century-old statue of Christopher Columbus that was defaced and tossed into a lake during protests in Virginia four years ago is now standing tall in New York City’s suburbs. The 1-ton likeness of the Italian explorer was moved to Rockland County after it was salvaged by the Sons of Italy in the Rockland town of Blauvelt, and the stately cleaned-...

The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn (FIAO) announced that its 42nd annual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade will take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. This is the exact day of the month, 532 years earlier in 1492, when Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage, landed on the island of San Salvatore, resulting...