Panzerotti Bites coming to Brooklyn
How about an Italian snack that’s packed like a French crepe with either sweet or savory goodies before it’s fried like a Spanish empanada? It’s panzerotti we’re talking about, of course, and Panzerotti Bites is coming to Brooklyn at 235 Smith St. to serve up the half-moon shaped pockets of doughy goodness. Vittoria Lattanzio and Pasquale De Ruvo,...
IAWA 2nd Saturday Reading Series
January 13, 2018 (Saturday) 5:45 - 7:30 pm Sponsored by The Italian American Writers Association. Cornelia St. Cafe - 29 Cornelia Street, Manhattan. Admission: $10 (includes one drink); open to the public. Contact: Maria Lisella 718-777-1178 [email protected] Joseph Salvatore, author of the story collection To Assume A Pleasing Shape, is a frequ...
Joe Campanale is reinventing high-low dining all over again
The hottest reservation in New York City right now isn’t some old-school grand dame or Michelin-starred Manhattan boite. It’s Fausto, a laid-back Italian restaurant on a wide, commercial avenue in Brooklyn, tucked between two quiet, residential neighborhoods. Fausto opened on December 9. It was a curious move for owner and beverage director Joe Cam...
Pizza mitzvah! Marine Park pizzeria goes kosher
A Marine Park pizzeria with a long tradition in the Brooklyn pizza scene has decided to adopt a tradition that’s even older — it’s going kosher. Vinny Fontana’s father Francesco opened up the first The Original Pizza location in Canarsie back in 1964, and the family still has pizzerias in Canarsie, in Bay Ridge, and in Flatlands, as well as the Ave...
Former Buffalo Common Council member Michael LoCurto has died
Former Buffalo Common Council member Michael LoCurto has died. LoCurto’s mother, Joan Feroleto LoCurto announced his death in a Facebook post early Friday morning. “I lost a part of my heart tonight. My precious Michael LoCurto has passed,” Feroleto LoCurto stated. LoCurto was serving as the deputy commissioner in the Erie County Department of Env...
The Lonely Scrivener: GAY TALESE
Gay Talese tells me it feels strange not to begin a Monday morning in “the Bunker.” By this he means his Manhattan workspace. At eighty-five, the author has lost none of his formidable discipline. His 2016 book, The Voyeur’s Motel, has been picked up by Hollywood, and his current projects include a new look at Frank Sinatra, written with Pete Hamil...
The Museum of Modern Art Gallery Sessions: Giorgio de Chirico
January 2, 2018 (Tuesday) 11:30 am; January 5, 2018 (Friday) 1:30 pm. The Museum of Modern Art - 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan (please enter at 18 West 54 Street). Gallery Sessions: Giorgio de Chirico. Contact: 212-708-9400 https://www.moma.org/ Join a discussion on Giorgio de Chirico and the enigmatic paintings of the scuola metafisica ("metaphysic...
This Queens bakery is making doughnut cannoli
Holy Donnoli! Just when you thought cannoli couldn't get any better, a Queens bakery is giving the classic confection the hybrid dessert treatment. At Astoria's Vaccaro's Bakery, chef Vinny takes the Italian classic and turns it up to 11 by switching out the flaky fried pasty shell for a fluffy donut exterior. But the the self-professed Cake King o...
Art unfolds on city walls, streets for local artist Franc Palaia
All it took was a drawing of an apple for Franc Palaia to realize he was going to pursue a career as an artist. As a kindergartner in New Jersey, he impressed his art teacher with his take on a class assignment to draw the piece of fruit. “The teacher showed us a way to draw an apple to show the illusion of 3-D,” he said. “I did it just as she inst...
Italian Club of Staten Island heeds call from Pope Francis; serve those in need
During a recent homily on "World Day For The Poor," Pope Francis spoke in detail about the need for individuals to overcome indifference and apathy -- and urged people the world over to use their gifts and talents to assist those in need in communities and beyond. Pope Francis noted: "So let us not seek for ourselves more than we need, but rather w...
Retired NYPD Det. Sonny Grosso: “Sinatra, Roselli, Bocelli, Domenic Troiano, Night Heat and the Soundtrack of My Life”
On his summer boathouse upstate, Sonny Grosso can often be heard happily singing out loud one of his favorite tunes from the soundtrack of his life. Songs that he and his “Sons of Rest” band of brothers sang like “Mala Femmena,” to tunes that his parents loved, to music he chose to score the dozens of TV shows/movies he produced. In yet another eye...
The Presepe Napoletano at the Italian American Museum
Thursday, December 28th @ 6:30pm—8:00pm. Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street. New York, NT 10013. Talk and dvd based photo presentation on "The Presepe Napoletano" by Anita Sanseverino and Lou Barella at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, December 28 at 6:30PM. The evening's program will feature a special unveiling of the Presepe Na...