Outdoor Presepe Napoletano in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
If you’re planning to visit the spectacular Dyker Lights Christmas light displays in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, be sure to stop by John Miniero’s house on 14th Avenue, between 79th and 80th Streets, to see his wondrous annual outdoor prespio. The Neapolitan Christmas tradition has been a neighborhood favorite for many years and continues to amaze on...
Filippo Troisi (Legance): “The opening of our New York office is another significant milestone in our history”
Legance continues to grow and recently reinforced its international presence with a new office in New York. Filippo Troisi, Senior and Founding Partner, shares with us the firm's major breakthroughs in a 10 year success story. Leaders League. As Legance celebrates its 10th anniversary, what have been the most significant milestones in the firm's hi...
Vento Bistro brings coastal Italian cuisine to New Rochelle
Chef Francesco Coli is bringing the Southern Italian seas to this Sound Shore city. That is, much of the food he serves at the newly-opened Vento Bistro, at 282 Huguenot St., comes straight from those crystal blue waters. “I import a lot of the fish myself," Coli said. "I have direct contact with fisheries overseas," including in southeastern Italy...
Mario Ariemma, 89, successful entrepreneur and deli owner
It seemed like business as usual on Wednesday afternoon at Ariemma's Italian Deli in Dongan Hills. Customers were stopping in for signature sandwiches and homemade soups and placing catering orders for Christmas and New Year's. But a sign on the door indicated otherwise. "We will be closed for business on Saturday due to the passing of my dad, Mari...
Learn Italy: gli italiani e gli italo americani studieranno insieme a New York
Learn Italy Usa lancia un nuovo progetto che avvicina le nuove generazioni dei due lati dell’Atlantico. Come ha annunciato il suo presidente Massimo Veccia, nei prossimi mesi verranno conferite 5 borse di studio totali e 10 parziali a giovani per il corso di alta specializzazione “Made In & By Italy”, che per la prima volta sarà aperto congiuntamen...
East Harlem corner named for Vito Marcantonio, seven-term U.S. congressman
East Harlem’s hot spot for political players received an official city honor Sunday for one of the neighborhood’s most prominent leaders. The east side of Lexington Avenue and East 116th Street is now called Vito Marcantonio Lucky Corner, after the seven-term U.S. congressman who served the neighborhood between 1935 and 1951. City Council Speaker M...
The Espresso Boom in Manhattan: Which Cups Are Best, and Why?
I live in Manhattan. I drink gallons of espresso in Manhattan every year (even though each pour is very, very small!). Over the years, I have developed a list of my favorite Manhattan cafés for espresso—always remaining open, of course, to new places, in what can only be described as a post-Seattle Manhattan espresso boom. But one big espresso deta...
Mark Rylance in 'Farinelli and the King' on Broadway: Can opera save your sanity?
With “operatic” now a synonym for excessive grandiosity, and the demanding diva de rigueur for any opera, it is easy to forget the primal, visceral nature of the early years of the art. To paraphrase what is said in the fascinating new Broadway play “Farinelli and the King,” which opened here Sunday night, opera once was a much dirtier business. No...
A New York non c’è Natale senza Andrea Bocelli al Madison Square Garden
“La mia mente, la mia anima venivano trasportate dalla sua bellezza, dalla sua musica, dal suo essere interiore, dimostrando che la sua voce angelica può toccare e ispirare chiunque la ascolti”. Fu Elizabeth Taylor a pronunciare queste parole su Andrea Bocelli, e nessuna definizione come questa sarebbe in grado di riassumere più efficacemente quell...
Columbus Circle without Columbus? New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard
When Joseph Guagliardo was a street kid growing up in Red Hook in Brooklyn, the statue of Christopher Columbus at the southwest corner of Central Park in Manhattan made him swell with pride. His grandmother, Giavanna, who arrived from Sicily near the turn of the century and, like many immigrants, Anglicized her name and went by Jenny, would take hi...
Usa, a Lucio Caputo la “Gold medal” dalla Foreign Policy Association
Lucio Caputo, presidente del Gei e di varie altre società, è stato premiato con la “Gold Medal” della Foreign Policy Association, al Gala della prestigiosa Associazione, tenutosi martedì 12 dicembre nella Ballroom del St. Regis Hotel di New York City. Il premio è stato assegnato dal Presidente e Ceo della Fpa, Noel Lateef in segno di apprezzamento...
The 9/11 Solidarity Creche Now On Display at Casa Belvedere
The Solidarity Crèche was a gift by the Naples, Italy Chamber of Commerce to the NYC Fire Dept. post the tragic 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. It was custom made to honor the victims and brave Firefighters, Police and EMS workers that lost their lives. It is on loan to Casa Belvedere, courtesy of the International Columbia Associa...