Italy of environmental sustainability showcase in New York City
Not everyone takes environmental sustainability seriously as it should be: but instead, to change the behaviour of everyone we must concentrate, starting with training and the education of children, to prepare for them a better world, a breathing air “: Berardo Paradiso, an Italian entrepreneur for almost forty years in New York and president of Ia...
Mike Piazza joins 77 WABC at Stage 17: The heart of a champion
On October 30, Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza (New York Mets) was interviewed at the newly renovated Stage 17 at the Cumulus radio station 77 WABC in New York City, as part of The Baller Series. 77 WABC's Mike "Gunz" Gunzleman, as heard on the Imus in the Morning program, served as the host. This event was moderated by Brandon Steiner, the CEO...
Seviroli Foods plans $9 million expansion, 30 new jobs
A Garden City company that says it’s the world’s largest maker of frozen tortellini is planning a $9 million expansion project, officials said Thursday. Seviroli Foods Inc. plans to purchase and make improvements to 33,000 square feet of production and warehouse space. The family-owned business had considered moving to New Jersey or Pennsylvania, e...
The Jewish Community of Rome in New York
When: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : ICI In collaboration with : Centro Primo Levi - Entrance : Free In collaboration with Centro Primo Levi and Rome Lab Project, a lecture on The Arch of Titus, the Jews, and the Ceremony of the Adventus. Marina Caffiero will discu...
Cafe Dolce serves up casual Italian fare in Mamaroneck
Cafe Dolce is a throwback to one of the village's longest-standing Italian bakeries. After Artuso Bakery shuttered last year, Dolce owner Luigi Fata got in touch with the Artuso family and decided to open a similar operation in its place. "Besides the bar, I kept it exactly like Artuso," Fata said of the eatery at 270 Mamaroneck Ave., which opened...
Celebrating Italian Heritage Month with the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Last week was very gratifying. My endeavors for the greater Duesiciliano (southern Italian) community were recognized by three different associations! Even though I’m not concerned with personal laurels, I am pleased to see that my hard work does not go unnoticed. The awards I received from the Associazione Amici di Totò and the Comitati Due Sicili...
Made in Italy luxury, commitment and beauty
Simple things are the most difficult things to do really well,”says Gianluca Isaia, the creator, soul and entrepreneur of a tailoring brand that from Naples has conquered the world of male elegance. And he says this in a video that opens the workshop on the fashion and luxury industry, the third in the series “This is Italy, parts unknown”, the New...
NYC gallery launches first major US exhibition of Italian artist
Upper East Side art gallery Di Donna has launched the first major US exhibition of Italian artist Nuvolo — whose art was collected in the ’50s and ’60s by Peggy Guggenheim, but later fell into obscurity outside of Italy. The new show as curated by Germano Celant hangs Nuvolo paintings alongside works by his peers and influences including Cy Twombly...
Tony Cortese, Amerigo’s owner for 6 decades, passes away
An iconic Throggs Neck businessperson has passed away. Antonio ‘Tony’ Cortese, described by family as “a force of life in any and all his endeavors,” was the owner of the popular Amerigo’s Italian Restaurant at the corner of East Tremont Avenue and Sullivan Place, from 1980 to 1998. Cortese passed away from natural causes at the age of 89 on Friday...
La Traviata - With full Orchestra
Nov. 18, 19, 25, 26 (Saturdays and Sundays) 3:00 pm. La Traviata - With full Orchestra. Our Lady of Perpetual Help. 5902 6th Avenue, Brooklyn. Admission: $25; $20 seniors; $5 teens; open to the public. Contact: Fran Garber-Cohen 718-259-2772. [email protected] www.reginaopera.org Enjoy a fully staged performance of Verdi's tragedy La Traviata....
‘Acquiring Italian Records’ program offered by Genealogical Society
On Nov. 4, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. the Orange County Genealogical Society will be offering a program on “Acquiring Italian Records.” This program will be presented by Toni McKeen. The program will be held at the Goshen United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 115 Main Street in Goshen, (next door to the 1841 Historic Courthouse). McKeen will walk visito...
So Italian food can be strengthened in America
“Five or six years ago, more than 50 percent of American consumers believed that truffles were a chocolate dessert and they didn’t know that they are also and above all something else; now they know it” Vittorio Giordano, vice-president of Urbani Truffles, international branch of the historical pocket multinational truffle Umbrian, amuses the audie...