Festival in Valhalla harkens Italian roots
by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon For members of the Laperuta family, Westchester County's Italian Heritage Celebration at the Kensico Dam Plaza has become a family tradition — one they've honored for some seven years now. So it was no surprise that Dom and Karen Laperuta, both 51, of Yonkers were there with their two children at this year's event on S...
Italian American Museum Puts Its Home on Market for $13M
by Serena Solomon The Italian American Museum has put its home up for sale — but the cultural institution isn't going anywhere. The three buildings at 185-189 Grand St., which contain the museum as well as residential units and storefronts, recently hit the market for $13 million, with the condition that the museum remain on site. &n...
Marco Bicego Headed for New York
by Holly Haber Italian fine jeweler Marco Bicego is preparing to open his first New York shop-in-shop in September at Bloomingdale's flagship. "Bloomingdale's 59th Street is a mega destination for luxury brands," Bicego said during a visit to Dallas. "The amount of tourists that go through there is intense." The approximately 120-square-fo...
Food and fun at the Little Italy Street Festival
North Jay Street in Schenectady was packed on Saturday for the eighth annual Little Italy Street Festival. Six local restaurants and bakeries provided all of the food, including meatballs, pizza, and canolis. The event featured plenty of food, activities for kids, and a guest appearance. Gianni Russo, the actor who played Carlo Rizzi in "...
Con Ornella Fado si brinda al buon gusto italiano a New York
di Liliana Rosano Ambasciatrice del Made in Italy negli Stati Uniti, Ornella Fado, calabrese, romana di formazione ma newyorchese d'adozione, ha contribuito a diffondere la cultura contemporanea italiana in America al punto che nel 2009, l'allora sindaco di New York, Michael Bloomberg, l'ha incoronata esperta della gastronomia italiana durante la...
East Harlem Tables: Food and Italian Immigrant Cultures
by Fabio Parasecoli When friends visit New York City from out of town, especially from Italy, we often end up taking a stroll through Manhattan's Little Italy, which looms large in the imagination of many Italians. Although they have seen it in movies and in TV shows, they tend to have a limited sense of how and why immigrants moved betwee...
Lorigo Receives Top Award From Good Government Club
by Tony Farina It was an overflow crowd last Saturday night (March 13) at Salvatore's Italian Gardens as the Good Government Club of Western New York attracted more than 400 guests for the its 20th annual St. Joseph's Dinner, this year honoring Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo. Lorigo, who is the longest sittin...
Reading The Italian American Table in Philadelphia and New York
Historian Simone Cinotto will discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City, in two upcoming events--in Philadelphia and New York. In Philadelphia, Cinotto will speak at Drexel University's Center for Hospitality and Sport Management on Monday, May 12 at 5:00 pm. In his ta...
San Gennaro Festival: Why you should head to Little Italy's Feast
by Georgia Kral Every year, Italians and revelers from all over the world head to Little Italy in New York City for the Feast of San Gennaro. This year's festival kicks off at 4 p.m. on Sept 11. Two million people are expected to attend, and you should be one of them. Here's why:It's an annual tradition since 1926This is an o...
Kiss Me I’m Italian - 16 Dec 2014 at 7:00 PM
Per la prima volta in un club della Grande Mela ci sarà una serata speciale in cui la musica, il cinema, la televisione e la radio si divideranno il palco. Atlas Social Club e PanaePanico factory presentano Kiss me I'm Italian, una notte con la migliore musica italiana degli anni 80 (Mina, Raffaella Carrà, Loredana Bertè, Rettore, Marcella...
Ernest Hemingway’s First Love, Italy (Part I)
by Alfonson Guerriero Jr. For the first time in New York City there is an exhibit celebrating the literary works of Ernest Hemingway. From September 25th through January 31st, 2016 at the Morgan Library and Museum, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Hemingway's original manuscripts, letters and ephemera coll...
Pasolini 1975-2015
Monday, November 2, 18:00 - 20:00 EST. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò NYU, 24 W 12th St, New York 10011. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini's death (he was killed November 2nd 1975), Kairos Italy Theater (Casa Italiana Theater Company in Residence) presents a celebration of his life in New York and of his in...