Paolo Busti selects two as Outstanding Italian Americans
The Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation of Genesee County has announced the selection of Mary Calarco Smith and Patty Macaluso Page as Outstanding Italian-Americans.Their accomplishments include both personal/professional service to community, church, and family. Mary and Patty's lives reflect the core values and heritage which the Foundation uses as c...
L’arte dello spaghetto spiegata ai newyorkesi
di Piero Armenti Forse non diventeranno mai le nuove Gualtiero Marchesi di Manhattan, ma se si offre loro la possibilità di scoprire i segreti della nostra cucina, di imparare a riconoscere i sapori, la qualità dei prodotti e, soprattutto, a cucinare, non esitano un secondo. Le donne newyorkesi vogliono sapere tutto, soprattutto riguardo...
Annual St. Rocco Festival in Oyster Bay draws about 50,000
Walking around the St. Rocco Festival in Oyster Bay Sunday night was a vastly different experience for native Tracey McIntyre than it was 20 years ago. As a teenager, McIntyre, her twin sister, Tricia, and their friends would attend every single night of the five-day festival that takes place at Fireman's Field on Shore Avenue. They'd ride the amu...
Gov. Cuomo speaks out about offensive “Wandering Dago” food truck
A freedom of speech lawsuit was presented in Federal Court in Albany on Thursday, involving the Wandering Dago food truck, the Office of General Services and New York Racing Association. Earlier this year, the food truck was denied a permit to operate at the Empire State Plaza for its summer outdoor lunch program overseen by OGS. Officials sai...
Alfa Romeo will return to the U.S. at the 2014 New York Auto Show
Alfa Romeo is back. That's what U.S. car enthusiasts have been waiting to hear since the storied Italian brand left our shores in 1995. It's been plotting a return for roughly a decade, and it will finally make its comeback here at the 2014 New York Auto Show next month. Alfa will show off the 4C sports car which, aside from a limited run...
Festa di compleanno per il sesto anniversario dell'Associazione Culturale Italiana di New York
L'Associazione Culturale Italiana di New York ha festeggiato domenica il sesto anniversario della fondazione con un dinner-dance, assieme a 350 ospiti presso la sala ricevimenti Russo's on the Bay a Howard Beach dove sono state annunciate le attese novità sulla prossima edizione del Festival della canzone italiana. All'appuntamento con l'Associazi...
Italian rock violinist performs 2 shows in Binghamton
Italian rock violinist Andrea Di Cesare will perform two shows in Binghamton this week. On Friday as part of the First Friday Art Walk, Di Cesare will be the featured act at a variety show sponsored by Binghamton University's Department of Romance Languages. It starts at 6 p.m. at BU's Downtown Center (67 Washington St.) with students and...
Gli italo-americani e il cinema: se ne parla al Westchester Italian Cultural Center, New York
Appuntamento venerdì 16 maggio al Westchester Italian Cultural Center, New York, alle 19.30 per la proiezione di "Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies", documentario diretto da Steven Fischler, prodotto da John Turturro, con Giorgio Bertellini, John Caglione Jr. e Frank Capra Jr. Il documentario narra come gli italo-americani...
A Look at the 2014 Festa di Sant'Antonio, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
It was a beautiful Sunday for the Festa di Sant'Antonio at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (2154 61st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204). As always, there was a fantastic turnout. I saw many friends, and members of several Societies were in attendance. A popular event, many locals came out of their homes to watch and greet the marc...
A Look at the 2015 Feast of Maria SS. Della Misericordia in Brooklyn, New York
By Giovanni di Napoli Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sunday afternoon (April 26th) to celebrate the annual Feast of Maria SS. della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy), patroness of Fontanarosa in Provincia di Avellino. Warmly welcomed, we celebrated Mass in En...
A John Viola il Gei Award
Il presidente della Niaf (National Italian American Foundation), John Viola, è stato ospite del Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) a una colazione in una sala privata del RNel corso dell'incontro John Viola ha ricevuto da Lucio Caputo, presidente della prestigiosa organizzazione che racchiude i principali rappresentanti delle organizzazioni italiane c...
Caruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound
September 20 (Sunday) 2:00 pmCaruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound: Caruso recordings and the history of recorded music, music boxes and records. Sponsored by the Enrico Caruso Museum of America - 1942 East 19th Street, Brooklyn Admission: free; open to the publicContact: Comm. Aldo Mancusi 718-368-3993amancusi@enricoca...