Screening: 41 PARALLELO: A Documentary and Short Films from Naples
NOVEMBER 30, 2015 06:00 PM - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 In collaboration with Napoli Film Festival. All the films are in ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles. BELLISSIMA [Beautiful]Directed by Alessandro CapitaniWinner of Best Actress (Giusy Lodi)(2015, Italy, 12 min.)Veronica is twenty and...
John ‘Cha Cha’ Ciarcia, ‘Sopranos’ Actor and Restaurateur, Dies at 75
by Alyssa Sage John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia, guest actor on "The Sopranos" and owner of a bustling Italian restaurant in New York's Little Italy, died Nov. 21 at NYU Langone Medical Center following a brief illness. He was 75. Dubbed the "unofficial mayor of Little Italy," Ciarcia's acting career included film appearances alongside long...
Giglio festival celebrates Brooklyn’s Italian pride for 129th time
By Lisa L. ColangeloGentrification can't keep the giglio out of Williamsburg. The 129th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino kicks off Wednesday in Brooklyn, with sausage, zeppole and a 4-ton, 65-foot statue to honor a beloved Italian saint. "It's definitely pride and a tradition," said Joe Galasso, a 41-year-old city fir...
Mount Morris Italian Festival has a new location
by Matt Leader Instead of its usual location along Main Street, Mount Morris Rotary Club's annual Italian Festival will be held at Bellamy Memorial Park off Lackawanna Avenue. Though in a new location, the festival will see the same array of arts, crafts and food vendors as well as ample live entertainment offerings. The festival...
Albany cafe reopening as Italian restaurant
An evening of dinner and a show could soon get easier on a small strip of Madison Avenue in Albany, New York. The former Tierra Coffee Roasters cafe — next to the Madison Theater — will reopen as an Italian fine-dining restaurant. Gigi's Italian Restaurante is scheduled to open sometime before October, said Madison Theater director Ja...
Two Medici Women
December 3 (Saturday) 10:30 am. Two Medici Women. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY - Admission: Members: $20; Non-Members: $25 - Contact: Patrizia Calce 914-771-8700 ext. 109 [email protected] The Medici women managed to carry out political activity on behalf of the family through...
Carmel Man Turns Longtime Dream Into Luigi's Italian Restaurant
Like most who open their own business, Carmel's Luigi Rukaj started with a dream. Since 1980, when he moved from Rome, Italy, to America, Rukaj has wanted to open his own Italian restaurant. Six months ago, Rukaj and his family took over what is now Luigi's Italian Restaurant on Gleneida Avenue in Carmel. Response from the community...
86th Annual Feast of San Gennaro Set for 9/13 - 23
The 86th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, September 23, 2012, on the streets of historic Little Italy, the lower Manhattan neighborhood which served as the first home in America for hundreds of thousands of Italia...
Taste of Sicily
Bowery Culinary Center, Whole Foods MarketThursday, June 6, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)New York, NYHands-On & Demonstration, $45 With ancient influences from Greece, Spain, and even North Africa, Sicilian cuisine is as unique as it is delicious. Spend an evening in Sicily as you cook your way through traditional Sicilian fare that shows...
A Look at the 2013 Festa di San Calogero, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
More photos here Fonte: Magna Grece
Dr. Graziano Perria is awarded the Joe Petrosino Prize
L'11 ottobre 2013, all' interno dei vari festeggiamenti per il Columbus day, l' Associazione Nazionale Polizia di Stato, ha ospitato presso la propria sede all'ONU una cerimonia di rilievo all' interno della magnifica Penthouse Library del palazzo di vetro, la premiazione del Dott. Graziano Perria, capo settore indagini investigative della DIA ( Di...
7th Annual International Day of Italian Cuisines includes a special presentation of the Grana Padano Italian Cuisine Worldwide Awards
The Italian Trade Commission is pleased to collaborate this year on the upcoming International Day of Italian Cuisines at the International Culinary Institute organized by itchefs_GVCI. Today, the Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Grana Padano (Consortium for the Protection of Grana Padano cheese) is a proud supporter of this event, sp...