Calandra Community Book Club Wants You!
Begun two years ago, the Calandra Institute's Community Book Club has read together and engaged in fun, funny, argumentative, dynamic, and critical conversation about a whole slew of the greatest Italian American books ever written. And we want you to join us as we continue exploring classic Italian American literature! Come to our next me...
New York - Robert Gallo receives Leonardo da Vinci Prize
The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee (IHCC) has conferred the 2015 Leonardo da Vinci Award on Robert Gallo, an Italo-American and an internationally renowned researcher in the field of immunology. The Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine at the Maryland School of Medicine, Dr Gallo played a key role in determi...
Sagra del libro: The Italian American book festival in Little Italy
The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge of Little Italy(OSIA) and IAWA - The Italian American Writers Associationare joining forces to host the "Sagra del Libro" (Italian-American Book Festival) that kicks off IAWA's year-long 25th Anniversary Celebrations. WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6 to 10 pm. WHERE: Lodge Hall...
tredici North Opens in Nearby Purchase, with a Spin on Classic Italian Dishes in a Drop-Dead Gorgeous Modern Space
Executive chef Giuseppe Fanelli has found a new home to showcase his talents with fresh riffs on Italian favorites. This chef, who has been cooking in Manhattan for 20 years, a Sleepy Hollow resident, told us, "I would like to give back to the Westchester community I grew up in, and bring classic dishes to all – updated for the 20th centur...
Claudio Del Vecchio e Brooks Brothers: "Più Italia nella camicie che usava l'Avvocato"
Claudio Del Vecchio ripensa al suo arrivo negli Stati Uniti e ricorda sorridendo: "Immaginavo che sarei rimasto qui per non più di due anni, non vedevo l'ora di tornare in Italia, a casa. Invece...." Invece di anni ne sono passati 34. Spedito a New York dal padre Leonardo, patron di una Luxottica allora lontanissima dalle dimensioni odiern...
Inside Apizza Regionale: Dinosaur owner's new joint opens Thursday
by Don Cazentre The smell of the wood fire tells you this is a place with local restaurant legend John Stage's signature on it. When you get to the blackened and blistered Neapolitan-influenced pizzas and the long list of Italian-style Negroni cocktails on the bar menu, you know it's a little different. Apizza Regionale opens at 5 p.m. Th...
He helped make Patchogue what it is
The call came when Artie Fuccillo was seated at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Would he consider being St. Liberata's Italian American of the Year? It was an ironic moment because Fuccillo, with his friend Al Chiuchiolo, helped negotiate the purchase of the theatre when it needed help and put up the money, along with others...
2013 Year of Italian Culture Opening Exhibition New York City
JOIN USOpening Poster ExhibitionITALIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, INC.CELEBRATES ANNUAL THEMETUESDAY, March 12, 2013 at 7pmCalandra Institute of CUNY, at25 West 43rd Street, 17th FlrNew York, NY The President/Chair and Board of Directors of the IHCC-NY, Inc. have announced the first in a series of events for 2013: Year of Itali...
Circo’s Chef Alfio Shares His Award-Winning Pesto Secrets
by Amelia Pang There's a misconception that pesto should have a strong garlic flavor. But, Chef Alfio Longo, executive chef of Circo Restaurant, feels pesto is best with just a light touch of garlic. "In order to appreciate the richness of the Italian extra olive oil, you can't use too much of any of the ingredients," Longo said. "It's about...
E' morto Saby D'Amico, l'americano di Pesaro
Ieri è morto negli Stati Uniti, a Port Washington, nello stato di New York, all'età di 94 anni Sabatino, Saby, D'Amico che da molti amici veniva definito pesarese, o meglio pantanese, d'America o americano di Pesaro. Saby era a nato a Jessup in Pennsylvania da famiglia di migranti italiani attirati dal lavoro nelle ricche miniere di carbon...
Cooking up a Mario Batali tour
The Mario Batali Greenwich Village Food Tour, launching on Sept. 16, will offer more than tasty morsels at the famed chef's eateries. Walks of New York inked an exclusive deal with the chef 18 months ago, and its guides are well versed about his culinary philosophy. The $64 outing stops at Otto before the popular pizzeria opens for lunch, and at L...
An Evening of Sicilian Folk & Roots Music - October 10, 8pm
Come celebrate Italian heritage with this unique evening of traditional and contemporary Sicilian folk music fused with other world music traditions. Michela Musolino is an internationally-acclaimed folk singer specializing in traditional and contemporary Sicilian music. Her first CD, Songs of the Trinacria has been widely broadcasted thro...