In the Nassau County Legislature's 8th District, Democrat Carl Gerrato, a Nassau County corrections officer, is challenging longtime incumbent Vincent Musarella, a Republican who was first elected in 1995. The 8th District encompasses Franklin Square, Floral Park, Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, West Hempstead and portions of Elmont, New Hyde Park an...

The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the 2017 Long Island Ambasciatore Awards Ceremony & Dinner. Honoring Outstanding Italian-American Leaders and their Italian-American Organizations. Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 12 noon to 4 pm. Crest Hollow Country Club - 8325 Jericho Tpke. Woodbury, NY 11797. Business Attire. Musical Perfo...

AIAE to celebrate La Settimana della Lingua Italiana with the theme "Cinema and Theatre" has organized A Cena con le Stelle - Dining with the Stars- with the renown actor Tony Lo Bianco and Distinguished Italian American Studies Scholar Dr. Vincenzo Milione. When: Monday, October 16, 2017 7:00pm - $50 all inclusive of three course dinner meal. Wher...

The Long Island Sons of Italy Columbus Day Parade will take place in Huntington on Sunday, Oct. 8. The parade route will follow along Main Street (Route 25A) in celebration of Columbus Day at noon. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a democrat, said, Columbus day was always a celebration of his Italian-American heritage. East Meadow, W. T. Clarke, Kings Park, Walt W...

Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his critically-acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island (NY) on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8 pm. Blood Type: RAGU is a wonderfully funny and genuinely moving one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child's delicate dance between cul...

It's sausage and peppers and a weekend of fun as the San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptonsreturns to Hampton Bays Saturday and Sunday for its seventh year. According to the San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons Committee, "The San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons originated as a festival designed to emphasize the vitality of the Hamptons and Hampton Bays beyo...

Two weeks before Columbus Day, Oyster Bay town officials along with several Italian-Americans from the local organizations gather to call on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other mayors around the nation to not remove their statutes of Christopher Columbus or send them to Massapequa. Last month, de Blasio said that his commission to study Ne...

Achille Michael Maggio, a retired mail carrier who was honored for heroism during World War II, died of heart failure Monday in his Sound Beach home, his family said. He was 94. “He was extremely proud of his service,” Charles Maggio said of his father’s military record and tenure with the U.S. Postal Service. During the war, Achille Maggio was a s...

Please join The Association of Italian American Educators to celebrate the Italian Festival at Hofstra University on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Hofstra South Campus from 11-5 pm.Tony DeNonno, Award-winning TV Producer-Writer-Director, will present the “Celebrating New York’s Century-Old Papa Manteo Sicilian Marionette Tradition." From the beginn...

A new restaurant serving wood-fire pizza and high-end American-Italian fare is scheduled to open on Center Boulevard in early September. Piatto, which is opening across the street from Hunters Point South Park at 1-50 50th Avenue, will offer Italian favorites—such as Chicken Marsala–but with an American twist. There will be items for vegans and veg...