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Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 6pm The Barese Ice Men of New York (2015), 80 min. Carlo Magaletti, dir. The Barese Icemen of New York follows the story of the Italian immigrants from the region of Apulia who from the 1920s to the 1960s dominated the making and delivery of ice in New York City. Interviews with former icemen and their families as well...

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Saturday January 17 2015, 6-9 pmHilton New Orleans Riverside, Napoleon Room, #2 Poydras St., New Orleans   Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet honors & celebrates national and local Italian Americans in the sports, entertainment, medical, and civic fields. Proceeds benefit the American Italian Cultural Center...

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Scotland, with its frequently dreary climate and its cold, foreboding castles, is a tailor-made locale for tales of conspiracies, jealous rivalries and nighttime murders. Macbeth and Mary, Queen of Scots are just two examples that come readily to mind.   Place the sad story of “Lucia di Lammermoor” in that setting, and you have all the eleme...

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By Todd A. Price   The new Ace Hotel in New Orleans looked to Memphis for their restaurant. They brought in the James Beard-nominated chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman. The pair, friends since high school, cook Italian food with flavors from the American South at Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen.   For a chef to run the new restaurant...

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The American Renaissance Foundation is proud to announce the selection of DARYLE LAMONICA, former American collegiate and professional quarterback, as the 2014 Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame National Honoree.   Mr. Lamonica began his career at the University of Notre Dame, where he was the starting quarterback for three seaso...

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By Todd A. Price   Joe Segreto, who ran the beloved Italian restaurant Eleven 79, died Monday (Oct. 5), reports the Advocate. He was 75. Mr. Segreto was born into the restaurant world. In the 1940s, his father Joseph John Segreto had a French Quarter Italian restaurant called Segreto's.   Early in his career, Mr. Segreto worked f...

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By Christopher Louis Romaguera Theoretically, Ettore Messina has the most interesting and effective offensive schemes out of any of the potential head coaches for the New Orleans Pelicans. He also may be the biggest gamble, having never been a head coach in the NBA or collegiate level.   Messina has coached in nearly every European league i...

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Even after 58 years in kitchens, chef Andrea Apuzzo of Andrea's Restaurant (3100 19th St., Metairie, 504-834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com) is passionate about creating classical Italian dishes. His eponymous restaurant celebrates its 30th anniversary this month.   Apuzzo describes his story as an American dream that began on a farm on the...

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You have a book coming out that argues Italian-Americans have been largely forgotten for their contributions to jazz. But Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Louis Prima, Louis Bellson, to name a few, are hardly unknown to those who care about jazz.   Yes and no. Many jazz fans aren't even aware that people like Tony Bennett and the late Louis Bell...

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Ardley Hanemann is President of Cabrini High School. Cabrini, an all girl school located on Moss Street across from Bayou St. John, has a long history in the Crescent City. The school's origins trace to 1892, when Archbishop Francis Janssens requested that Mother Cabrini come to New Orleans to help the City's many Italian immigrants.   Mothe...

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