By Giovanni di Napoli   Hundreds gathered in the rain last Monday for the Third Annual Columbus Day Giglio Party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Hosted by the Giglio Boys Club, members transformed Lorimer Street (between Metropolitan Ave. and Conselyea St.) into a free outdoor party to showcase and celebrate southern Italian culture.   Arr...

Congratulations to our own Roma Torre, who received a prestigious award Friday night at the annual Epiphany Celebration.   Torre was one of three wise women honored by the National Organization of Italian American Women. The organization, which was founded in 1980 is dedicated to preserving Italian heritage through educational and cultural...

by Vivian Marino   Ms. Mainetti, 36, is president of the Sorgente Group of America, one of three holding companies of the Sorgente Group of Rome, which is run by her father, Valter Mainetti, the majority shareholder and chief executive.   Sorgente specializes in historical preservation projects and is majority owner of New York's Flat...

MAY 26, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011In cooperation with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (presenting the 2015 edition) and UNITEL Classica   Bass-baritone Paolo Bordogna in recital (arias and songs by Rossini), followed by a Q&A with the artist, presenting his new album Tutto Buf...

di Mario Platero Cominciamo da un primato non irrilevante: Federica Marchionni, romana di nascita, milanese di spirito, americana di vocazione è la prima donna italiana a diventare ceo di un'azienda Usa quotata in Borsa, Lands' End, uno dei più conosciuti gruppi di abbigliamento e arredo in Usa che è fra l'altro, il fornitore preferito dei celebri...

Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Bolzano artist Laura Benaglia Nones in Interpretative Realms. The exhibition opens July 31st and will run until August 20th, 2015. The opening reception will take place Thursday, August 6th, from 6-8 PM. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting...

The Italian singer, Silvia Tancredi returns to the Big|Brave Apple for some concerts where she will perform - unplugged - in venues around Manhattan. The confirmed dates are: 1) August 29, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Uncle Charlie's Piano Bar & Lounge, New York; 2) Sept. 5, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Leftfield NYC, 87 Ludlow St, she w...

The temperatures were freezing outside, when 35-year-old Renee LaManna was found wandering in bare feet on January 8, 1994, outside the apartment in Fresh Meadows, Queens, where she was living with her boyfriend of ten years. He was an immigrant taxi driver from Afghanistan. LaManna was raised Catholic by her Italian-American family in Sc...

Join us on Monday, October 12th as WABC-TV presents the 71st Columbus Day Parade, sponsored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation. Our coverage of the march up Fifth Avenue begins at 12:00 p.m. with hosts Maria Bartiromo, Joe Piscopo and WABC-TV's Ken Rosato and Michelle Charlesworth.   You can watch our live streaming coverage of the parade h...

By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite   House-marinated fresh anchovies with fennel three ways. Photo: Melissa HomWhen Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich joined forces in 1998 to openBabbo, the restaurant was pioneering in its casual approach to fine dining, its celebration of local and seasonal ingredients in the service of classic Italian cuisi...