Bronx's Arthur Avenue named 'Great Street of America'
If you've slurped oysters outside a seafood market, taken a bite of burrata or savored cannoli on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, this distinction might not be news to you. Arthur Avenue, which some call "the real Little Italy," will join the American Planning Association's "Great Streets of America." The celebration and official announcement...
Town of Hempstead Honors Italian-Americans
This week, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony J. Santino hosted the town's first Italian Heritage Celebration, recognizing outstanding men and women who have dedicated their lives to promoting the great Italian traditions and culture that have helped improve the town. "The Town of Hempstead has among the highest populations of Italian-Am...
The Lioness of the South: Michelina De Cesare
By Giovanni di Napoli "Oh difficulties to be endured, cries the coward, the feather-head, the shuttlecock, the faint-heart. The task is not impossible, though hard. The craven must stand aside. Ordinary, easy tasks are for the herd. Rare, heroic, and divine men overcome the difficulties of the way and force an immortal palm from necessity. You may...
Christmas on the Hill and Christmas concert
Mark your calendar. Christmas on the Hill is set for Saturday, December 3. The day begins at 12 noon with roasted chestnuts, free salsiccia samples, and a variety of Hill merchandise from Maestro available in front of St. Ambrose Church. At the next corner, Marconi and Daggett, visit the Country Store staffed by Sacred Heart Villa and the...
Italian-American remembered here
by Joann Mackenzie Just in case her name doesn't tip you off, Rockport resident Laura M. Alberghini Ventimiglia is Italian. Or, as she tells us in her newly published ancestral family memoir, "A Letter To My Children," Italian-American, and proud of it. But like millions of grandchildren of immigrants from the Old World, Ventimigl...
Classic Italian dishes done to perfection at Osteria Toscana
By Joan Gordon When several friends in the Quiet Corner suggested an outing, they recommended Osteria Toscana a little over the border in Johnston, R.I. Michael and I had never been there, but they assured us we would enjoy the place. They were right. The restaurant, located in The Center at Cherry Hill shopping plaza, was a great find....
"A Denver studio da leader. Italia più forte? Mica tanto"
Fresco di miglior prestazione stagionale con 27 punti messi a referto nella vittoria dei suoi Denver Nuggets contro Portland (132 a 120 il risultato finale in favore di Denver), Danilo Gallinari si aspettava comunque un inizio migliore di stagione. Il Gallo racconta la sua ottava stagione in Nba, passando da qualche sconfitta di troppo ai prossimi...
Montgomery restaurant Tony's Italian Delicatessen lands at top of Yelp’s 2017 top places to eat list
By Greg Morago A Houston-area deli has emerged in the No. 1 spot of Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in 2017. Tony's Italian Delicatessen, 16283 Highway 105 in Montgomery, was ranked at the top of Yelp's annual survey of businesses that rank highly within the Yelp community. According to Yelp, the rankings were determined by reviews (both the rat...
Columbia University Sued Over Mission of ‘Casa Italiana’
Columbia University was sued by a group of families for allegedly failing to use their donations to promote Italian culture as the benefactors intended. Several Italian-American families in 1927 donated $400,000 (worth about $5 million today) to the Manhattan-based university to erect La Casa Italiana, the "Italian House," on school land, accordin...
Uffizi Gallery’s “Angel” Exhibit U.S. Tour’s Last Stop
The inspirational exhibition "Offering of the Angels: Tapestries and Paintings from the Uffizi Gallery," opens on December 7 at the final stop of its U.S. tour at Telfair Museum, Jepson Center for the Arts, in Savannah, Ga. The 43 paintings and two tapestries by Baroque and Renaissance masters such as Botticelli, Liberi and Tintoretto will be on di...
In rete il nuovo numero di "IT@LICO"
Esce in questi giorni il numero di febbraio di "It@lico", periodico del club "Italiano per piacere" diretto da Franco Giannotti. In rete all'indirizzo www.italiausa.com/ipp, il giornale è come sempre ricco d'informazione locale e d'oltre oceano. "Come di consueto – spiega Giannotti - la prima pagina ospita il resoconto della nostra ultima riunione...
Delegazioni di buyers USA a Mercanteinfiera (Parma)
Città: Parma - ItaliaPaese: ITALIAPeriodo di svolgimento: 28/02/2013 - 03/03/2013Partners: Fiere di Parma S.p.A.Descrizione: Dopo la positiva collaborazione instaurata con Fiere di Parma lo scorso anno, la Camera di Commercio italo-americana a Miami si impegna ad organizzare due missioni a Parma,in occasione di Mercanteinfiera, alle quali partecipe...