Governor Cuomo - Festa della Repubblica 2020
A message from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrating the Italian National Day with the Italian community of New York City and of the whole State of NY! Governor Cuomo also remembers his father, Mario Cuomo, and the contribution of the Italian Americans to the City and the State of New York. Viva l'Italia!!
“Have a good night, Joe.”
“Hey Joe” “Hec, what’s up?” If I learned anything from my Italian father-in-law, and his brothers it’s that “old school” Italians are full of great stories, history, and they love to share it with whomever will listen. A simple ‘hello’ leads into the old days of Buffalo and you go down the rabbit hole filled with imagination and amazing stories. Th...
'Life or death still possible': 31 days at my dad's virtual bedside
I wrote a draft of my father's obituary on the evening of March 30th. He had been on a ventilator for 11 days. The attending physician at the intensive care unit had called that morning and asked whether they should include a Do Not Resuscitate order in my dad's chart. They had asked before. I had been indecisive. A successful resuscitation would e...
Maria Miscioscia of Port Washington: Memories were made around her dinner table
Loving. Generous. Devoted. Adored. These are only a few of the many ways Maria Miscioscia is remembered by her family. “Mommy loved everyone unconditionally and only wanted peace and happiness for everyone around her,” said her son Nick Miscioscia. A resident of Port Washington for almost 60 years, Miscioscia died on Easter Sunday, April 12, of COV...
The Resilience Of Local Businesses: Little Italy In The Bronx
Located in the heart of the Belmont district of the Bronx, the historic “Little Italy in the Bronx” neighborhood, which includes the iconic Arthur Avenue, is a New York City institution that features the best, authentic Italian restaurants, butchers, bakers, fish markets, delis, pastry shops, artisan shops and specialty stores. Local businesses are...
Italian Expat Photographer Documents Brooklynites on Their Stoops During Pandemic
The photographs of people on the street Francesca Magnani takes every day document how New Yorkers have been coping with the virus. Originally from Padua, Italy, the writer and photographer has been living in Brooklyn for more than 15 years, and her work has been featured in a solo show at Photoville and many publications, including Brownstoner. Ma...
Sal Capozucca, Rock Drummer with a Real Estate Gig, Dies at 65
The Rousers, a rock band formed by a couple of high school buddies from Connecticut, once veered close to stardom when a young Madonna opened for them at Max’s Kansas City in 1981, right before that incubator of downtown Manhattan cool closed. That same year, the band released a single, “Party Boy.” “Psychedelic rockabilly” is how the critic...
Kairos Italy Theater Announces The Finalists Of The First Round Of The KIT Intl Playwrights Series
On May 18, Kairos Italy Theater and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò held the online event KIT Intl playwrights series 2020 dedicated to Women in Comedy, a series of 10-minute comic plays from around the globe written by women celebrating Franca Valeri turning 100 this year. The call received 300 submissions by women playwrights from several countr...
Dyker Heights mourns the death of beloved La Bella Marketplace owner Paolo Pesce
Dyker Heights says goodbye to a beloved local merchant. On Saturday, May 16, Paolo Pesce, owner of La Bella Marketplace, 7907 13th Ave., died at age 75 from colon cancer complications. He is survived by his wife Maria, his children Antonella, Janet and Nick, his three grandchildren and brothers Larry and Frank Pesce was born Aug.12,1944 in a fisher...
«Il mio Covid-hero a Times Square ha commosso New York»
Ha preso in braccio il Covid Hero Monument, la sua opera mobile, e quando le mille luci di New York si sono accese ha raggiunto quasi di nascosto Times Square. Lì ha depositato l’infermiere di colore genuflesso e con le mani rivolte al cielo, poggiandolo su un cuore rosso: e così ha commosso la popolazione della Big Apple. Sergio Furnari, artista c...
Why Now is the Perfect Time to Visit Little Italy
In the P.P. (pre-pandemic) era, Little Italy was bustling with a constant stream of tourists, drunk birthday party revelers, and a smattering of hosts belting out Frank Sinatra tunes. Perhaps this is why the last two months have felt particularly dead on the iconic stretch of Mulberry Street. Home to several independently owned, multi-generational...
'Buffalo lost a part of its soul': Joey Giambra succumbs to Covid-19
The first line in the email said everything. "Buffalo lost a part of its soul yesterday with the passing of Joseph Giambra," a family representative wrote in a note about the death of a civic legend. Giambra – almost always known as "Joey" – died at 86 late Thursday in a Covid-19 wing at Buffalo General Medical Center. He had been hospitalized sinc...