Remembering Benito De Rosa, co-founder of Pastosa Ravioli
Benito “Benny” De Rosa moved to Staten Island in the late 1970s and established Pastosa Ravioli in Eltingville, a thriving store that is part of his food legacy to the borough. The pasta-maker and shopkeep, known for his remarkable work ethic, love for America and dedication to his family, passed away on Saturday at 79. On Tuesday morning, customer...
Historic Brownsville church site sits vacant as senior housing moves slowly
The Brownsville lot where a Catholic church built by immigrants stood for a century is still vacant, two years after the historic house of worship was torn down. Weeds are growing on the rubble-and-trash-strewn site of Our Lady of Loreto at 126 Sackman St., which activists wanted to landmark and turn into a community cultural center. Catholic Chari...
CUNY Master Class Series Celebrates Bond Between Italian-U.S. Costume Designers
The bond between American and Italian costumers has been a strong and long-lasting one that has contributed to some of the best-looking movies ever made, says acclaimed Italian costume designer Carlo Poggioli. “We are the country that has won the most Oscars, both for set design and costumes, after the Americans,” says Poggioli, head of Italy’s cos...
Mucci: l’Italia deve far sua la figura di Colombo
Umberto Mucci, fondatore, editore e direttore di “We The Italians”, giornale online di Roma, è stato ospite della Columbus Citizens Foundation a New York per illustrare la “Prospettiva italiana sulla celebrazione del Columbus Day”. Prospettiva che Mucci ha riassunto con un “non c’è!” In pratica in Italia la festa che celebra Cristoforo Colombo, tan...
Raymond Guarini’s New York City’s Italian Neighborhoods
Auguri to NIAF Member and longtime friend Raymond Guarini for his new book New York City’s Italian Neighborhoods that he co-authored with John Napoli. The city’s five boroughs have been home to more Italian immigrants than any other place in America. Over the last 140 years, these communities have preserved their heritage by celebrating special eve...
Patti LuPone on getting bullied by Broadway. And why she keeps coming back.
There are many pleasures to be had in watching Patti LuPone perform, particularly on a Broadway stage. There’s her powerful, flexible singing voice, undiminished at age 70. There’s her operatically expressive face, her sharply detailed characterizations. There’s also the plain fact that to see LuPone at maximum, commanding intensity — her default m...
Falls man's gift supports new oncology center
Vittorio Giardetti has done his part to make the planned $2 million medical oncology center on Memorial’s downtown campus a reality. The Falls resident recently made a $10,000 donation to the facility. The new center, which will be designed and operated as part of the Roswell Park Care Network, will give Niagara County residents convenient access...
Elisabetta Giriodi di Monastero Panissera: Stuffed Animals Abound
Countess Elisabetta Giriodi di Monastero Panissera is an Italian photographer living in NYC. Her inaugural ‘Stuffed Animals Abound’ exhibition last May shared Elisabetta’s experience in New York using pictures of stuffed animals. ‘Stuffed animals are a gift. They are companionship in the absence of companions, a materialization of adoration, a tok...
New cookbook is a visual ode to Italian south Brooklyn
Bensonhurst-born home cook, photographer and graphic designer Daniel Paterna is dishing up more than mouthwatering recipes in his new cookbook, “Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian’s Recipes Celebrating Food & Family.” Through lovingly rendered photographs, readers also get a taste of the neighborhood’s little Italian bakeries, butcher sh...
Maria Pia De Vito and Juan Oliver Mazzariello – Concert
When: Thursday, November 14, 2019 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York An extraordinary musical encounter between the vocalist Maria Pia De Vito and the English/Italian pianist and composer Julian Oliver Mazzariello. Two artists with a strong bond and joyously spontaneous interaction, with a drive to walk new musi...
Seen @ snaps: Italian Club of Staten Island's annual Gala a night to remember at Staaten
The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation played host to a crowd of some 200 at their annual gala staged in LiGreci’s Staaten, the West Brighton catering spot where four individuals were recognized for their service to community. Lauded during the evening were: Jackie Delfino and Nicholas Principato, residents of On Your Mark under the leadershi...
New Dorp street renamed in honor of late NYPD officer Rocco Laurie
Just blocks from the 122nd Precinct, a New Dorp street has been renamed in honor of one of New York’s Finest. Otis Avenue, at the corner of Hylan Boulevard, has been renamed Police Officer Rocco W Laurie Way in honor of the late Rocco Laurie, a Staten Islander who was stationed in Manhattan’s 9th Precinct, where he lost his life in the line of duty...