Adam Haber Pulls Sopranos-Style Attack Ad
by Celeste Katz and Susannah Griffee The Nassau County executive hopeful on Wednesday said he'd yank the anti-Tom Suozzi spot, which drew a sharp rebuke from the country's biggest Italian heritage group for unabashedly using spaghetti-slurping stereotypes. "I apologize to anyone who has been offended," Haber, who's up against Suoz...
Justice Mastro presented with the 49th annual Rapallo Award by Columbian Lawyers Association
By Rob Abruzzese As the Hon. William F. Mastro stood on the stage of the Grand Ballroom in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, he began to reflect on his life. Standing in front of some of the most influential judges and lawyers in the state, and about to receive the Rapallo Award, what stood out in his head the most was his grandmothe...
The day is about celebrating Columbus, not about food and music (letter to the editor)
By John Mancini, Executive Director Italic Institute of America, Floral Park, L.I. Borough President James Oddo's announcement that the Columbus Day Parade will be replaced by an Italian festival because a festival is "deeper and richer," beggars the imagination. Granted, the traditional parade failed to excite the masses, but it...
With Your Help We Can Get an ArtsWestchester Matching Grant !
Make your contribution by December 19, 2014 and ArtsWestchester will match your donation: Donate Now The Westchester Italian Cultural Center is considered the cultural gem of Westchester County, the only Italian Cultural Center in the tri-state area that offers a variety of programs and events to promote all aspects of Italian la...
Via da noi: la foto dei nuovi Paisà
Presentare il proprio libro tra i disegni di Andy Warhol di certo non capita a tutti. A Elena Attala Perazzini è successo. Siamo a New York, più precisamente alla AntonKern Gallery di Chelsea, il quartiere delle gallerie di arte contemporanea che contano. Ed è qui che la "Segretaria dello scrittore" (tanto per citare il titolo di uno dei s...
Longtime firefighter also proud of Italian heritage
Ted Fiorito Jr. is one of the oldest members of the Fancher-Hulberton-Murray Fire Company, and one of the most supportive. Fiorito, 78, has been a member of the fire company for nearly 58 years, having joined after he married the love of his life, Frances Manno of Albion, in October 1957. "Joining the fire company was just something I thought...
Congrega Maria SS Addolorata
The Congregation of Maria S.S. Addolorata would like to announce that this years' procession in honor of our Patron Saint of Mola di Bari will take place on Sunday, September 13th. The procession will depart from Sacred Heart–St. Stephens Church (Summitt and Hicks Street) Carroll Gardens at 3:00 P.M. Upon returning to St. Stephen...
A Look at the 115th Annual Feast of Santa Fortunata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Last weekend (Sept. 26th–27th), members of the Società Santa Fortunata di New York celebrated the 115th Feast of Santa Fortunata, beloved patroness of Baucina, Sicily. The two day celebration, full of pomp and pageantry, began at the society clubhouse (7701 17th Ave.) in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and culminated with Mass at Regina Pacis Church (1230 6...
I 45 anni dell’Associazione Carabinieri
L'Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri di New York ha celebrato domenica scorsa il 45.mo anniversario presso l'elegante Maestro's nel Bronx. Prima del tradizionale pranzo annuale è stata celebrata la Santa Messa da mons. John A. Ruvo, cappellano militare e dal rev. Johathan Morris, parroco della Chiesa Madonna del Carmine del Bronx, alla presenza dei...
Former Fire Commissioner Scoppetta dies at age 83
by Carl Campanile Nicholas Scoppetta, who served in top city government posts spanning six decades and four mayors, has died. Scoppetta, 83, served as the city's fire commissioner just months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks under then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg. He had the formidable task of rebuilding an agency that lost 343 firefig...
L’albero di New York e il suo sconosciuto papà della Val di Comino
Cesidio Perruzza, italiano e immigrato, se ne sta in piedi in un cantiere edile, una specie di cratere spalancato sotto il cielo dicembrino. È la Vigilia di Natale, anche se l'anno è il 1931 e, in un anno così, sono in pochi a potere festeggiare. Ma Perruzza e i suoi compagni, una cinquantina di operai, sono andati a Midtown Manhattan per ritir...
Late Canova sparkles at New York Met
By Emily Backus The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is exhibiting the spiritual side of two Italian masters this month. After the January 14 opening of a show of four private devotional paintings by Piero della Francesca (1412-1492) - called Close Encounters - the Met just put on show the last seven works of the iconic neoclass...