Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival kicks off tonight
by Connelly Hardaway The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival is still going strong despite setbacks due to Hurricane Matthew. A full schedule of all events can be seen here. Tickets are sold online and at the door at $8 per film and all screenings will be at the Sottile Theatre at 44 George St. The Nuovo Cinema Italiano fest...
Hanging With Patrizio Buanne in New York City’s Historic Little Italy
We ran into multiplatinum recording artist Patrizio Buanne Saturday afternoon at E. Rossi & Co. (193 Grand St.) in NYC's historic Little Italy. Just finishing his successful 2016 U.S. Tour, Patrizio was catching up with his old friend (and biggest supporter in the States) Ernie Rossi. Down-to-earth and unassuming, Patrizio took time from his b...
Engaging business diversity at Italian Market
by Patrick Bilow Among the bouquets she was preparing to sell, Cookie Cilibti, the owner of Betty Ann's Italian Market Florist, kept a disco light from Casanova Music Center in her store last week. "I love this project," Cilibti said. "My customers are confused when they see the disco light, but I like explaining to them what 9t...
Jim Delligatti: Inventor of the Big Mac dies aged 98
by Mark Molloy Michael "Jim" Delligatti, the man who invented the iconic Big Mac, has died aged 98. Mr Delligatti, who created arguably the best-known fast-food sandwich in the world nearly 50 years ago, died at his home in Pittsburgh on November 28. McDonald's posted a tribute to the Big Mac creator, tweeting: "Today, we celebrat...
T. Arcobasso’s Italian Ristorante
I fondly remember frequently dining at the original Arcobasso's Italian Ristorante located in North County years ago. Founded, owned and operated by the Tom Arcobasso. It was THE place to dine with my college musician friends. It was quite the cultural experience. Not only was the authentic Italian food unbelievable, Mr. Arcobasso himself...
Downtown Rochester to hold “Little Italy Festival”
Downtown Rochester will be holding its first Italian Festival in over 30 years. This information comes to us from The Little Italy Association, Inc. They say that the "Galbani® Little Italy Festival" will take place at the Downtown Festival Site, which is located on Exchange Boulevard, on August 12 and 13 of this year. They say that...
Mostaccioli: The Calabrese Christmas Gingerbread
Here in our home, one of our Christmas traditions is making gingerbread cookies and one gingerbread house each year. (CLICK to see what we built last year.) I often wondered if there is something similar in Italy and in fact, I discovered something very similar to gingerbread in Calabria... the Mostaccioli, a shaped, honey and spiced, unleavened ha...
Gei. Il Friendship Award al finanziere Joseph Perella
"Tutti conoscono Schindler, grazie al film di Spielberg. Ma nessuno sa chi sia Giovanni Palatucci". Joseph Perella, premiato con il 'Friendship Award' per i suoi successi in campo finanziario e filantropico dal Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani), ha approfittato del pranzo in suo onore al 'Le Cirque Restaurant' di New York per svelare un progetto a cu...
Pensionati residenti all’estero. Avvio della procedura relativa all’anno 2013 per l’accertamento dell’esistenza in vita
L'impegno e il ruolo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dell'INPS volto al miglioramento del servizio per assicurare il diritto alla pensione dei nostri connazionali all'estero, garantendo altresi' l'imprescindibile rispetto della legittimita' dei pagamenti.1. L'INPS ha comunicato l'avvio della verifica dell'esistenza in vita dei pensionati all'es...
Renewing Italian Pride in the US
SAN FRANCISCO - Even before the year 2012 had drawn to a close, the Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, the Honorable Mauro Battocchi, teamed up with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, to announce the beginning of "2013 Year of Italian Culture" in the United States, and specifically in the San Francisco Bay Area. The announcement was made in grand...
Sinatra Sighting!
Join us on March 15 at the Wigwam Resort for "An Italian aFare to Remember" with Sinatra Stylist Sebastian Anzaldo. The foremost Sinatra impersonator, Anzaldo has starred as the "Chairman of the Board" from Vegas' "Tribute To The Rat Pack" show to ABC-TV's "The Next Best Thing, Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?" And more recently he has h...
From Italy to America Gallery Talk with Photographer Anthony Riccio
In conjunction with the Greenwich Historical Society's exhibition From Italy to America, Anthony Riccio will discuss the inspiration for his black and white photographs on view in the complementary exhibit Photographs of Anthony Riccio: From Italy to American, originally organized by the Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University. For the pa...