Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari,’ Starring Adam Driver, to Close New York Film Festival
Michael Mann’s racing drama “Ferrari” is set to close the 61st annual New York Film Festival. The sports biopic, starring Adam Driver as automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari, will make its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 13. Michael Mann (“Heat,” “The Last of the Mohicans”) directed “Ferrari,” which is adapted from the 1991 biography “...
Woman Behind Little Italy’s Merchants Association In Midst of San Gennaro Festival
Rossana Russo’s rich history in Little Italy dates back to when her parents, both Italian natives, settled on Grand Street and met on Mott St. at a long since gone Five and Dime, and became restaurant owners in the neighborhood in 1984. When they passed away–her mother Gaetana “Lunella” in 2019 and her father Antonio in 2020–she was faced with the...
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni pops up to support NYC’s Christopher Columbus statue
Christopher Columbus received some powerful Old World backing in Manhattan on Tuesday as New York City pols weigh whether to yank statues of him and other now-controversial historial figures. Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni pointedly visited the borough’s famed Columbus Circle to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring Columbus — jus...
Why You Should Visit Italy’s ‘Ellis Island’ Museum
New York’s Ellis Island Museum pays tribute to the millions of emigrants who sailed into New York harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in search of a better life. The largest group of soon-to-be expats came from Italy; their exodus created one the greatest diasporas in human history. A recently opened museum in Genoa, MEI (the National...
LI Man Who Skateboarded Cross Country Receives Guinness World Record
A Lindenhurst man who rode his skateboard across the country earlier this year is continuing to make gnarly moves. Chad Caruso, who skated from Venice Beach, CA to Virginia Beach, VA, received an official Guinness World Record on Tuesday, for the "Fastest crossing of America (USA) on a skateboard (male)." From March 24 to May 19, Caruso traveled...
The Center For Italian Modern Art Announces Receipt Of A Significant Grant From The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts
Today, the Center for Italian Modern Art announces that it is the recipient of a $60,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Spring 2023 grant program recognizes arts organizations and museums for their visual arts programming, exhibitions, and research initiatives that provide critical support to artists. CIMA joins a ri...
The Last Butcher Shop in Little Italy Turns 100
Even on a hot day in July, everyone wants to see the butcher in Little Italy. In this case, it’s Jennifer Prezioso, the fourth-generation butcher and sole owner and worker of Albanese Meats & Poultry, who’s maintaining the family legacy that over the summer turned 100 years old. Step inside the store, and you’ll find a display case of bone-in rib-e...
A Look at the Inaugural Italian American Karaoke Night at the Feast of San Gennaro
Trying something new, organizers hosted their first-ever live Italian American Podcast (IAP) Sunday evening at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York. Braving the unpleasant weather, a large crowd turned out to watch John, Rosella and Pat do their immensely popular show in person. In addition to their usual didactic cacophony, the IAP h...
Competitive eating at NYC’s San Gennaro ends, leaving revelers divided: ‘Really disappointed’
They left the cannoli. All the competitive eating contests — cannoli, zeppole, meatball and pizza — are being shelved at Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro because organizers don’t think the spectacles are representative of “Italian culture and heritage,” The Post has learned. “Those contests are good for carnivals and Coney Island,” sniffed San G...
Ulster County Italian American Festival returns to Kingston in October
The Ulster County Italian American Festival returns to the city’s Rondout Waterfront on Sunday, Oct. 8, from noon to 8 p.m. Festivalgoers will enjoy authentic Italian food, wine, music, culture and entertainment. Presented by the Ulster Italian American Foundation, the free festival in its 16th year, features live music on two stages, dozens of foo...
Festa Italiana draws thousands to downtown Syracuse
Downtown filled up by lunchtime Friday and never slowed down until well into the night as thousands celebrated the 25th anniversary of Syracuse Italian Festival. The Festa Italiana is three days of food, music, dancing and history all in front of City Hall. Come with an empty stomach because you’ll find plenty of meatballs, sausage, Italian pastrie...
The Feast of San Gennaro returns to Little Italy
The Feast of San Gennaro is back for its 97th year and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Mulberry Street to celebrate a slice of Italian-American culture. While most attendees know the street festival for its traditional Neapolitan sausages, zeppoles and the Ferris wheel that takes riders right up to a fourth-floor apartmen...