Dominick’s Deli marks 30 years of serving chicken fingers and family tradition
Dominick’s Italian-American Deli celebrated its 30th anniversary in New Hyde Park this February, marking three decades of serving some of Long Island’s most beloved chicken fingers and classic deli dishes. “I started those chicken fingers about 28 years ago,” said Dominick Grosso, the deli’s founder. “People come in every day from all over Long Isl...
Italian American Women’s Center hosts luncheon, art exhibit for International Women’s Day
The Italian American Women’s Center (IAWC) hosted its annual International Women’s Day celebration, “Festa Della Donna,” on Sunday at Umberto’s of New Hyde Park. The event honored the contributions of women in the arts, particularly from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods to the present. It featured a luncheon, an art exhibition, and speec...
Sorriso Italian Salumeria
There are so many sandwiches listed on the menu boards all over Sorriso Italian Salumeria that it would take several blissful, if high cholesterol-shortened lifetimes to try them all. But we’d be willing to give it a shot. At this cash-only deli—an Astoria institution since 1976—you can count on the structural integrity of the sandwiches, with eve...
Maria Lai: A Journey to America
The first United States retrospective dedicated to the titular artist, Magazzino Italian Art’s Maria Lai: A Journey to America is exceptional. Born in 1919 in Ulassai, Italy, and passing at the age of ninety-three in the nearby Nuoro commune of Cardedu, Lai bore witness to decades of art history and its myriad constituent avant-garde movements. Des...
Casa Stellina GM: 'We Have Gotten A Great Response' In Farmingdale
Like a good marinade, Casa Stellina has had time to let feedback from the Farmingdale community seep in. Michael Catania, general manager of the restaurant, located at 300 Main Street, said the response has been "great" from Dalers, as well as visitors. Casa Stellina Ristorante's menu features Naples-style dry pasta; house-made pasta; entrees wi...
Italian-American Playwrights to Receive NYC Premiere of New Play
Sacco & Vanzetti Are Dead! July 17-July 27th (minus July 22nd) - The American Theatre of Actors — Sargent Theatre — 314 W54th St New York, NY. Joey DeFilippis, Matt Ferrara, Michael Gardiner, Francesco Baldino, Ilana Schimmel, Danielle MacMath, Dan Yaiullo, Ryan O’Toole. TICKET PRICE: $35.00. RUNNING TIME: 120 min (15-minute intermission). TICKET P...
Italian American sounds good: New Italians in the USA, the value of citizenship
Dear friends, I am posting this to inform you about an event promoted by We the Italians together with Fondazione Migrantes (a pastoral organization of the Italian Episcopal Conference which since 2006, has been publishing the annual Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo) and ACLI (the most important social promotion association in Italy, which also has an o...
Celebrate National Meatball Day At These Upstate NY Restaurants!
What a pleasure to highlight some pretty epic meatballs found across Upstate New York. Lucky for me, the National Food Calendar says that we should celebrate the "mighty meatball" on March 9 every year. So lets do it. I have eaten at all of these places over my many years as a food journalist, author, and Upstate New York road warrior. And thes...
An Italian restaurant has taken the Tribeca’s Kitchen space
Nonna Dora’s, a handmade pasta restaurant out of Kips Bay, has taken a 10-year lease at the former Tribeca’s Kitchen/Marathi space at 200 Church at Duane. Thanks to K. for sending the announcement in Traded. The restaurant opened in 2022, a showcase for the homemade pasta of Addolorata Marzovilla, known as Dora. Now about 87, Dora immigrated here i...
Eric LoPresti: Fusing art and tech
Known for contemporary landscapes that fuse art and technology, Eric LoPresti is a Brooklyn-based artist with a strong sense of Italian identity. “My father’s family emigrated from Sicily via Ellis Island in 1905, which might explain a deep connection I still feel with that incredible Italian landscape,” LoPresti explains. Before attending gradua...
Sicilian Theater in Little Italy: Remembrances of the Manteo Family
Saturday, March 15 · 3 - 5pm EDT. Italian American Museum, 151 Mulberry Street New York, NY. Step into the world of Little Italy in 1919 when the Manteo family brought their Sicilian puppet theater to Mulberry Street from across the world. This form of entertainment proved to be the most popular for Italians in America in the late 19th and early 20...
Isabella Rossellini To Be Honored With Other Women Leaders On Long Island
Italian-American actress Isabella Rossellini is part of a bevy of local women leaders who have been chosen to receive special awards as part of Women's Recognition Night at Brookhaven Town Hall this month. Rossellini, who has a home in Brookhaven, has been tapped to receive a special commendation award from the Town Board, representing the 4th...