This massive chicken parm pizza is the ultimate Italian comfort dish
If you’ve ever felt the desire to eat a 14-inch slab of chicken Parm with your hands, NYC’s Quality Italian has precisely the entree for you. The Italian-American eatery in Midtown is famous for its chicken Parm pizza -- which comes with a crust made entirely of fried chicken. “Pizza is the ultimate comfort food” says Quality Italian Chef Angie Rit...
Antonio Fini's International Italian Dance Festival Culminates with NYC Gala
Antonio Fini's International Italian Dance Festival - classes and workshops held in his native Calabria and in New York City - will culminate in a Gala Performance and Awards Ceremony, Thursday August 31st, 8 PM, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. The evening will get off to a joyous start with an authentic tarantella staged by Fini, and follow with p...
Salvatore, lo chef che porta i sapori della Sicilia nel cuore di New York
Da un’isola ad un’altra. E poi ancora un’altra isola. Un destino isolano a cui Salvatore Fraterrigo, titolare e chef del ristorante newyorchese Norma- Gastronomia siciliana, non sembra riesca a sottrarsi. Lascia la sua Sicilia nel 2004 per Manhattan. E sposa una sarda. Della sua Trapani si porta dietro sapori e saperi che diventano l’ambiente e il...
Italian Charities of America 81st Annual Dinner Dance
Sunday October 15 1 PM - 6 PM EDT. Roma View - 160-05 Crossbay blvd, Howard Beach, New York 11414 Italian Charities of America, Inc. cordially invites its members, friends and anyone interested in our organization to join us at our 81st Annual Dinner Dance. This year's Italian American Honorees for their outstanding work are; Mrs. Josephine Lume fo...
Columbus Circle monument could be next statue to go
Christopher Columbus could be next on the monuments chopping block. The 76-foot structure honoring the explorer at Columbus Circle should be among the statues reviewed by the city for potential purging, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said on Monday. She made the remarks while advocating for the removal of a different statue — of controv...
The Via Carota Team Is Bringing More Italian Flair to Sheridan Square
“Rita and I tend to create places we are longing for,” says chef Jody Williams, who opened the West Village’s Via Carota three years ago with partner Rita Sodi as an homage to Sodi’s onetime home outside Florence. The couple’s next collaboration, Pisellino, celebrates the classic Italian bar, an icon of urbanity that serves so many crucial social a...
The Met is opening the largest Michelangelo exhibition in its history
Start planning your autumn museum obsession now, because the Metropolitan Museum of Art just announced that it's organizing its largest Michelangelo exhibit ever. The upcoming show, "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer," will bring together 150 drawings, three marble sculptures and other works from museums and collections across America and...
Val DiFebo, honoree for for the "Autumn in New York" Luncheon
We are proud to announce the honorees for our annual "Autumn in New York" Luncheon on October 29th: Val DiFebo – CEO Deutsch NY Since 1992, Val DiFebo has been one of the key architects of the success of Deutsch Inc.’s New York office. DiFebo helped redefine the Agency’s integrated multidisciplinary offering, allowing for the creation of rapid busi...
Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6pm. Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream (2017), 57 minutes. Antony Osso, dir. - John D Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036Pizza Shop features brothers Carmine (Charlie) and Fiore (Fred) Osso, who emigrated from Belmonte Calabro (Cosenza province) Calabria, in the mid-1960s. For...
14th Annual Festa in Honor of the Sicilian Black Madonna del Tindari
Friday, September 8, 2017, 6PM at the Phoenix Bar, located at the former site of her devotion, 447 East 13th Street, off of Avenue A, Manhattan. Each September 8, a group of people gathers at the Phoenix Bar, the former site of a chapel to the Madonna of Tindari created by Sicilian immigrants who first celebrated her feast day in 1905. People arriv...
Rosa’s Pizza
Rosa’s Pizza was established by the Troia Family in 1975 and has since grown to include several locations in Queens, Manhattan and Long Island. The newest location just opened about a month ago on 21st Street in Astoria, and we are all thankful for this casual, reliable Italian spot in an area that really needs it. Needless to say, the Troia family...
South Buffalo Italian Festival set for Sunday
The South Buffalo Italian Festival will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday on South Park Avenue in front of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Started in 2005, the festival this year will honor co-founders Rich Angrisano and Carmella Bongiovanni Schroeder, who both passed away this past year. A tree will be planted in their memory. Childre...