2013 Miss Italia Peekskill Winners
On Saturday, Young ladies of Italian Descent competed for the Miss Italia Peekskill title at the Harbor at Charles Point in Peekskill, NY. The pageant was open to young ladies between the ages of 16 and 26 from all areas, not just Peekskill. The categories they competed in was photogenic appeal, casual wear, evening wear and intervie...
Franciscan priest celebrates last Mass at Little Italy's Most Precious Blood Church
A Franciscan priest celebrated his last Mass Sunday after decades at the helm of Most Precious Blood Church at the heart of what was once teeming Little Italy. The Rev. Fabian Grifone, 88, bade farewell to his now tiny, teary-eyed congregation at the Mulberry St. Catholic church. "It was very bittersweet," he said after celebrating morning Ma...
Assemblyman Lentol Announces Collegiate Scholarships
Assemblyman Joe Lentol announced this week that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded June 9th at their Annual Legislative Conference Day. "The cost of attending college is increasing every year, every opportunity must be made by Brooklyn stude...
Authentic Italian Festival Begins Again in Rochester
by Allison Norlian The Abruzzese Festival kicked off Sunday at Gates Memorial Park. The authentic Italian celebration is an all day event starting with a morning mass at St. Theodore's Church with Bishop Matano. Doug Mandelaro, the communications director for the CatAbruzzese Festival holic Diocese of Rochester said Matano is Roc...
Rizzoli Bookstore Set to Reopen in St. James Building in Nomad
When Rizzoli closed its doors at 31 W. 57th St. in April, the elegant bookstore promised it would be back. That's what everyone says. But given the challenging economics of brick-and-mortar bookstores, I assumed Rizzoli was toast and assigned it a choice niche in the columbarium of my memory. It's a space becoming increasingly clutter...
Book Presentation of: Writing Fashion in Early-Modern italy - November 7, 2014 at 06:00 pm
Book Presentation of: Writing Fashion in Early-Modern italy From Sprezzatura to Satire (Ashgate, 2014) by Eugenia Paulicelli. The author in conversation with: Virginia Cox, NYU and Bella Mirabella, NYU Location: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011 The firs...
Sistina Still Serves Some of the Best Southern Italian Food in NYC
A few weeks ago I heaped high praise about the 22-year-old midtown Italian restaurant San Pietro, whose owner, Gerardo Bruno has long been one of New York's premier hosts. Upon writing that, I realized that it's been at least a decade since I'd dined at his brother Giuseppe's restaurant, Sistina, located on the upper east side for 30 years...
Vincent Abate, Williamsburg Community Board Chair for 34 Years, Dies at 96
Vincent Abate, the longest-serving — and first — chairman of Williamsburg's community board, died last week at the age of 96. Abate, who was born in the neighborhood and left only once to serve as a soldier in World War II, dedicated his life to working on behalf of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, from volunteering as an altar boy at St. Fran...
The Italian American Museum, Its Board Members and President Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa Congratulate Uff. Maria T. Fosco for her interview on RAI International television program, Cara Francesca
Conosciamo Maria Fosco di Astoria - New York City, negli Stati Uniti. Figlia di italiani, originari di Orsogna in provincia di Chieti, Maria è sempre stata una donna molto attiva nella promozione della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti, tra i tanti riconoscimenti ricevuti ricordiamo quello dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Nel 200...
Italian home furnishings company leases 10,000 s/f at Madison Avenue
Elliot Klein of EVO Real Estate Group, a member of NAI Global, has negotiated a lease for Poliform USA, a luxury home furnishings brand, for a showroom and store at 112 Madison Avenue. The space comprises more than 10,000 s/f on the ground floor, mezzanine and basement. According to Klein, Poliform was impressed with the space's stree...
Enchanting Venice: VENICE’S FAVORITE SONS
Saturday September 26, 10:30 am — 12:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States Members $15, Non-Members $25 Marco Polo, Casanova, and Vivaldi are among Venice's favorite sons. Toni McKeen will provide some new insights into the travels of Marco Polo, and how he became so...
Calabria guerriera e ribelle (Calabria, Warrior and Rebel)
Friday, October 2, 2015, 6pm The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036 Calabria guerriera e ribelle (Calabria, Warrior and Rebel) by Giampiero Mele A cliché has it that Calabria's history is always in transit. Spartacus and Hannibal had gone to Calabria no...