The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: Italy’s Earliest Settlers
April 17 7:00 pm — 9:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place , Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States The Roman Empire was one of the greatest civilizations in history. It began in Rome in 753 BC., at the height of its power it controlled over two million square miles stretching from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Bri...
Thy Neighbor's Keeper – The Screams of Kitty Genovese Remembered
By Niccolò Graffio "...better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off." – Book of Proverbs: XXVII, v. 10, Holy Bible, KJV. In America's historically celebrity-obsessed "culture" the highest, it is believed, to which one can aspire is to become famous. In times past this wasn't necessarily a bad thing; quite the contrary, in fact. &...
Due Ponti Brings Authentic Italia To Whitestone
Due Ponti of Whitestone provides the kind of cityscape background to your fair-weather dining experience that is reserved for most Hollywood movies. They provide fine Italian dining indoors and out. While weather permits, they have an open patio that extends to a wide dock that offers beautiful views of the Long Island Sound and the Throgs Nec...
7 reasons Rocco's is the Best Deli on Staten Island
By Rob Bailey We've said it before but it bears repeating: Delis are crucial for survival in New York City. They aren't glamorous or trendy — they are essential. Delis are also where you get the essentials: A gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a hot cup of joe — ahem — your daily newspaper. The 80-year-old's...
Italian Christmas Market in Albany
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th & SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6th: 12 noon to 4:00 pm. Share with us in this truly old Italian Tradition in our Museum building (1227 Central Ave., Albany). Our Exhibit rooms will be transformed into market places filled with many items for you to enjoy, with something for almost everyo...
Fashionable exhibit tells the tale of Italy’s post-war renaissance
More than just a pretty show featuring fashion, "Bellissima, Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968" makes a compelling case for how couture helped resurrect Italy from the ashes of World War II. "At its core, it tells the story of a beautiful partnership between Italy and the U.S.," says Stefano Tonchi, editor-in-chief of W Magazine and co-cura...
Rocco Amoroso, 89, founded LI Junior Soccer League program, dies
Raised between Italy, Brooklyn and Richmond Hill, Queens, Rocco Amoroso had a love for both the old and new, for the distinct tongue of Ropino, his adopted hometown in the Abruzzo region of Italy, and English, and for the gelato of the old world and the ice cream of the new, which became a signature favorite. "Growing up in Italy, he alway...
Welcome to Rao’s, New York’s Most Exclusive Restaurant
When Frank Pellegrino Sr. walked into Rao's on a Tuesday night recently, wearing a black blazer, white shirt, gray slacks, gold bracelet, and signet ring, he led with his black velvet smoking slippers. He took a Chivas on the rocks off the bar, seated himself outside the restaurant's front door on its small cement patio, at the corner of E...
Il Molise riparte da New York. Il direttore generale della regione incontra gli imprenditori
Tre giorni densi di impegni quelli trascorsi a New York dal direttore generale della Regione Molise, dott. Antonio Francioni, in America per individuare collaborazioni e sinergie con gli Stati Uniti allo scopo di promuovere e dare un impulso all'ansimante economia del territorio molisano. E per incentivare le cooperazioni commerciali e quelle dell'...
Conference: Giovanni Falcone, Italian Hero: To Die For Justice
In 1992, twenty years ago, a massive bomb explosion on the highway from the airport to Palermo killed Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three bodyguards. Judge Falcone's friend and colleague, Paolo Borsellino, and five members of his police escort were killed fifty-seven days later by a bomb that the mafia had planted near the home of Borselino...
Lemons Into Limoncello
Book presentation by Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner, Ph.D. The challenges we face over the course of a lifetime, especially those that involve major personal loss, can seem devastating, as radio personality and self-help specialist Dr. Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner discovered when her husband suddenly and unexpectedly died of a heart attack. The Italian...
Not So Fast: Italian Church Is Halted on Its Way to PS1
It was a typically elaborate, provocative move by the Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli in a career full of them: He had contracted to buy the ruins of an old deconsecrated church in the southern Italian town of Montegiordano and had planned to ship them to New York, brick by brick, for exhibition in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. His videos would be sh...