Holy Image of Our Lady of Romitello to Visit Saint Luke's Church, Whitestone, New York
St. Luke's Church, 16-34 Clintonville Street, Whitestone, NY 11357 - Tel. (718) 746-8102 We welcome the Holy Image of Our Lady of Romitello from Sicily to our parish beginning August 12th and returning August 22nd. A novena in her honor will be held in Italian and other special events are planned. We are honored to welcome His E...
Italian Restaurant Week kicks off at Bensonhurst’s new Italian-American Community Center
By Rob Abruzzese Brooklyn's Italian Restaurant Week kicked off on Tuesday night with a sneak peek at Il Centro, Bensonhurst's soon-to-be-open Italian-American Community Center. Elected officials and local residents gathered to get a glimpse of the new building while chowing down on some of Brooklyn's delectable Italian food. "Let me welco...
Lecture: Sexuality and Textuality in Pier Paolo Pasolini and Elsa Morante - November 14, 2014 at 6:00 pm
A lecture by Manuele Gragnolati (University of Oxford) In ENGLISH. Focussing on the connection between textuality, subjectivity and politics, this paper explores analogies and differences in the late works by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Elsa Morante. The aesthetics of both authors resists linearity and allows for the articulation of paradoxic...
Open House - An Italian Christmas in New York 2014
PLEASE JOIN US, Bring Family and Friends: FOURTH ANNUAL "AN ITALIAN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK". Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa in Co-Sponsorship With Arthur Piccolo cordially invite you to "An Italian American Christmas in New York" Friday, December 12, 12PM - 6PM. Please join us anytime during the day to celebrate the...
Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day alla Siciliana
Please join us for an evening celebrating the traditions and foods of St. Joseph's Day, an annual feast thought to have originated in the 10th century in Sicily. Renowned Chef Vittorio of Trattoria Romana will be our host as he demonstrates and explains time-honored St. Joseph's Day dishes. We'll enjoy his delicious cuisine while NOIAW mem...
Gelso & Grand Comes to Little Italy
Gelso means mulberry in Italian, hence the name of this newcomer to a high-profile corner of Little Italy, the intersection of Grand and Mulberry. The Italian menu by Cassidy Hallman, who worked at Bouley and Momofuku, hews to the modern Italian canon, and the chef says he depends on the best ingredients, even milling his own flour, for his pa...
Mamo le Michelangelo Brings its Italian cuisine to the U.S. with Mamo
by Alyssa Bird New Yorkers are getting a taste of the French Riviera thanks to the recent debut of Mamo. The Provençal-influenced Italian restaurant, opened by Mike "Mamo" Mammoliti in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, is an offshoot of his family's popular Antibes, France, eatery, Mamo le Michelangelo, which has been a staple of the Côte d'A...
Grasso Named Italian-American of the Year
Batavia resident, Jerry Grasso, is named this year's Italian-American of the Year by Batavia Downs Gaming. Grasso is currently a trustee of the Knights of Columbus, and was a volunteer at Notre Dame High School for 25 years. Joe Gerace, the first recipient of the annual award, calls Grasso "an asset to our community for many years" an...
Teaching culture in the Italian language classroom
IONA COLLEGE. La Penta MacGrath A-B. New Rochelle, NY. May 13, 2016. 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Iona College is pleased to present its Fifth Annual Professional Development Workshop on Teaching Italian Culture. The colloquium wishes to provide an overview of new perspectives while promoting awareness and appreciation of the cultural...
In Memoriam: Filomena DiRico Fosco
Filomena DiRico Fosco. January 20, 1933 - June 5, 2016. The Italian American Museum mourns the passing of Filomena DiRico Fosco, mother of Museum Trustee and Founder, Uff. Maria Fosco. Due to Filomena's love in preserving her Italian Heritage and Culture, she was an ardent supporter of the Italian American Museum. She was one of the...
A Taste Of Italy At St. Francis
"A Taste Of Italy," Sponsored by the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Holy Name Society will be held on Sunday, November 6th, 1:30 pm. The Holy Name Society, under the leadership of Dr. Art Gualtieri, President, is hosting the event to help raise funds to provide scholarships to the students of St. Francis of Assisi Church Parish. Event coordi...
Tradition Towers Over Brooklyn Giglio Festival
The 125th Giglio Festival is under way in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where New Yorkers come in droves for the great food and a three-ton sight. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report.Saint Paulinus is said to have freed local men from slavery by offering himself in their place. Returning from captivity years later, he was greeted by townspeo...