Designer Ferrari per un giorno, a New York spopola il nuovo modo di imparare l’italiano
di Francesco Semprini Designer Ferrari per un giorno, o ancor meglio clienti della casa di Maranello almeno per una volta? Chi non vorrebbe esserlo? Un sogno senza età, e soprattutto il modo più efficace per far imparare ai più giovani la lingua e la cultura italiana nella particolare declinazione della scuderia del cavallino. L'i...
Boulevard Books author Palma Mingozzi presented new work at S.W.A.N day, the International Celebration of Women Artists at Snug Harbor in Staten Island, NY.
S.W.A.N. Day Staten Island is a celebration honoring local women artists and their contributions to our community through their art forms. Located on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the highlights of the day included: Filmed Artist Interviews by Liz Marotti and Camille Schmoeker, Artist Exhibition, Motivational Speaking and Wor...
Fun and community: Italian Feast Days returns Friday
The annual St. Anthony Italian Feast Days brings in thousands of people to the north side of Endicott each weekend, with something for everyone. If you're hungry, check out the Italian Cafe with its grilled pizza, eggplant parmesan, fried ravioli, caprese salad and more. Each year volunteers spend dozens of hours preparing for the event. M...
Columbian Lawyers Association honors RoseAnn Branda at annual dinner
By Rob Abruzzese The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn held its annual dinner dance, where it honored outgoing President RoseAnn C. Branda and installed its new executive board at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Friday night. "We are here to celebrate and express our gratitude for a great year under our outgoing president, Rose...
Goodbye Elio, New Yorkers with Real Taste Will Miss You
by Sally Fisher Sadly, Elio Guaitolini has passed away. Elio was a beloved restaurateur who opened his eponymous East Side restaurant Elio's in 1981. I returned to New York City this same year after attending high school and college in Florence, Italy. In those days Italian food in New York City was limited to the many pizzerias...
'Rome through Richmond Town' with BP Oddo, Louis Prima Jr.
Live music, Italian food and an in-depth look at the historic roots of Staten Island? That's amore! Borough President James Oddo and Historic Richmond Town present the annual "Rome through Richmond Town" festival on October 8. The all-day walk through Staten Island's past will start at noon and go until 5 p.m. Admission is free. Retur...
L'8 ottobre a New York la Columbus Day Parade
Si avvicina ormai il tradizionale ed atteso appuntamento con la Columbus Day Parade, che, giunta alla sua 68.ma edizione, si terrà il prossimo lunedì 8 ottobre a New York. La parata, che sarà trasmessa in diretta televisiva dalla Abc, avrà inizio alle 11.30 e, partendo dalla 47th Street, si snoderà lungo la Fifth Avenue per giungere infine alle 15...
The Early Word on Michael Stillman's Quality Italian
Michael Stillman's newest restaurant, Quality Italian, is serving up revamped Italian American dishes in a massive space designed by the team at AvroKo. Like its neighboring sister restaurant Quality Meats, the menu is meat-heavy, but it also includes crudo, homemade pastas, and several fish dishes. The cocktails are mixed by Monkey Bar ve...
Ruling awaited in Wandering Dago lawsuit against state
By Casey Seiler Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deputy secretary for gaming and racing was identified Thursday as the state official whose email to the New York Racing Association resulted in the Wandering Dago lunch truck being bounced from Saratoga Race Course just hours later. Bennett Liebman's July 19 email to NYRA President Christopher K...
New York Italians presents “Tech and the City” at Fordham University
Dear Friends,New York Italians in collaboration with Fordham University, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Italian Honor Society C.I.A.O. is very happy to invite you to:"Tech and the City". Based on over 50 interviews with entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, university professors, members of the Bloomberg adm...
For Artifacts From Closed Churches, an Afterlife on Staten Island
There will soon be a rooftop swimming pool where the copper-domed bell towers of Mary Help of Christians once rose. Formerly a hub of the East Village's Italian-American community, the site of the Roman Catholic church is now slated for a 158-unit rental building, complete with basement gym and rooftop gardens — a familiar trajectory for a growing...
DiMango deflects praise on her 50 years of community service
By Paula Katinas Mafalda DiMango has been an education advocate and community leader in southern Brooklyn for half a century. She was a PTA leader in the 1960s, a time of social upheaval when school busing brought simmering racial tensions exploding to the surface. As a school board member, she had a hand in hiring district superintendent...