NYC’s Catherine Street & Its Italian American Presence
by Alfonso Guerriero, Jr. Waves of Italian immigrants embarked on steamships during the late nineteenth century and arrived on the shores of America to escape from Italy's natural disasters, political instability, famine and disease. Many decided to leave their homeland and journey across the Atlantic, under arduous traveling conditions in...
Chef’s rolls out new Italian style food truck
by Mark Belcher Those without the time for sit-down Italian food have a new option which will rove across the City of Buffalo. Chef's Italian Restaurant rolled out their large food truck on Wednesday with the help of several local celebrities, including former Buffalo Bills Lou Piccone, Joe Delamielleure and former Buffalo Sabre Rene...
Two to be honored with awards at St. Anthony’s Festival
Nicaletta "Nicki" Greer and Louis Rizzieri are this year's awards recipients at the annual St. Anthony's Festival Sept. 4 to 6. Rizzieri was chosen as the 37th recipient of the Father Beatini Award for community service. He will be honored at the 11 a.m. Mass Sept. 6 at St. Patrick's Church.The annual St. Anthony's procession will begin at 10...
The Boys From Eighth and Carpenter
Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013 Please join Stonewall Honor Award winner, Tom Mendicino, to discuss his new suspense novel with novelist and creative writing professor Philip Cioffari at the Italian American Mus...
Five Questions for Robert Amore
Five Questions for Robert Amore: owner of the Albany-based Amore Clothing, which recently opened a new location at New Loudon Rd. in Latham. 1. How did Amore Clothing get its start? Amore Clothing was founded in 1967 by my father, Angelo "Joe" Amore, a master tailor from arrived in New York from Siderno in Calabria, Italy. Passionate...
The Enduring Presence of Mamma in the Italian Kitchen
Date: April 13. Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square, Tuckahoe NY 10707. Presented by John Mariani The image of the Italian mamma as central to Italian cuisine has always been beloved and a bit of a stereotype. This lecture will show how important she was and how her role has changed in t...
Robert DeNiro-Directed A Bronx Tale Musical Will Move to Broadway
The new musical A Bronx Tale will see its Broadway premiere this fall, beginning performances at the Longacre Theatre on Thursday, November 3. It will open December 1. Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show premiered in February 2016 at Paper Mill Playhouse. Based on Chazz Palminte...
Police officers honored for their bravery
by Callan Gray A teenager accused of trying to kill a police officer appeared in court on Wednesday. Hours later, three police officers received an honor. Andre Fuller, 18, pleaded not guilty to an attempted murder charge. Police say he pressed a loaded gun against an officer's chest and pulled the trigger twice. The gun didn't fire....
“Mangia sano e parla italiano” Workshop per insegnanti di AP Italian
IACE, in collaborazione con l'International Culinary Center, e' lieto di invitarVi ad un evento speciale nell'ambito del progetto "Mangia sano e parla italiano" Workshop per insegnanti di AP Italian SABATO 22 SETTEMBRE 2012 DALLE 10.00 ALLE 14.00 PRESSO L'INTERNATIONAL CULINARY CENTER 462 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10013 Programma: 10.00 "Saluti e panor...
L'Italia ha salvato Coney Island
di Francesca Berardi "L'Italia ha salvato Coney Island", ricorda con un tono di voce forte e deciso il presidente del quartiere di Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz. In una fredda e piovosa mattina di fine primavera, parlando a pochi metri dalla questa spiaggia che negli anni Venti era simbolo dell'eleganza e del divertimento dell'estate newyorkes...
Goldfeder Celebrates Italian American Howard Beach Fest
Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) joined the crowd of families enjoying games, rides, music and a variety of traditional Italian food at the 36th annual Italian American Family Festival hosted by Our Lady of Grace Parish in Howard Beach. Despite the devastating damage the parish endured from Superstorm Sandy, the festival c...
I brunch degli appassionati del Vespa club NYC
Finally back! L'estate degli italiani, anche di quelli che vivono oltreoceano, è sempre un po' più lunga di quella di altre popolazioni. Tra rientri in madre patria per godersi le spiagge nostrane e vacanze in altre località piùo meno esotiche, anche l'italiano della Big Apple ad Agosto "scappa". Settembre, quindi, è periodo di rientri. Si riparte...