Giada De Laurentiis made modeling debut at New York Fashion week
Italian-born Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis made her modeling debut Thursday during 2014's New York Fashion Week. The 43-year-old television personality took on the catwalk during the Heart Truth Dress Collection show. "I'm super excited; I've never done this before. I used to think being a model and walking the runway was an easy job, but...
ART & PERCEPTION: Featuring Contemporary Italian American Artists in Westchester County
Artists of Italian descent have enriched American aesthetic culture, embracing new styles and techniques. Without limitation, they opened up to a variety of new styles with fresh ideas and imagination. Featured artists include world-renowned pop artist Charles Fazzino, as well as Westchester residents Rosemarie Cherundolo, Hank Rondina, Eleanora Gr...
Rome's Ca’ d’Oro opens second U.S. gallery
The prestigious Galleria Ca' d'Oro, a Rome, Italy landmark, has opened their doors in the Chelsea section of New York City in partnership with fine art photographer, curator and collector Giada Baselice. This is Ca' d'Oro's second U.S. location after opening in Miami four years ago. Galleria Ca' d'Oro was established in 1970 in Rome by Ant...
The Neighborhood That Disappeared, to air Friday on WMHT
By Paul Grondahl It has taken more than 50 years, but the silently displaced South End residents pushed out of their homes, businesses and tight-knit Italian-American enclave by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's South Mall government complex are finally having the last word. "I wanted to give voice to the voiceless," said Mary Paley, t...
Nine Productions From Italy to Premiere at IN SCENA ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL, 5/4-20
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, announces the lineup for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 fully staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York. Each show will h...
Parks Dept. donates marker honoring first Italian immigrant to Italian American Museum
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has donated a granite marker honoring Peter Caesar Alberti, the first Italian American immigrant, to the Italian American Museum in New York's Little Italy. The gift arrives in time for June 2nd, which marks the 380th anniversary of Alberti's arrival in the New World. The date is also...
Ward Melville Heritage Organization: Food Network Competitor Joins Fratelli’s Italian Eatery
Fratelli's Italian Eatery in the Stony Brook Village Center is excited to welcome their new Pizza Chef, Food Network Alumni, Francesco Ilardi, to expand their gourmet pizza business. His innovative ideas and gourmet pizza creations have reinvigorated an already appetizing menu at Fratelli's. Francesco, who has over 25 years of experie...
An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of NY's Irish and Italians
This is an excerpt from the introduction to An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians, a book by former Newsday reporter Paul Moses that is to be released July 7 by NYU Press. On those chilly March days when I walked home with the other boys from Mary Queen of Heaven School in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn in...
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and the American Italian Cancer Foundation are sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. On Friday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the foundation will be at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, located at 6200 Beach Channel Dr. in Arverne, to provide no-...
Capatosta in NY brings the Italian southern flavor
Chef Antonio Mermolia and entrepreneur are two capatostas, an Italian expression meaning a volitional and stubborn type, someone who takes a different path despite knowing it will not be an easy one. "Our chosen path is the Italy of the South, an auteur South that has still to be explored," explains Mermolia, "In particular I fo...
Cuomo taps DiFiore as chief judge
by Joseph Spector Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will become the state's next chief judge if she's confirmed by the state Senate next year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday nominated DiFiore, 60, to head the state Court of Appeals, the state's top court. Cuomo had until Tuesday to name a successor for Chief Ju...
Shopping NYC: How to Find Italian Designers in New York
Ciao, Milano! Halfway through Fashion Month and the traveling flock of models, editors, and buyers have touched down in Italy, inspiring New York to look into the best of Italian fashion we have here. This is the city of ridiculously bright prints (hello, Etro!), new sensations (Gucci, of course) and experimentation aplenty. To relish all...