Gei. Il Friendship Award a Genuardi
Il nuovo console generale a New York, Francesco Genuardi, è stato ieri ospite ad una colazione data in suo onore dal Gruppo Esponenti Italiani nella sala privata del ristorante Le Cirque di Manhattan. Il ministro Genuardi è stato accolto dal presidente del Gei, Lucio Caputo, che lo ha presentato ai numerosissimi ospiti presenti, in rappresentanza...
To the letter! Petition to add second Z to Verrazano bridge
Can't they spell? A Dyker Heights activist is demanding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tack another Z onto the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge so it matches namesake Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. Every day that the Florentine explorer's misspelled cognome hangs on roadway signs is a travesty, and now its time to do something abo...
Billionaire Italian businessman Leonardo Del Vecchio’s Luxottica behind $73M Fifth Avenue buy
Luxottica U.S. Holding Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of the Italian conglomerate that owns eyewear brands such as Sunglass Hut, Ray-Ban, Oakley and Lenscrafters, has snagged an office and retail building just off Fifth Avenue for $73 million. The building, at 1 West 37th Street last traded for just $25.5 million in 2013 to an Argentinian partnership...
Italian Festival celebrates a way of life in Niagara Falls
It was just five years ago when organizer Carmine Bianco, an elementary school physical education teacher in Niagara Falls, found himself in the unenviable role of Italian Festival rescuer. He jokingly called the 2012 festival on the front lawn of a friend's Pine Avenue restaurant, "The World's Smallest Italian Festival." Fast forward...
A display of “art forms on wheels” as a means of illustrating one form of Italian culture
Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty: A display of "art forms on wheels" as a means of illustrating one form of Italian culture. Various Italian vehicle groups will be represented. September 25, 2016 - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Display vehicles will rally at Stony Brook University campus on the lawn a...
A touch of Tuscany headed to Staten Island
When Richard and Lois Nicotra travel to Italy they often visit a small town in the Tuscan region called Pienza. Here, they enjoy outdoor cafes where they indulge in fresh pasta and fine wine. "We were in Italy a couple of weeks ago, in wine county. We asked there about growing grapes on a rooftop farm. They said, 'As long as there's...
Andre DiMino appears on Ebru Today discussing Italian stereotypes
Italian American One Voice Coalition President Andre DiMino appeared on Ebru Today discussing the Italian stereotypes in the media from "The Sopranos", to " Jersey Shore", to Governor Chris Christie in Time Magazine. You can watch the full interview here.
Bada bing, a tribute to Jim
After the death of Sopranos star James Gandolfini, Douglas Rogers joins a tour of the show's familiar New Jersey landmarks. On a crowded corner of 39th Street and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, a roly-poly Italian-American man is selling Sopranos memorabilia to tourists from the back of a van. He has books, posters, New York number plates sa...
Aperitivo learn Italy
Learn Italy New York and Meetup NYC Lingua Italiana: Circolo Letterario e Amici Nuovi have the pleasure to invite you all to our APERITIVO LEARN ITALY at Pizzeria Ribalta on Monday August 26th at 6.30pm. Great occasion to meet all the native speakers members and teachers of LEARN ITALY NEW YORK, the only 100% Made in Italy school in New Yo...
De Blasio, l'italoamericano che vuole cambiare New York
New York potrebbe avere un altro sindaco italoamericano. Il responso delle primarie democratiche non è ancora definitivo, ma Bill de Blasio è al momento oltre la soglia del 40% delle preferenze, quella necessaria per evitare il ballottaggio e presentarsi alle elezioni del 5 novembre come il candidato del partito, contro il repubblicano Joseph Lhota...
St. Padre Pio society raises 5G on Staten Island
by Carol Ann Benanti As a means to further and expand the mission of St. Padre Pio and the newly founded St. Pio of Pietrelcina Society, Vincent Demonte, Stefano Sena and Maria Buonsante, owners of Bocelli Ristorante, hosted "Cooking with Chef Stefano." It was a festive affair, where down-home Italian specialties were prepared in grand fa...
"Where her feet stood": il documentario di Luca Guardabascio all’Italian American Museum
Sarà proiettato all'Italian American Museum il 21 novembre Where her Feet Stood (Dove Posarono i Suoi Piedi), film documentario di Luca Guardabascio.Il 4 giugno 1947 a Casanova Staffora, villaggio rurale della provincia di Pavia, Angela Volpini (7 anni) incontra una signora mentre si trovava su una collina con suoi amici. La bella signora dice ad A...