Frank Barbaro, legislator and judge, remembered
Frank Barbaro, a champion of the working class who rose from longshoreman on the Brooklyn docks to progressive state legislator to state Supreme Court judge, died surrounded by family members at home Sunday, Sept. 4, of congestive heart failure. He was 88. The 6-foot-4, barrel-chested son of Italian immigrants never stopped fighting against powerf...
The Twin Towers Rise Again
For Gaetano "Nino" Carbone, the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center were especially heart-rending. The Mahopac resident had once worked for an import/export office at 21 West St. in Manhattan, not too far from the twin towers, and often did business there. "[The World Trade Center] was just a stone's throw away from our office," Carbon...
Mazzone restaurants offering big Italian promotion
By Steve Barnes Starting next week, the seven restaurants owned by Clifton Park-based Mazzone Hospitality will be offering "Angelo's Tour of Italy" menus, presented in partnership with the Italian Trade Commission and Italian Ministry of Agriculture. The menus, available at a different Mazzone restaurant each week from Monday (1/23) through...
AIAE co-sponsors the St. John’s University College of Professional Studies Division Social Sciences Conference: Italian Americans and Discrimination in Higher Education
March 27, 2013 Opening Remarks9 am to 10 am Welcome:Louis Gesualdi, Ph.D.Program ChairSt. John's University
L'ambasciatore Bisogniero al gala della Scuola d'Italia "G. Marconi" nell'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti
di Riccardo Chioni Serata da protagonisti per gli studenti, serata di gala per i genitori e ospiti sotto le volte di Cipriani at 42nd Street per festeggiare il 36esimo anniversario della Scuola d'Italia "G. Marconi", sotto gli auspici dell'ambasciatore a Washington Claudio Bisogniero, nell'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti. &n...
After 15 years, chef Mike Zummo opens his own place: Staten Island's Bella Giornata Luncheonette
Mike Zummo of Annadale opened Bella Giornata Luncheonette in St. George after 15 years of cooking Italian food in various Staten Island kitchens. "I worked for everybody else my whole life and this opened up and I jumped on this," Zummo says. His luncheonette/breakfast den is located across from borough hall and opened about 10 months ago....
Postcards of the Mezzogiorno: A Photographic Essay of Southern Italy in the Bari Area
The Italian American Museum at 155 Mulberry Street (corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) in Manhattan will host "Postcards of the Mezzogiorno: A Photographic Essay of Southern Italy in the Bari Area." Joseph M. Calisi, an International Transportation Photojournalist retraced places visited in his youth to capture the sun-splashed beauty of a regio...
L'Italia cantata agli italo-americani
Domenica 10 novembre il teatro della St. John University, nel Queens, ha ospitato il concerto della cantante italiana Giada Valenti. L'ambiente é tipicamente quello dei campus universitari americani ma la cosa che colpisce da subito una volta giunti all'interno del teatro é la tipologia del pubblico presente in sala: una folta schiera di italo-amer...
Behind the shadows
You are cordially invited to attend a reading of Susan C. Finelli's book, "Behind the Shadows" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, February 27. About the book: Born into squalor, Raymond Nasco's quest for wealth and power shrouds two generations with deceit, murder, rape and illicit love.
Two Trattorias in Midtown Manhattan Show off the Italian Art of "Dolce Far Niente"
All the talk about how dining out has become more casual obviously ignores the fact that the overwhelming majority of restaurants are casual, not least -- and especially in New York -- the venerable Italian trattorias, distinct from high-end Italian ristoranti with Frette linens and Ginori china. At the former, they perfected long ago the...
Assemblyman Garbarino Awards Scholarships
Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino (R,C,I-Sayville) recently had the privilege of presenting two outstanding students with the prestigious Italian-American Legislative Conference College Scholarships. "I am honored to present these scholarships to two of our outstanding students Shannon Brady of Bayport and Troy Douglas Revello of Great River,"...
Mets introduce 1st-round pick Conforto
Michael Conforto's first trip to New York City included viewing the Freedom Tower, heading to the top of the Empire State Building and taking batting practice with the New York Mets at Citi Field. It also included sampling the local cuisine. And it will soon include playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones. "We've been eating a whole lot since we...