La Serenissima: Venetian Islands: Murano, Burano, Torcello, and San Michele
May 16 10:30 am — 12:30 pmWestchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope Place , Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States La Serenissima: Venetian Islands: Murano, Burano, Torcello, and San MicheleThe outer islands of Venice are fascinating, each is so different and has its unique history. Torcello, the oldest of the lagoon's island, Murano, famous...
Renaissance at the Gucci house: the Italian label shows resort 2016 in New York
by Alison Veness The resort season has been a blast this year, a total global trip, (Seoul, LA, South of France) and it touched down in Chelsea, New York, yesterday morning. Seated in the Dia warehouse space with Persian carpets and chintz seats the bohemian mood was set. And then the steel roller doors opened like the curtains go...
Scoprire Roberto Scarcella Perino
by Liliana Rosano Ha cominciato a comporre a sei anni, per poter suonare i suoi pezzi mentre imparava il pianoforte. Roberto Scarcella Perino, siciliano di Messina, dal 2000 vive a New York, dove è Senior Lecturer e docente di Italian Opera presso la New York University e Scholar in Residence all'American Institute for Verdi Studies. &nbs...
Columbian Lawyers take Staten Island for monthly CLE meeting
By Rob Abruzzese The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn took over Staten Island for one night during this month's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting at Nino's Restaurant on Hylan Boulevard last Tuesday, Jan. 12. While the lawyers and judges got to try some delicious Italian food, they listened to Justice Barbara I. ...
Of Pasta and Men: Hangar Theatre dishes in 'I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti' (Review)
There's truth in advertising in "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," the one-woman show that opens the Hangar Theatre's 2016 season. Over the course of the play, we learn about the romantic misadventures of Brooklynite Giulia Melucci as she cooks bolognese sauce and makes pasta from scratch. It's a nifty gimmick, impressive to watch, but i...
American vs Italy competition kicks off
The American vs Italy Friendship Competition kicked off at Monticello Raceway on the warm and sunny afternoon of August 17 with the amateur harness racing drivers competing in both a pace and a trot on the betting card. The pacing race went to USA's Bobby Krivelin who reined Five Star Stud to a 2:00.2 victory while Giancarlo Moretti scored a 2:01.1...
Italian company to take over Chautauqua County cheese plant, saving 80 jobs
80 Chautauqua County jobs will be saved after an Italian company agreed to purchase the Empire Specialty Cheese plant in Ashville. The plant, which makes mozzarella and ricotta cheese, was previously "in a difficult financial situation" due to constraints and needed improvements. Nuova Castelli Group will invest several million dollar...
Al Dente: Food in Italy between the Local and the Global
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute | Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. 212-642-2094 | calandra@qc.edu | www.qc.edu/calandra Thursday, November 10, 2016, 6pm. Al Dente: Food in Italy between the Local and the Global (Fabio Parasecoli, The New School) Food products and p...
Baci e Vendetta Brings Old-World Elegance to the East Village
Here's a stunning bar and trattoria with Old World bronze-trimmed elegance that outclasses its East Village location. It's the work of the Church Group, which creates themed bars, several in the same neighborhood. Nearby, the group's Kingston Hall is Jamaican, Shoolbred's is as Scottish as its hot toddies, and Ninth Ward, which is closed temporaril...
Verplanck Italian Feast Celebrates 90th Year
VERPLANCK, N.Y. - Verplanck's traditional Italian Feast, a 90-year-old summer staple, will take over Highland Avenue and 8th Street through Sunday.Starting today, the festival opens each night at 6 p.m. and includes rides, games, live music and Italian-American food."It's unique; it's one of the oldest-running feasts in New York. People come back e...
A New Italian Spot? You’ve Been There Before
For Italian-Americans, it was the moment when the meatballs got big.We speak of the 1950s, when at least some of the thousands of immigrants who had poured into New York City from impoverished regions of Italy finally began to see the postwar fruits of their sacrifice. Prosperity was within reach, and they expected their meal at the neighborhood re...
Ciro e Fabio Casella, i guru della pizzeria San Matteo nell’Upper East Side
di Piero Armenti La Pizzeria San Matteo, nel cuore dell'Upper East Side, rappresenta un motivo d'orgoglio per la città di Salerno. Lontano dalle sponde del Mediterraneo, i suoi guru culinari, i fratelli fondatori Ciro e Fabio Casella, sono riusciti in un'impresa importante: ricreare qualcosa della piccola città capofila della costiera amal...