Olivia Palermo: Inside the life of an American socialite
Olivia Palermo was born on this day, February 28, in 1986. Born in Manhattan’s ritzy Upper East Side, Olivia shot to stardom after being cast on MTV’s ‘The City’ and has since turned from reality TV star to a widely admired fashion and style guru. Olivia spent her early years growing up in between Greenwich, C...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (June 7th), my friends and I joined members of the Società di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Feast of San Cono, patron saint of Teggiano, Salerno. Starting from the society's clubhouse at 231 Ainslie St., the procession meandered through the neighborhood to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian...
Sons of Italy in Endicott celebrates 100 years
by Anthony Borrelli A place to smoke a cigar, relax by playing cards with the guys and drink a glass of wine. In the early years of the 20th century, local Italian American immigrants who were among the throngs who came to this country needed to look no further for a place to unwind than at the Sons of Italy lodge. This was a...
Portolano Cavallo launches in New York
By Mary Tiernan The Italian firm's US office will be headed up by resident partner Yan Pecoraro. The New York office will advise the firm's clients on Italian and European issues. Mr Pecoraro's practice focuses on representing non-Italian clients looking to make Italian investments or to establish and operate businesses in Italy. 'Th...
Giovanni Meli: A Poet Remembered
By Gaetano Cipolla 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Meli, Sicily's most celebrated poet, who died of pneumonia on December 20, 1815. Prof. Giovanni Ruffino, director of the Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, in collaboration with Sicily's three major universities organized a four-day conference in...
Yex e Aicf unite a New York per la crociata contro i tumori
di Francesco Semprini I giovani italiani d'America rilanciano la loro crociata per sconfiggere i tumori. I membri dello «Young Executives Committee» (YEX) della Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, e l'American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF), fondazione impegnata da 35 anni nella raccolta di fondi per la ricerca sul cancro, hanno unito le...
Ellis Island circa 1900
Ellis Island was the gateway for more than 12 million immigrants who passed through its doors seeking a better future in America, from 1892 to 1954. The rich tapestry of cultures and nationalities who entered the new world there are revealed in these timeless photos taken between 1902-1913. The photographs, from the collection of William W...
Is that a Donatello in the MFA’s storage?
When New York art dealer Andrew Butterfield arrived at the Museum of Fine Arts in the spring of 2013, he carried with him a tantalizing conjecture: An obscure 15th-century sculpture, which the museum had kept in storage for most of the past 30 years, was in fact the lost work of a Renaissance master. Butterfield had not come to Boston out...
Bruculino: A Taste Of Italian Via Brooklyn
Warning: Menu changes often. No objections here. Bruculino cooks with the season. Bruculino is slang for a guy from Brooklyn. That's what Chef Joe Bruno is. The chef — who pioneered SoNo's Washington Street restaurant row with freshly made pastas — closed Pasta Nostra after 30 years and opened Bruculino around the corner. The sli...
A Badge of Honor
Over Independence Day weekend, Il Regno's very own Cav. John Napoli was kind enough to show us his brevet and medals from the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Sacro Militare Ordine Constantiniano di San Giorgio), an ancient Roman Catholic dynastic order of Knighthood, which according to tradition traces its origins back to Emper...
John Michael Marino Awards Inspire Many
The evening of the John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. Order Sons of Italy in America 36th Annual Awards Presentation was memorable and inspiring, for it was on this night that The John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. presented scholarships and awards to dynamic high school students of the Class of 2016. The ceremony followed the John Mic...
Columbian Lawyers Association host 50th anniversary party at Brooklyn Museum
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn started 50 years ago with a modest 10 members. On Thursday, more than 350 members packed into the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate the semi-centennial anniversary of the organization. "Given the extraordinary turnout of over 350 people, the magnificence of this room, the extraordinary food and the...