Community champion Joe Gerace passes away at 80
Joseph Richard Gerace, 80, proprietor of Gerace's Hair Care Center and along with his wife owned the former Bob Harris Realty Company, died on Thursday (Nov. 17, 2016) at the New York State Veterans Home in Batavia. Mr. Gerace was born March 15, 1936 in Batavia, a son of the late Joseph A. and Sarah (Gazzetta) Gerace. A 1955 graduate...
Lecture on Verdi, the young boy
May 1, 2013 Lecture on Giuseppe Verdi's youth, his training developmentand a lesson on "Va Pensiero" from Nabucco to be performed by students of La Scuola Italiana at the Bicentennial Ceremon, Verdi Square, 72nd and Amsterdam/Broadway, on May 1, 2013, at 1:00 pm La Scuola d'Italia, Guglielmo Marconi 406 East 67th Street New York...
High School Italian student earns Italian Heritage award
Congratulations to rising Garden City High School senior Tina Fodera (left), pictured here with high school Italian teacher Mrs. Sandra Cardilicchia, for being selected as one of four students to receive a monetary award of $200 and recognition at a future special function for her essay contest submission into the Italian Heritage and Culture Commi...
Italian-American group backs Mangano for county executive
By Robert Brodsky The Italian American Political Action Committee of New York has endorsed Republican Edward Mangano for Nassau County executive, bypassing Democrat Thomas Suozzi, a fellow Italian. The executive board of the PAC, a nonpartisan group that is affiliated with more than 140 Italian-American organizations, said it had unanimously endo...
Alessandra Ciuffo, 12 anni d'età, dai fornelli di casa alla prima della sfida televisiva tra kid-chef su Food Network
By Riccardo Chioni Silenzio, oggi si gira in casa Ciuffo a Whitestone. La troupe è al completo: Francesco è alla videocamera, il coach Giovanni è al via e Angela, la regista è pronta per la scena, al suo ciack entra la protagonista, Alessandra che con innata naturalezza va ai forrnelli e prepara con maestria una ricetta, raccontando all'audience d...
St. Patrick's school in Little Italy attended by Martin Scorsese put on sale for $29M
by Corinne Letsch The Catholic Church is peddling a piece of history — the oldest Catholic school in the city. The cash-strapped Archdiocese of New York is selling off the St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School on Prince St., on the grounds of the original St. Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy, according to papers filed in Manhattan Sup...
Lavazza e il futurismo Italiano al Guggenheim Museum di New York
Si intitola "Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe", la mostra dedicata al movimento Futurista Italiano che inaugura il 21 febbraio al Guggenheim Museum di New York. Un evento che vede raddoppiare l'orgoglio italiano in quanto sponsorizzata da Lavazza, azienda portabandiera a livello globale del caffè made in Italy, e mecena...
A NY sulla cresta delle bollicine di prosecco
By Natascia Lorusso Per lui essere a New York significa vivere un sogno. Un desiderio realizzato quasi per caso che l'ha fatto ritrovare in un locale a degustare il prosecco assieme a Whoopy Goldberg. Nella Big Apple tutto è possibile! Galeotto fu un articolo sul Corriere della Sera su di un'azienda di import/export di vini, la sua passione! È co...
Westchester Uniti nella lotta all'Alzheimer. Il console Quintavalle premiata come "Donna dell'anno"
Autorità, distinti ospiti e rappresentanti dei media hanno partecipato sabato scorso a quella che è la più rilevante iniziativa della "Società Stella Mattutina - Morning Star Society" nella lotta contro l'Alzheimer e la demenza senile. "Sono qui per incontrare la comunità italiana ed offrire un incoraggiamento al dr. Luigi Miele, presidente della...
Procession of Mount Carmel has special meaning for Italian-American residents of Watertown
Families with Italian blood gathered outside their homes on Bellew Avenue and Emmett and Boon streets Sunday night to enjoy a ritual they've witnessed for many years — one that defines who they are as a people. As these longtime residents watched the Procession of Mount Carmel, which started at St. Anthony's Church on Arsenal Street, they talked a...
Tuckahoe, Eastchester Celebrate Italian Culture With Festival, Scholarship
by Zak Failla The Eastchester-Tuckahoe Columbus Day Committee is set to again celebrate Italian heritage and culture at the annual Columbus Day-St. Pio Festival. This year's festival will feature food vendors, a parade and celebrity guest appearances. The event will begin on Friday, Sept. 19, and continue through the weekend. The Eas...
ARIA DI COMMEDIA: An Evening of Italian Renaissance Theater and Music
MARCH 09, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi in Aria di Commedia! You'll giggle at Dottore's "little problem" and the beautiful Flaminia's long...