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Lou Carnesecca, the only child of Italian immigrants who ran a grocery store on Manhattan’s East Side and who became one of the most colorful and successful coaches in college basketball history during a 24-year career at St. John’s, died on Saturday afternoon, the Post confirmed. He was 99. Carnesecca, who would have turned 100 on Jan. 5, retired...

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Thursday, December 5th, 6:00 pm. Suggested donation of $15 per person. Italian American Museum, 151 Mulberry Street, New York, NY. For reservations please send an email here. You are cordially invited to attend a Book Presentation and Talk by Dr. Jo Ann Cavallo who will discuss her book, “The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947):...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of New York is pleased to present the aroundMEny: Living Italy in New York project. This initiative is organized by the Institute in collaboration with GlobalMedia www.globalmedia.it and Per le strade di New York www.perlestradediny.com with the sponsorship of IIC New York and“IWUSA” www.italianwomenusa.com Imagine wa...

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After months of illness, Gianfranco Sorrentino, one of the pioneers of Italian gastronomic entrepreneurship in the Big Apple, has died, leaving behind his wife Paula Bolla and two children, Sofia and Edoardo, who will continue to carry on his projects.  Sorrentino was owner of two restaurants, Il Gattopardo and The Leopard at des Artistes, but also...

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The Specialty Food Association has announced an exciting year-long partnership with Italy for 2025 that will make Italy the partner country for both the 49th Winter Fancy Food Show (January 19-21, 2025, Las Vegas Convention Center) and the 69th Summer Fancy Food Show (June 29-July 1, 2025, Javits Center, New York City). Owned and operated by the Sp...

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As visitors reach the end of the European painting section on the second floor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, they come across a dark entryway with two black walls reading the word “Siena” and “1300-1350,” a time period foreign to most viewers. Once inside, visitors are magically transported to a small medieval Italian city. “Siena: The Rise of...

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As New York City bakeries go, this pastry shop takes the cake. Veniero’s Pasticceria is celebrating its 130th anniversary this fall, and its fourth-generation owner dished on the East Village shop’s star-studded clientele — from Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio to Knicks star Jalen Brunson and the cast of “Sex and The City.” Although known for their...

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It’s hard to beat the atmosphere of summertime in Italy: a tinge of salt in the air, sand between your toes and the freshest ingredients from the land and from the sea. Sadly, summer on the Adriatic Coast can’t last all year round which is why Catria Cucina and Bar, the subterranean Italian-inspired restaurant in Hudson Yards December opening is ri...

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In 1868, horse-drawn carriages delivered the ten-thousand-odd components of a giant pipe organ from the factory of Henry Erben, near Manhattan’s Five Points neighborhood, to St. Patrick’s Basilica, on Mott and Prince. The parish, then largely Irish, was still grieving the loss of so many young men from the Fighting 69th at Bull Run and Antietam. Mo...

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Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rustioni agreed to a three-year term, the company announced Wednesday. He is to helm revivals of...

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