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Arthur Avenue is one of the Bronx’s best known tourist destinations, a 12-block area filled with historic Italian American businesses since the first decades of the 20th century, but now showcasing an increasing number of Albanian and Mexican establishments as well. Can visitors embark on a comprehensive tour, including sightseeing and multiple din...

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Columbus Citizens Foundation is pleased to announce details of our 79th Annual Columbus Celebration Weekend featuring our annual Gala, Wreath Ceremony, Mass, and Parade. The Foundation’s Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City will be held on Saturday, October 7th. Each year it is a celebration of Italian American contributions to the...

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In its first location outside of Rome, Roscioli NYC is open at 43 MacDougal Street, near King Street, in the West Village, with the original known for its iconic bakery, salumeria, and wine bar that have long-attracted fans from across the globe. As of this week, the New York location is now open, in partnership with the wine-centric Rimessa Roscio...

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New York City is teeming with personalities larger than life itself – unapologetically brash, no-nonsense folks who can be intimidating but will always have your back. One of the greatest privileges of hosting this podcast project is not just delving into the city’s rich history but also acquainting myself with the colorful characters who populate...

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Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo will make its New Jersey debut this month, giving statewide audiences the opportunity to experience, in their own backyard, the performance ensemble’s unique bel canto style through historically informed performances. Two semi-staged operas — Gaetano Donizetti’s lyric tragedy “Poliuto” and Federico and Luigi Ricci’s...

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Vito Schnabel Gallery. 43 Clarkson St #1A, New York, NY. It’s usually too soon to write off what might seem, at first glance, a great artist’s less compelling work, as these small paintings would make abundantly clear if nothing else did. For more than a hundred years, Giorgio de Chirico has been revered for the so-called metaphysical paintings he...

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Pamela Quinzi, a renowned fashion designer, and entrepreneur, was born and raised in Rome, Italy. Known for her exquisite creativity and craftsmanship, Pamela’s aesthetic eye for color, fabric, and detail has enabled her to work at the highest levels of the international fashion industry. She has a long history of developing clothing lines, accesso...

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Perhaps the best moment of Mike Piazza's career was his home run in the New York Mets' first home game post-9/11. With his Mets down 2-1 to the Atlanta Braves, Piazza drilled a no-doubt two-run homer that proved to be the game-winner.  It's now considered one of the greatest home runs in Mets history, allowing New Yorkers to forget for just a momen...

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Sometimes, it seems there are no truly fresh artistic discoveries, since collectors have gotten very good at scouring the landscape for talent and then snapping it up. Then, a show like “Antonio Petruccelli: Rediscovering a Modernist” comes along, and we realize that we have not seen it all yet. The show, comprising 40 works, all original gouaches...

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Adrienne Guttieri, a promising young chef who studied in Italy and worked her way up at restaurants there and in New York, died last summer at 33. Her family, most notably her brother, Frank Guttieri, is keeping her memory and legacy alive at this new restaurant named for her in their hometown area of the Rockaways. They have taken over the waterfr...

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