When my wife and I stopped by Mulberry Street at 474 Brick Boulevard in Brick this past Sunday, to pick up the radio station’s corned beef and cabbage order for parade day, little did we know we were walking into history! A half a century in the making…While filling our order, co owner Ralph Colasurdo informed us that Sunday was the exact 50th Anni...

Mario and Alessandra De Benedetti, both of whom were born and raised in Italy, share a keen appreciation of nature and good food. Combiningthese passions, the couple began developing an interest in the nutritiona and emotional benefits of flowers and herbs. When the De Bennedettis relocated from Milan to New York about five years ago, they realized...

New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome is encouraging area high school seniors and current college students to apply for the 2023 New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Academic and Athletic Scholarships. This year, the Conference is awarding academic and athletic scholarships in the amount of $4,000. Applicants should have...

New York‘s Galerie56 opens with an exhibition of early ‘unframed’ drawings by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce. The show offers an insight into his creative process and the scope of his radical artistic vision. The multidisciplinary artist is known for his unconventional, often experimental approach — creating furniture pieces which incorporate bold...

When: Friday, March 10, 2023 From 6:00 pm To 7:00 pm - Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura - NY - Organized by : IIC-NY- Entrance: Free Published on the occasion of the completion of the restoration work - promoted by Assicurazioni Generali in the Procuratie Vecchie in St Mark's Square in Venice and led by David Chipperfield - the book recounts...

Call it the "miracle on Mulberry Street." Yes, the oldest cheese shop in New York City — considered the oldest in America — was forced to close its doors for good at its Little Italy location. But there are plans to give it a new life across the Hudson River. After financial struggles and court battles, Alleva Dairy shuttered the only location it h...

Self-defense classes won’t try to turn you into Bruce Lee or into a black belt. But, if a person attacked you on a dark street, would you know how to fend them off? The Italian and the Italian-American communities of the Tristate learned some basic skills to help them just doing that at the free self-defense class organized by the Comites Community...

ITA Airways announced today that from June 1, it is increasing its flights from Rome's Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. ITA will offer three daily flights between Rome and the Big Apple during its peak summer schedule. Increased frequency to New YorkItaly's flag carrier, ITA Airways, is invest...

One of the newest additions to New York’s ever-evolving pizza landscape is not so new at all, at least in terms of its pedigree. L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele opened in Naples in 1870 and has since garnered world renown. Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” may remember it from both the book and the movie; in the latter, Julia Roberts, as G...

NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò presents: Made in Italy | Sold in America - Fashion in Attenzione Magazine, 1979-1987. An exhibition of historical magazines, including fashion from the NYU Costume Studies MA Study Collection. Curated by Marcella Martin - PhD Candidate, Department of Italian Studies, NYU. Opening with panel discussion: Thursday, Ma...