A sign was dedicated to Utica’s first Italian-American mayor, Dominick Assaro, in East Utica Friday afternoon. The sign sits at the Dominick Assaro Industrial Park on Dwyer Avenue. Assaro served as mayor of Utica from 1968 to 1971. Several of his family members gathered with city officials for the sign unveiling. “Family was so important to him and...
READ MOREWednesday, March 1, 2023. 9:00 am et – 11:00 am et. Italian Trade Commission - 33 East 67th Street (off of Madison Avenue) - New York City. Cappuccino and colazione! Breakfast will be served. Please RSVP here. The Next Generation of Italian Beauty. Please join us for an engaging panel discussion that will explore the next generation of Italian beau...
READ MORECasual, independently-owned red sauce joints have been the backbone of Italian food in Western New York for decades, but over the years, we’ve seen them decline in numbers. The new Bella Ciao in the Avant building Downtown isn’t a new red sauce joint, but it is a logical step forward that is more focused on modern tastes. Set in a beautiful space,...
READ MOREThe Center for Italian Modern Art, known as CIMA, was founded here in New York in 2013 by art historian Laura Mattioli. Her start in the art world began with her father's collection, something he created as a response to the violence of World War II. Mattioli joined "News All Day" on Women Wednesday with more on their new exhibition and the contrib...
READ MOREPartners Imer Rraci and chef Avni Brahimaj have opened Torcello Ristorante Italiano in the free-standing house that previously housed the long-running La Riserva on Boston Post Road in Larchmont. Torcello, which is named after an island off the northern coast of Venice, espouses the classics of northern Italian cuisine. It is a fine dining experien...
READ MOREAnother day, another iconic Brooklyn pizza joint has announced it’s shutting its doors for good. Sal’s Pizza Store, a mainstay in Carroll Gardens for more than 50 years, will be closing on Sunday. According to a note on the restaurant’s door, the owners say they are “deeply saddened to inform all our loyal customers” that it was closing and thanked...
READ MOREOn Wednesday morning, the Honorable Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Italy, received the GEI (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) Award at the New York Stock Exchange, the first GEI Award after the Covid pandemic. 12 Italian global companies representing a good portion of the Italian economy were part of the welcoming committee...
READ MOREWhen: From March 9 to May 15, 2023 from Monday through Friday from 10AM to4PM - A unique exhibition dedicated to women, as seen by four generations of Italian photographers. Photography is not only a way of representing reality, but also of painting and reinventing it. The important Tommasoli photographic archive shows us women’s metamorphosis over...
READ MOREOn Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Archdiocese of New York announced that at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 12 of their Catholic Schools would be closed due to the financial instability that was further worsened by the pandemic. A report from the Catholic News Agency stated that the following are the schools that will not reopen after the 2022-2023...
READ MOREFrom its roots as a small, store-front sausage business to international prominence and market leading manufacturer and marketer of frozen meatballs, pasta and eggplant cutlets, Rosina Food Products, Inc. is proud to begin the celebration of its 60th year on March 9, 2023 – appropriately, National Meatball Day. The Buffalo, New York-based, family-o...
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