North Jay Street in Schenectady was packed on Saturday for the eighth annual Little Italy Street Festival. Six local restaurants and bakeries provided all of the food, including meatballs, pizza, and canolis. The event featured plenty of food, activities for kids, and a guest appearance. Gianni Russo, the actor who played Carlo Rizzi in "...
READ MOREdi Liliana Rosano Ambasciatrice del Made in Italy negli Stati Uniti, Ornella Fado, calabrese, romana di formazione ma newyorchese d'adozione, ha contribuito a diffondere la cultura contemporanea italiana in America al punto che nel 2009, l'allora sindaco di New York, Michael Bloomberg, l'ha incoronata esperta della gastronomia italiana durante la...
READ MOREby Fabio Parasecoli When friends visit New York City from out of town, especially from Italy, we often end up taking a stroll through Manhattan's Little Italy, which looms large in the imagination of many Italians. Although they have seen it in movies and in TV shows, they tend to have a limited sense of how and why immigrants moved betwee...
READ MOREby Tony Farina It was an overflow crowd last Saturday night (March 13) at Salvatore's Italian Gardens as the Good Government Club of Western New York attracted more than 400 guests for the its 20th annual St. Joseph's Dinner, this year honoring Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo. Lorigo, who is the longest sittin...
READ MOREHistorian Simone Cinotto will discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City, in two upcoming events--in Philadelphia and New York. In Philadelphia, Cinotto will speak at Drexel University's Center for Hospitality and Sport Management on Monday, May 12 at 5:00 pm. In his ta...
READ MOREby Georgia Kral Every year, Italians and revelers from all over the world head to Little Italy in New York City for the Feast of San Gennaro. This year's festival kicks off at 4 p.m. on Sept 11. Two million people are expected to attend, and you should be one of them. Here's why:It's an annual tradition since 1926This is an o...
READ MOREPer la prima volta in un club della Grande Mela ci sarà una serata speciale in cui la musica, il cinema, la televisione e la radio si divideranno il palco. Atlas Social Club e PanaePanico factory presentano Kiss me I'm Italian, una notte con la migliore musica italiana degli anni 80 (Mina, Raffaella Carrà, Loredana Bertè, Rettore, Marcella...
READ MOREdi Stefano Righi L'aereo su cui Giovanni Rana incontrò Marilyn Monroe era diretto negli Stati Uniti. Volo in due tappe, da San Giovanni Lupatoto, 24 mila anime in provincia di Verona, a Chicago e New York, rispettivamente tre e otto milioni di abitanti. Dalla patria di Gastone Moschin a Chelsea Market, proprio di fronte alla sede di Googl...
READ MOREby Alfonson Guerriero Jr. For the first time in New York City there is an exhibit celebrating the literary works of Ernest Hemingway. From September 25th through January 31st, 2016 at the Morgan Library and Museum, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Hemingway's original manuscripts, letters and ephemera coll...
READ MOREMonday, November 2, 18:00 - 20:00 EST. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò NYU, 24 W 12th St, New York 10011. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini's death (he was killed November 2nd 1975), Kairos Italy Theater (Casa Italiana Theater Company in Residence) presents a celebration of his life in New York and of his in...
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