World-class Festival kicks off July 6th featuring a 5-story magnificent tower with Neapolitan Saint and brass band carried on the shoulders of 125 men. A spectacular Italian Festival kicking off July 6th in Brooklyn honoring Saint Paolino has it all: faith, food, music, neighborhood pride, history, colorful cultural celebrations and internatio...

The 1,000-square-foot store will be located at 101 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg and bear its street number, 101, as its name. Diesel is about to take the wraps off its first pop-up shop, set to open Friday in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section. The 1,000-square-foot store will be located at 101 Bedford Avenue in the New York borough and bear its str...

There's a brand-new white Whirlpool refrigerator in Cara Nicoletti's apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ms. Nicoletti, a butcher, a baker and the creator of the literary food blog Yummy Books, is grateful to her landlord for the appliance.   Its predecessor "was gross and old and didn't have any shelf space, and I'd been asking for a reall...

by Riccardo Chioni Come vuole la tradizione e nonostante la tentatrice finale dei Mondiali di calcio, Williamsburg ha registrato il pienone per la 127esima edizione della Festa del Giglio a cui ha partecipato anche il sindaco Bill de Blasio che ha contribuito a far danzare la Torre di 3 tonnellate. Italoamericani, visitatori d'ogni parte del Paes...

We couldn't ask for a better day for Sunday's Festa di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.   With clear blue skies and a balmy breeze, conditions were perfect for the procession. Making our way through the neighborhood, we were greeted by many locals before reaching Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (275 N 8th Street).   Read more &nbs...

Albert Di Meglio might be an alumnus of Le Cirque and Osteria del Circo, but most recently, at Rubirosa, he mined the culinary memories of his Italian-American childhood on Staten Island.   For his new restaurant on Williamsburg's South Side, slated to open next week, he traces his ancestry back to the homeland — or rather, his grandmother's...

By Giovanni di Napoli   Giglio Sunday was a scorcher! With temperatures soaring in the nineties, the heat made the already demanding task of carrying two massive structures all the more difficult. Far from demoralizing the lifters, I don't think I've ever seen a more spirited group of men. The paranza's fortitude and devotion was most admira...

Appuntamento con i grandi nomi del Rinascimento italiano negli Stati Uniti dove nei prossimi giorni verranno inaugurate due importanti mostre, a New York e Williamsburg. Ad aprire i battenti domani sara' "La scultura all'epoca di Donatello: i capolavori del Rinascimento dalla Cattedrale di Firenze", fino al 14 giugno ospite al MOBIA, il Museum of B...

By Lisa L. ColangeloGentrification can't keep the giglio out of Williamsburg. The 129th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino kicks off Wednesday in Brooklyn, with sausage, zeppole and a 4-ton, 65-foot statue to honor a beloved Italian saint.   "It's definitely pride and a tradition," said Joe Galasso, a 41-year-old city fir...

Caravaggio comes to the United States. Three celebrated masterpieces by the great Italian painter will be on display from 8 February to 6 April at the Muscarelle Museum of Art di Williamsburg: two versions of "St. Francis in Meditation" – one on loan from the Church of the Cappuccini in Rome and the other from the City of Carpineto Romano – and the...