A trendy Italian comes to town
by Rex Davenport If you have always wanted to look like an Italian movie star — scarf trailing behind you as you tool around town in your red two-seater convertible — your dream may be closer to reality. Your Alfa Romeo sports car will be waiting for you at a local dealership. Palmen Auto Stores is one of a small group of dealersh...
Italian teacher needed
ITALIAN TEACHER NEEDED FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN AND TODDLERS CLASSES Must be fluent in Italian. Italian certification preferred. Please send resume by email to info@wiccny.org Westchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope PlaceTuckahoe, New York 10707914-771-8700wiccny.org
Quando l'immigrazione sale sul ring: alla Gleason’s Gym la prima edizione dell'Italian American Boxing Awards
L'Italian American Boxing Awards, evento che rappresenta il perfetto mix tra sport e cultura ideato e organizzato da New York Italians, ANPS USA e Fordham University, domenica sera ha visto la sua prima edizione nella storica palestra di New York Gleason's Gym. Nel 1937 l'italiano Peter Robert Gagliardi inglesizzò il suo nome in Bobby Gleason, per...
La bici pieghevole che fa rinascere la Graziella conquista New York
Il richiamo alla mitica Graziella è abbastanza esplicito: una bicicletta piccola, pieghevole, con grande cura per ogni dettaglio, dalla sella al campanello. Un oggetto comodo per chi vive in grandi città e ha bisogno di una due ruote piccola che occupi poco spazio, in modo da poter essere portata in appartamento o in ufficio per non correre il risc...
Sons of Italy Prepares Famous Sausage for Italian Festival
They are some of the best cooks in the Ohio Valley and their specialty is Italian sausage. The Bellaire Sons of Italy lodge members have been spending long hours in the kitchen lately and it's all for their delicious sandwiches at the Italian Festival this weekend. Their lodge has hundreds of members, but it's always the same core group t...
La cultura italiana secondo Giorgio van Straten. Intervista al nuovo direttore dell'Istituto di New York
Ha appena preso servizio e dice di non avere un "programma e una lista di cose da fare" ma di idee su come promuovere la cultura italiana sembra averne diverse. Il nuovo direttore dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, Giorgio van Straten, ha preso possesso della sua scrivania al terzo piano della palazzina di Park Avenue a metà lu...
Opening Night at the 2015 Santa Rosalia Feast in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Yesterday kicked off the 2015 Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. A neighborhood staple for 40 years, the celebration features nightly entertainment, games, rides, and plenty of delicious food. The festivities continue until Sunday, August 30th. Enjoy the many amusements, but please don't forget the true reason for the celebration and...
PANERAI Opens Flagship Store in Miami
Officine Panerai opened its first ever flagship store in the Americas this month. The boutique of the Italian quality sports watchmaker is situated in the heart of the Miami Design District, an area of the city which has recently been transformed into an exclusive luxury shopping destination. The boutique features the new retail design concept...
Gondola Glasses: The first sunglasses in history invented in Venice
by Claudia Baroncelli As an unmissable piece in every fashionista's (and not only) handbag, sunglasses are nowadays synonymous with fashion and glamour, the accessory all of us love to wear and show off especially on sunny days. But did you know the history of the universally used and glamorous sunglasses was strictly linked to that of the...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: From Lost Boy to Poet
My father died six months before I was born in 1919. He was in his 50s and suffered a heart attack on the stoop of his house in Yonkers, N.Y. Months after I was born, my mother was institutionalized for depression. My Aunt Emilie from France and her husband took me in, and we soon moved to France, near Strasbourg. My first memory is b...
Union County Columbus Day Flag Raising is Oct. 9 at County Courthouse in Elizabeth
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced the Union County's seventh annual Columbus Day Flag Raising event is set for Friday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m., on the steps of the historic Union County Courthouse. The keynote speaker/guest of honor is Paula Maida Mooney, an Italian-American author from Summit, who also works with HomeTowne Tele...
Greenwich’s St. Lawrence Society honors Columbus
By Ken Borsuk The traditional Columbus Day flag raising outside of Town Hall is set for 9 a.m. Monday in celebration of Italian heritage. Despite town offices being closed for the holiday, the Italian flag will be formally hoist and displayed outside Town Hall for the day. A reception will follow at the St. Lawrence Club, 86 Valley Ro...