More than 50 Italian brands are about to descend on Coterie February 25-27
This season, the Italian Trade Commission is returning to Coterie with over 50 Italian brands at the show at the Javits Center. The Italian Trade Commission is the Italian government agency entrusted with the mission to facilitate contact between Italian companies and the rest of the world. In the United States, their objective is to expand relatio...
RPS Hall of Fame: Jean Cione didn’t know she was a pioneer
High school graduation is a big deal for the vast majority of people, but it wasn’t for Rockford’s Jean Cione. “She skipped it,” Cione’s sister, Linda Gillespie, said of the East High School graduation ceremony in 1946. “She took her finals, and then she left to play ball. It was spring training.” Cione was one of the very youngest of the pioneers...
Patrons Become Family at West End Italian Restaurant
A mainstay in Alexandria’s West End, Fratelli’s Italian Restaurant at 410 S. Van Dorn Street, has been dishing up northern Italian specialties for almost 15 years and makes you feel like family the moment you step through the door. Butter-based sauces rich with cream grace northern Italian tables just as they do in France, but Italian chefs put the...
Smithtown Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
A Smithtown resident recently celebrated her 100th birthday alongside friends, family and local officials. A special celebration was held for Fortunata Durkin last week at the Smithtown Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing Care where she is currently residing. Durkin was born on Feb. 6, 1919 in Brooklyn to Italian immigrants. She married a World W...
Giovanna Caruso Wins Award in Accolade Global Film Competition
Giovanna Caruso has won a prestigious Award of Recognition from The Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was given for Caruso’s exciting short film, “A Life Worth Living,” which goes through the emotional struggles of a terrible loss and the different ways people face grief. “A Life Worth Living” features exceptional storyline and overall qu...
Campania coal-fired pizza coming to Dongan Hills
If all goes well with construction, Campania will fire up its coal-and-gas oven in Dongan Hills come fall. This will be New York City’s fourth such Italian restaurant known for its pleasantly charred pizza roasted with house-made mozzarella, freshly grated cheese and toppings sliced to order. The new eatery will be located at 1801 Hylan Blvd., a 10...
In Center of Catholicism, New Mormon Temple Invites Curious Romans for a Look
Home to the Vatican, the pope and St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome is unchallenged in its claim to be the global center of the Roman Catholic Church. But the city also plays host to the largest mosque in Western Europe, the largest Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall on the Continent, and, as of this year, the biggest center in Europe belonging to the Church...
È di Sorrento l’imprenditore dell’anno per gli italoamericani
È della penisola sorrentina il giovane italiano scelto dalla Fondazione Niaf, punto di riferimento di circa 20 milioni di statunitensi che vantano origini italiane, come imprenditore dell’anno. La National Italian American Foundation, infatti, consegnerà a Lorenzo Zurino, nato a Sorrento è cresciuto a Piano di Sorrento, l’International Young Entrep...
The Spaghetti Westerns Keep on Comin’: "A bullet for the general"
Sunday Only - Special intro by local film historian/journalist Jeff Berg - View Trailer. Two shows only: Saturday, February 23; Sunday, February 24. 1:00 PM. The Guild Cinema - 3405 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque. $5 Admission when you ask for the Italian Festival rate. Director, Damiano Damiani – Italy – 1967 – 118 mins – Italian with English subtitl...
Chiesa del Purgatorio
The Chiesa del Purgatorio (Church of Purgatory) was built between 1725 and 1747. It, like other “purgatory churches,” was constructed as a place for people to pray for the souls trapped in limbo between heaven and hell. The upper part of the facade shows angels, fruit baskets, and penitents wrapped in flames. On the lower part, the wooden door is d...
You Can Now Live in a Fendi Home-in Scottsdale, Arizona
Fendi is expanding its Roman empire . . . to Scottsdale, Arizona. The luxury fashion house just announced that it is building a collection of 41 bespoke Fendi Private Residences that will be come to market later this year and be completed in 2020. Each home will average 3,500 square feet, with the design and architecture spearheaded by architect Ma...
Dante Without Footnotes
Wednesday, 02/27/2019 - 6:30pm. Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò - 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011-8604. A lecture by Ron Herzman, SUNY Geneseo. Why does Dante still speak to us with great urgency and power, and how is it that he remains accessible despite the seemingly-vast distance in time and culture between his world and ours? Ron Herzman i...