Italy Comes To Long Island With Italia Vera At The Nassau Coliseum
A taste of Italian lifestyle is coming to Nassau Coliseum in September, and tickets for the event go on sale Friday. Italia Vera: The Ultimate Italian Lifestyle Festival will land at the Coliseum for one day only on Sept. 9, but with two sessions: one at 12:30 p.m. and one at 5:30 p.m. The event will transform the Coliseum into a slice of Italy, fe...
Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Final Competition
On Sunday, April 2, 2017 the Antonio Young Inventors' Final Competition was held at Staten Island Technical High School. 14 Semi-finalists from three boroughs competed for cash and prizes. The event was proudly sponsored by: The Garibaldi Meucci Museum, Carol and Rocco Berardi and The Lois and Richard Nicotra Foundation. Special thanks to our judge...
Russo’s New York Pizzeria opens soon at the Fairfield Town Center
A new location of Russo’s New York Pizzeria will open in April at the Fairfield Town Center, 28610 Hwy. 290, Cypress. The eatery specializes in authentic, hand-tossed New York pizza as well as Italian pastas, salads and soups. The new 2,500-square-foot restaurant will include 70 indoor and 24 patio seats. It will offer free deliver services within...
Italian Club of Staten Island honors 4 at gala in West Brighton
The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundaton will host its 66th annual Dinner Dance Thursday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m. in LiGreci's Staaten, West Brighton. The gala evening is inclusive of a cocktail hour and a formal sit-down dinner followed by assorted desserts and dancing. Live musical entertainment will be provided by the club's own Michael Russo...
Italian restaurant pioneer to take over famed SoHo bar space
Pino Luongo, a pioneer in popularizing Tuscan cuisine in America, is branching out to Soho. Luongo, who runs the successful Morso on East 59th Street, has signed a lease to launch an eatery in the former Milady’s bar space at 160 Prince St., at the corner of Thompson. The 1,850-square-foot restaurant is expected to open in the fall. The deal was br...
Italian Sonorities and Acoustic Communities: Listening to the Soundscapes of Italianità
Friday, April 28, 2017, 9:30am-5:45pm - Saturday, April 29, 2017, 9:30am-5:30pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036. Italian Sonorities and Acoustic Communities: Listening to the Soundscapes of Italianità In his 1984 book Acoustic Communication, Barry Truax defined acoustic communitie...
The Latest Culinary Travel News From Italy
Representatives from Northern Italy’s Piemonte region recently welcomed Travel Agent and other journalists to a presentation at the Italian Consulate in New York City. After an official welcome from Italian Consul General Francesco Genuardi, Piemonte Tourism Manager Maria Elena told those in attendance that U.S. visitors to Piemonte are at an all-t...
Joseph Vincent Iacobucci uno dei primi italoamericani “cadetto” nella storica Accademia Militare di “West Point” era molisano
Joseph Vincent Iacobucci nacque, il 22 marzo del 1916, a Cincinnati in Ohio da Antonio ed Elisena. I suoi genitori erano entrambi nati a Chiauci oggi provincia di Isernia e lì si erano sposati il 7 dicembre del 1907. Joseph era il terzo dei quattro figli della famiglia Iacobucci. Vince, Louie e Frank erano gli altri fratelli. Antonio, il padre, pur...
Not Heard in New York Since 1929: Respighi's “La Campana Sommersa"
The playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) wafts like a ghost through the annals of early-twentieth-century opera. Alban Berg thought seriously of making an adaptation of Hauptmann’s play “And Pippa Dances” (1906) before moving on to the two Frank Wedekind plays from which he would fashion “Lulu.” And Carl Ruggles spent several of his early years...
Mario Batali, American Chemical Society Weigh in on the Science of Pasta
Like any good Italian, my mother, Victoria Perritano, made her first batch of pasta dough as young bride newly married to her Italian groom. She learned the technique from her mother, my grandmother. Pasta making has been a technique and tradition lovingly passed down in Italian families for generations. In fact, renowned chef, restaurateur and coo...
Antonella Ricco: una chef a New York con la Puglia nel cuore
Il suo motto è: “Make simple healthy choices”. Fate delle scelte semplici e salutari. Parliamo chiaramente di alimentazione e nutrizione, che per Antonella Ricco, private chef a New York e nutrizionista, fanno il paio con sostenibilità, qualità e consapevolezza. Da oltre vent’anni sta ai fornelli ma anche sui libri, diventando successivamente anche...
IAP 37: Paul Malignaggi on Sicilian pride, turning struggle into success, and a champion mindset
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we talk with Paul “Paulie” Malignaggi, a former two-weight World Champion who currently works as a commentator. Paulie tells the story of how he transitioned from Sicily to Brooklyn and had to learn to adapt to the diverse cultures and lifestyles, and how that led him to start his boxing career, desp...