Italian American One Voice Coalition launches GoFundMe page to help save Columbus Day and monuments
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition (“ONE VOICE”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, is raising funds on GoFundMe to challenge local officials that seek to rename Columbus Day or remove monuments. This comes after several localities including NYC have initiated public debate over whether to keep or remove...
Restaurant review: Experience is a major ingredient in new Autentico’s Kitchen
When it comes to restaurants, this adage tends to be proven again and again: There’s no substitute for experience. The concept may be intriguing, the menu may be well-crafted and the décor may be dazzling (and often terribly expensive), but the confidence that comes with experience usually outshines them all. The new Autentico’s Kitchen with its...
How Istituto Marangoni Is Developing Made-in-Italy Culture In Miami While Practicing Sustainability
I specifically enjoy telling stories of the good in the fashion world. It is rewarding to find hope and light in change in the midst of darkness and cynicism. I especially love reporting on fashion sustainability stories. At this point in time, social good (philanthropic cause and charitable actions) fashion companies can successfully use the power...
Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns Made a Fistful of Dollars and Clint Eastwood a Star
Sergio Leone was born Jan. 3, 1929; he would have been 90 this week. Though he directed only seven films, their impact has been wide and long-lasting, including making Clint Eastwood a star. On Oct. 11, 1967, Variety carried a guest column by Lee Van Cleef shortly before the U.S. bow of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” The actor countered critici...
Fiore Introduces Itself to Queen Village With a Pan-Italian Dinner Series
Italian restaurant Fiore is preparing to open on S Front Street, with a series of dinners starting this week. The Queen Village restaurant, which takes over the former Kanella South space, comes from a duo of chefs with some notable experience. As previously reported, Justine MacNeil and Ed Crochet bring experience from New York restaurants Craft a...
'The Sopranos' Sequel' Begins Filming In April With A Teen Tony Soprano
"The Sopranos" sequel "The Many Saints of Newark" will soon roll for the cameras. However, this project from series creator David Chase won't be another television show. Instead, it will be a feature-length movie about the life of Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti. Alessandro Nivola has been cast to play the lead in "The Many Saints of Newark." He confir...
Commissioners vote to support Indigenous Peoples Day
One order of business for the Hancock County Commissioners at the board’s first meeting of 2019 was to vote 2-1 to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The board met Jan. 3. Chairman Antonio Blasi said 13 months ago, the board received 75 signatures “asking us to do this.” Blasi and new commissioner John Wombacher voted in favor of the...
SPACIAL EXPLORATIONS-Lucio Fontana and the avant-guardes in Milan in the 50's and 60's
When: From Wednesday, January 23, 2019 to Wednesday, March 06, 2019 - Time: From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - where: IIC New York Spacial Explorations, curated by Francesco Tedeschi, presents a selection of artworks from the Intesa Sanpaolo twentieth century art collection comprising paintings and sculptures highly representative of Italian art, in particu...
NIASHF Inductees: Rocco B. Commisso
Three time NCAA Men’s Soccer All-Ivy League Honoree and Owner and Chairman of the New York Cosmos. Rocco Commisso is one of the most successful Italian immigrant entrepreneurs in America’s history. A member of the prestigious Forbes 400, his illustrious career in cable television spans 40 years. He is the Chairman and CEO of Mediacom Communications...
Sons and Daughters of Italy: The Fashions and Faces of the Regions of Italy
Sunday, January 27th, 2PM. The Museum will host a new exposition, second in a year long series, of regional costumes from Compania, Abruzzo, Le Marche and Lombardia, designed by the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America. Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | 420 Tompkins Avenue | Staten Island, NY 10305. The presentation will be accompanied by a collec...
Winter Wine Festa
Vino lovers, mark your calendars for the first festa of 2019. Taste up to 20 Italian wines and enjoy countless food pairings throughout our marketplace during the Winter Wine Festa on January 25. From 5:30-8 p.m. during the Winter Wine Festa, sip your way through a multitude of regional Italian wines paired with traditional Italian bites. But that’...
Crowdfunding for "Churubusco", by Andrea Ferraris
Lorenzo is working on his first feature film as director. He optioned the film rights of the Italian graphic novel called Churubusco written and drawn by Andrea Ferraris, the Italian comic artist who worked for Disney for the past 20 years. This is the story of Gaetano Rizzo, an Italian immigrant, son of farmers during the pre-unification of Italy,...