How Ellis Island shepherded millions of immigrants into America
Sixty-five years ago, on November 12, 1954, a Norwegian merchant seaman named Arne Peterssen became the last immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. Later that month, the ferry Ellis Island made its final stop at the island in New York Harbor and the immigration facility closed for good, ending its run as a gateway to the United States for generat...
Naples Christmas Alley – Via San Gregorio Armeno
When people visit Naples, the sunny seaside city in the South of Italy, there are a few stops that generally are automatically added to every itinerary. A day trip to Pompeii, or even an Amalfi Coast road trip, if they really want to feel the vibe of our beautiful region. Yet there’s an ancient part of Naples that not many people know about. And th...
At Marco's Italian Deli, Sangwiches are more than sandwiches
Four Marco’s Italian Delis across Buffalo and its Northtowns serve fresh, flavorful Sangwiches. It only made sense, though, to stop by the Hertel Avenue location – in our city’s Italian heart – to try a couple. A friend and I were pleasantly greeted by the voice of Frank Sinatra and the smell of fresh, warm sesame-seed bread. The place is warm, cle...
Columbian Lawyers Association honors judges of Brooklyn and Staten Island
On Thursday, the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn hosted its 52nd annual Judges Night at Gargiulo’s Restaurant in Coney Island where it highlighted the good work the local judges do for the community and celebrated the collegiality between the bench and the bar. There are no speeches or awards given out during the event. Instead, it’s an o...
Italian region of Lombardy announces new support for UNFPA Supplies
The Government of the Lombardy Region has approved €500,000 in support to UNFPA Supplies as part of the Italian region's overall commitment to expanding access to family planning in the least developed countries. Lombardy’s first standalone contribution to fund UNFPA operations follows a Regional Council resolution and represents Italy’s first time...
Chef Gigi Sacchetti joins Naples Street Food pizzeria in Franklin Square
Naples Street Food in Franklin Square already makes some of Long Island’s best pizza. Now owner-pizzaiolo Gianluca Chiarolanza is making a bid for the best pasta. He's brought on board a partner, Gigi Sacchetti, and the Florence-born chef is in the kitchen making more than two dozen authentic Italian pasta dishes. He's also in the restaurant’s base...
Transhumance wins UNESCO status
Transhumance, the traditional farming practice of seasonal migration of livestock along storied tracks towards better climate conditions, was unanimously inserted Wednesday into UNESCO's list of of intangible cultural heritage. The successful bid was made by Italy, Austria and Greece. With this new inclusion, Italy has overtaken Turkey and Belgium...
Christmas In Italy Concert Comes To Montclair For The Holidays
Take a step back in time with Montclair Early Music and experience an Italian Renaissance Christmas with their Christmas in Italy Concert, five o'clock in the evening on Sunday, Dec. 15. Montclair Early Music, a local recorder ensemble with cello and vocalists, and the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra will perform period music and present a sampling o...
In first for Italy, woman to head constitutional court
Judge and law professor Marta Cartabia was unanimously elected on Wednesday to head Italy’s constitutional court, the first time in the country’s history a woman has presided over the powerful body. Cartabia, 56, had been considered in 2015 as a potential candidate for Italy’s presidency. And in September this year, she was approached to become pri...
Suzanne Perrotto: An Uncompromising Chef Expands Her Pineapple Grove Dining Empire
Suzanne Perrotto’s life is whirling as fast as a whisk mixing scrambled eggs. What makes her stand out from everyone else whose life is on high speed is that her end creations are centered, delicious and inclusive. We’re not talking about food, per se, but about this executive chef/owner’s capability to open two popular restaurants on the same stre...
A Miami la 14^ conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo
Si sposta a Miami in Florida, l’appuntamento annuale con la Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo. Organizzata dal CTIM (Comitato Tricolore per gli Italiani nel Mondo), quest’anno in collaborazione con la Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC), la conferenza che nelle passate edizioni si è sempre svolta in Texas – prima a Houston e poi,...
Thousands rally around Holocaust survivor in Milan
600 Italian mayors joined the life senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre at a rally against hatred in Milan on 10 December. Thousands of people showed up to support the 89-year-old Segre who survived Auschwitz concentration camp as a child and was recently placed under police protection following a barrage of anti-Semitic messages, including...