Vincent’s Pleases Neighborhood Bellies
The Old Time Vincent's Italian and Seafood Restaurant is the Howard Beach neighborhood main stay of the Cross Bay Boulevard corridor. The interior glow provides a warm light on cold evenings that draws in customers to sit by the window and enjoy a glass of red wine as servers provide bread-hot from the oven-to dip into warm olive oil with basi...
Woman of the Year Lady Gaga's Raw, Revealing Interview
by Chris Martins Lady Gaga is sitting in her "sanctuary" -- the sprawling, olive tree-dotted backyard of her Malibu home -- when a silent, tie-clad man arrives with cocktails on a tray. "Thank you," she says, with the sort of silver-screen elegance that it's surprising a "dahhhling" doesn't follow. "I might have busted my ass on t...
L’Appennino Tosco Emiliano entra a far parte del Parco Dell’Unesco
L'Appennino tosco-emiliano è ora ufficialmente Riserva dell'Uomo e della Biosfera e si aggiunge alle altre 630 riserve Unesco: Si è svolta infatti ieri a Bologna la cerimonia di consegna ufficiale della pergamena alla presidenza del Parco Nazionale. Nella serata di ieri l'evento si è svolto davanti ai sindaci di 38 comuni delle province em...
How Italian Composer Ennio Morricone Became The Rap Game’s Secret Weapon
by Charles Bramesco Quentin Tarantino has always had a magpie-like obsession with collecting and carefully rearranging bits of pop-cultural detritus to make something new. This can sometimes take the form of blink-and-you'll-miss-'em allusions he squirrels away in the nooks and crannies of his scripts — it's no coincidence that the name o...
Alitalia launches 2016 global sale campaign with more than a million seats at discounted fares
Alitalia today launched a new global promotional campaign in 30 countries with flight tickets available for sale until February 2 for travel in 2016. The airline has on offer in Italy more than 1.36 million seats at promotional fares for domestic and international flights. Fares will include all taxes and fees and start at €36 for one-way...
Nori knows Italian
One of the keys to the 19-year success of Zaffino's by Nori is Nori. The owner greets all diners warmly, her accent making it clear she's an Italian immigrant. She seems to know many more people than not, and she works the room unobtrusively. Lori, Nori's daughter-in-law, was our waitress on a recent Wednesday evening, and she told us many...
Every Italian neighborhood in America?
Yes, I have been to every Italian American neighborhood in America. Why? About 4 years ago I noticed that there were many Italian businesses in New York that were disappearing. Some of these businesses were a century old. Before they all vanished I wanted to have photographs of these neighborhoods and their institutions for the sake of his...
Federico Faggin Describes Firsthand the Birth of The First Microprocessor
Among the great innovators of our time stands Federico Faggin, the Vicenza native turned Bay Area resident, who designed the first commercial microprocessor and, in doing so, left an indelible mark on the face of humanity. Take a look around the room. You will likely see myriad objects essential to our current way of life that are the fruits of his...
Metti un sociologo italiano in America
di Riccardo Giumelli C'era Un italiano in America di Alberto Sordi e Vittorio De Sica, poi c'è Un italiano in America di Beppe Severgnini. Io, più modestamente, non foss'altro per l'accostamento di termini, ho passato qualche giorno da sociologo italiano in America. L'esperienza è stata straordinaria, perché è straordinario essere un soci...
Italian Language and Culture Day 2016: "C'era una volta..."
By Mary Ann Re Congratulations to our 250+ participating students and teachers—You were all phenomenal! Bravi! It was a truly difficult and unenviable choice, but our trophy winners were: Middle Schools - Skit TitleFirst Place: Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School - "Una famiglia in crisi"Second Place: Frelinghuysen Midd...
Italian volunteers continue to serve
The local Sons of Italy Club was founded by nine Italian immigrants. They were Angelo Rich, Michael Manware, Charles Cari, Michael Maddelena, Robert Morelli, Michael DiNello, Sisto Salvatore, Vincent Salvatore and Alphonse Salvatore. They wanted to form a brotherhood of Italians and help immigrants from Italy. The club was organized socially on Au...
The Best of Italy - Saturday, October 22
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast, in occasion of its 25th anniversary, is proud to present "The Best of Italy", which intends to be a prestigious display of Italian Brands. "The Best of Italy" will be an unforgettable celebration that aim to promote the Made in Italy through different initiatives on Saturday, October 22nd:A street f...