Cooking with Nonna is now on TV!
by Rossella Rago Dear Friends, it gives me great plesure to announce that you can now enjoy all the Cooking with Nonna shows on your TV. We have just launched the Cooking with Nonna Channel on the following OTT TV platforms so that you can enjoy all the past shows as well as all the new shows in the comfort of your living room. S...
Italian Heritage Fest at Kensico Dam “Piazza”
by Kathy Welsh Enjoy the culture, music and food of Italy at the Italian Heritage Celebration, Sunday, July 24, from noon to 7 p.m., at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The event is part of a series of cultural heritage festivals held in the parks on weekends during the summer. Astorino - Cultural Days in Westchester"I always apprec...
Annual Italian festival returning to Downtown Jersey City for 113th year
Holy Rosary Church's La Festa Italiana is returning to the historic streets of Downtown Jersey City for the 113th time with five nights of music, dancing, food and fun for people of all ages. La Festa Italiana honors the veneration of Maria SS. Dell'Assunta and St. Rocco and offers the downtown community the opportunity to party "Old World...
Sprezza Is a Roman Holiday
by Eve Hill-Agnus Julian Barsotti's latest love letter to Italy is his most specific, fixated on a place as much as an idea, a feeling. At Carbone's, he honored his Italian-American roots. At Nonna, he ventured into the regions of Italy. Sprezza, in the emergent Maple Avenue Dining District, gives primacy to Rome. What does it mea...
With saucy plates and pallinas, Italian heritage shared
When the Italian stone mason who settled in Orleans County to work the quarries erected a church, they named it for a saint venerated in their hometowns. St. Rocco's Church still stands near the canal in Hulberton, but its parish has consolidated at St. Mary's in Holley and its building now home to Cornerstone Church. The spirit of those whos...
Aldo Della Croce Open Bocce Tournament
The 10th Annual ALDO DELLA CROCE TOURNAMENT will be held on November 4-6, 2016 at the Italia American Bocce Club. Entry fee is $75.00 per person Bocce will be played by USBF open rules with teams of four (4) players, Entry fee includes lunch Saturday, Sunday and Awards dinner Saturday night. Again this year there will be two (2)...
Hundreds gather for Paesano Days at new location
By Amber Sandhu Promising a bigger and better year, the Sons of Italy's Paesano Days began celebrations Friday night that ran through Saturday evening at South City Park in Redding. The event, which celebrates Italian-American heritage, had traditionally been held at Anderson River Park, which has a bocce ball court. But since most of...
"If Venice Dies", a talk by Professor Salvatore Settis
When: Thursday, 27 October 2016 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 Where: James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540, Dining Room A, LM-620, 6th Floor Organized by: Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute - In collaboration with : Library of Congress European Division - Entrance: Free.&nbs...
Fortina’s Italian Chicken Classics Are Delicious
Late this summer, Fortina's Chef/Owner Christian Petroni teased a major announcement for the restaurant. Then he trolled us with odd pictures of LEGOs, a baby, and a Fisher-Price basketball hoop, him getting a massage, and then a POV shot from above the sneakers. People wondered, they guessed, and failed miserably with their predictions. S...
Largest White Truffle: Italian truffle breaks Guinness world record
A white truffle weighing in at a massive 4.16 pounds (1.89 kilos) when discovered sold at at Sotheby's New York to a food and wine lover from Taiwan bidding by phone for $61,250; the white truffle sets the new world record for the Largest white truffle, according to the World Record Academy. The Guinness World Records world record for the largest...
Annual Reunion Exhibition, Closing Ceremony & Reception Jan. 21, 2017
Following an annual tradition that has continued for forty-seven years, Cortona program alumni will gather for a reunion on January 21, 2017 in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in Athens. Student & faculty works produced in Cortona during the 2016 Spring, Summer, and Fall programs will be on display in the Dodd...
L’On. Francesca La Marca visita la comunità di Rochester (New York)
L'on. Francesca La Marca mercoledì 30 novembre si è recata a Rochester, nello stato di New York, dove, con la guida del Vice Console onorario Mario Daniele, ha visitato la sede del consolato onorario della città. Nell'occasione sono stati esaminate le esigenze più vive della comunità italiana di Rochester, quali il riacquisto della cittadinanza, il...