It Took a Tough Woman to Make a Tender Home
By Cookie Curci Our Santa Clara Valley is known the world over as Silicon Valley, where high-tech companies spring up overnight and blossom and grow to unbelievable heights. But long before the computer companies began to grow, the Santa Clara Valley was known for something else—fruit. Thousands of acres of fruit trees flourished a...
An IACE Photography contest at Eataly New York
The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) and Eataly New York invite students in the Italian language program to participate in the initiative "Food in Focus," a photography contest. IACE students are encouraged to submit photos taken with a smartphone. The image should depict Italian cuisine, from simple, quality ingredients to b...
Disco by Design: Radical Italian Clubs From the '60s & '70s
by Patrick Sisson In their earliest incarnations, discos and clubs such as The Loft and Paradise Garage in New York and elsewhere were about musical and societal liberation. A new exhibit at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, Radical Disco: Architecture and Nightlife in Italy, 1965-1975, looks at how an earlier generation of nightlif...
Southern-style dishes at Italian Grill are top notch
Italian Grill in the shopping center on the north-east corner of 58th Avenue and 20th Street was one of the first restaurants we visited upon moving to Vero Beach several years ago. Coming from New Jersey, we newbies derived comfort from the familiar taste of tangy tomato sauce found in its southern Italian-style dishes. But there was more to...
Carretti Siciliani: The Painted Carts of Sicily
The wheel has been around for at least 6000 years... from Mesopotamia in the Middle East all the way to central Europe. No one really knows when it was "invented". Wheels move people, wood for making fires and the construction of useful items, animals, and products of the harvest. The first wheels were wooden disks... the first spoked wheels came f...
Former FBI Agent Pays Homage to Italian Immigrant Heritage in Book ‘784 Broadway’
James Ring, author of the 5-star terrorist thriller Necessary Assets, has shifted genres with his second book, 784 Broadway, where he brings to life his immigrant Italian heritage by recounting summer visits to his family's small greengrocer store in New York's Hudson Valley. Ring's stories, rich with humor and wisdom, span nearly three decade...
Italian Jeweler Bulgari Moving Offices South Along Madison Avenue
by Liam La Guerre Bulgari has signed a 23,167-square-foot lease to relocate its offices to 555 Madison Avenue, also known as The Coates Building. The high-end Italian jeweler will occupy the entire ninth floor of the property between East 56th and East 55th Streets as a result of the 15-year lease, according to a press release from Cushman &a...
Il 18 febbraio il Gala Italia, vetrina di vini e gastronomia
Vi è grande attesa per la 31ma edizione del Gala Italia, che si terrà giovedì 18 febbraio nella grande ballroom del Pierre Hotel di New York, come reso noto ieri dal presidente dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute, Lucio Caputo, che da oltre 30 anni organizza la prestigiosa manifestazione in favore del Made in Italy. Protagonisti della manifesta...
Century-old Catholic church in eastern Pennsylvania to close
An eastern Pennsylvania church founded more than a century ago to serve Italian immigrants is set to close. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Sunday that SS. Cosmas and Damian Church in Conshohocken will close on March 16. Maintenance at SS. Cosmas and Damian Church is estimated at more than $40,000 a year along with more than $35...
Social club tries to keep Italian roots alive
Naturally, the 180 members of the Italian American Social Club of Tampa Bay, which was established in 2014, want to share Italian heritage, culture and traditions with younger generations of Italians — but they want to share those things with all of Tampa Bay, too. "We have opened the club up to non-Italians," said Jack Provenzano, preside...
Rare 1930s Morandi Works on View at the Center for Italian Modern Art
For its third exhibition season devoted to Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) unites nearly 40 rare paintings, drawings, and etchings from the 1930s — the pinnacle of artistic maturity for the legendary Italian still-life artist. It's also the first time in decades these major works are on view in the United State...
Most common Italian surnames in America
When it comes to Italian surnames in America, Russo is still top dog. Over four million Italians were recorded as entering the United States between 1820 and 1920. No other ethnic group has sent so many immigrants in such a short time. Their surnames are still common around the country, especially in the Northeast. According to a tal...