Antonio Fini's International Italian Dance Festival Culminates with NYC Gala
Antonio Fini's International Italian Dance Festival - classes and workshops held in his native Calabria and in New York City - will culminate in a Gala Performance and Awards Ceremony, Thursday August 31st, 8 PM, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. The evening will get off to a joyous start with an authentic tarantella staged by Fini, and follow with p...
Salvatore, lo chef che porta i sapori della Sicilia nel cuore di New York
Da un’isola ad un’altra. E poi ancora un’altra isola. Un destino isolano a cui Salvatore Fraterrigo, titolare e chef del ristorante newyorchese Norma- Gastronomia siciliana, non sembra riesca a sottrarsi. Lascia la sua Sicilia nel 2004 per Manhattan. E sposa una sarda. Della sua Trapani si porta dietro sapori e saperi che diventano l’ambiente e il...
2018 ICCC Board Nominations Sought
The Italian Cultural and Community Center is seeking candidates to fill five upcoming vacancies on the Board of Directors. The election will be held at the annual meeting of members on December 7, 2017. Each term lasts three years. We welcome strategic thinkers who understand “the big picture” and who can translate ideas into actions in order to fu...
Annual St. Jude Italian Festival returns to Monroe
Italian food, amusement rides, games of chance and entertainment are the headliners at the 27th annual St. Jude Italian Festival Wednesday, Aug. 23, through Saturday, Aug. 26, on the church grounds in Monroe. Over the years the festival has grown from a two-day carnival to the current four-day festival, attracting more than 10,000 visitors, said vo...
The Surprising Origin Story of Arcodoro’s Figs
PASATINA FIGS—a breed native to Sardinia—aren’t a common ingredient in the U.S. Yet if you look for the fruit in Houston, you’ll have little trouble finding it. Twenty years ago, Efisio Farris, owner of beloved Italian restaurant Arcodoro in the Galleria area, brought a single stick from one of his father’s trees back to Houston from Sardinia. He p...
Italian Charities of America 81st Annual Dinner Dance
Sunday October 15 1 PM - 6 PM EDT. Roma View - 160-05 Crossbay blvd, Howard Beach, New York 11414 Italian Charities of America, Inc. cordially invites its members, friends and anyone interested in our organization to join us at our 81st Annual Dinner Dance. This year's Italian American Honorees for their outstanding work are; Mrs. Josephine Lume fo...
Open Bocce Night at the Italian American Bocce Club of Greater New Orleans
The Italian American Bocce Club has returned from summer vacation!!! We will be holding Open Bocce Nights from 7pm - 10pm on Wednesday, August 23rd, and Wednesday, August 30th. As always, it is just $5 to play all night and we welcome all ages and skill levels. We will have cold beverages available for a suggested donation as well, so come on by! W...
Columbus Circle monument could be next statue to go
Christopher Columbus could be next on the monuments chopping block. The 76-foot structure honoring the explorer at Columbus Circle should be among the statues reviewed by the city for potential purging, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said on Monday. She made the remarks while advocating for the removal of a different statue — of controv...
Impastato's: A shrine to New Orleans Saints, city's Creole Italian food
Joe Impastato, wearing a black sport shirt with a New Orleans Saintsemblem on the pocket, balances six salad plates on his arm as he pushes past the swinging door of his kitchen into the dining room at Impastato's Restaurant in Metairie. The 78-year-old restaurateur delivers those plates expertly to a table of well-dressed men having lunch in the e...
NIAF on Campus
In order to address this absence, NIAF has created NIAF on Campus, a NIAF Italian American Leadership Council (IALC) Fellow Program. It is our hope that this initiative will answer several important questions: How can NIAF be a resource to existing groups on campus? How can the Foundation create efficiencies, unify their efforts, and bring them tog...
Cesare Battisti Lodge hosts Festa Italiana Friday, Saturday
Cesare Battisti Lodge No. 27 hosts its Festa Italiana Friday and Saturday at Villa Cesare, 900 Eagle Ridge Drive, Schererville. A variety of Chicago and Northwest Indiana food vendors will serve Italian favorites such as Neapolitan and Chicago-style deep dish pizza, Italian sausage, Italian beef, meatball sandwiches, cannoli and fresh gelato and a...
Folle far abolire il Columbus Day, l’appello di Arcobelli alle forze politiche
Desidero rivolgere un appello alle forze politiche italiane presenti ed attive sul territorio Statunitense affinché si adoperino con i loro rappresentanti e delegati a partecipare di presenza il 30 Agosto a Los Angeles per l’audizione da parte della commissione che deciderà se abolire definitivamente il Columbus day. I Rappresentanti dei Comites,d...