The best pizza in NYC is about to open a second location for the first time ever - here's what it's like to eat there
Over 50 years ago, in 1965, Italian immigrant Domenico DeMarco opened Di Fara Pizza in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. To this day, it's considered by critics and locals alike to be "the best of the best," as former chef Anthony Bourdain put it back in 2007. There's a lot of pizza in New York City. It's a cliche maybe, but Di Fara Pizza is conside...
Marymount Manhattan Student Connects Business to Language in Italy
Sindelt Flores ’18, a Business major at Marymount Manhattan College and member of the College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), recently completed a semester abroad at the Umbra Institute, an American study abroad institution in Perugia, Italy. Before leaving Perugia, Flores sat with Umbra staff to talk about her time in Italy, a conve...
Storie di emigrazione: John Capillo pompiere eroe di New York
John Capillo, fondò a New York la “Columbia Association” dei Vigili del fuoco, era calabrese. Morì coraggiosamente, per le forti inalazioni di fumo, dopo un intervento antincendio durante il quale furono salvati numerosi bambini. Era nato a Scilla, provincia di Reggio Calabria, il 17 febbraio 1886. Giovanni Capillo nacque il 17 febbraio del 1886 a...
Dining review: Does newly relocated Italian eatery match the Originale?
Sandwiches. I know, I know. I've been talking about them a lot lately. But I have a good reason for it. A uniquely Alaska reason. Because like most Alaskans, I spend my summer trying to do the impossible: be in 10 different places at once. I want to be everywhere: camping in Hope, listening to live music downtown, reading a book under a backyard...
Italian-born Antonio Napoletano turns 100, celebrates with family on Staten Island
Though he made his debut into the world in Bari, Italy, Antonio Napoletano was born on July 4, 1917, the day Americans everywhere were celebrating the 141st birthday of our nation -- the country he would one day call home. While in his native town of Palo del Colle, the "birthday boy" was a police sergeant, and according to his granddaughter, Marie...
Uncle Giuseppe’s celebrates 20th anniversary
With five locations on Long Island, including one in Port Washington, and another opening this fall in Melville, Uncle Giuseppe’s is celebrating its 20th anniversary with sales at all of its locations through the end of this month. The founders of the chain, Carl DelPrete, Philip DelPrete and Thomas Barresi, bought a produce and deli store in East...
Actor Andrea Galata to Hit the New York Scene with New Musical THE STORM
Italian-American actor Andrea Galata hits the New York scene with the musical "The Storm" - and the international Taormina Film Festival with the fantasy "Handy." With a film in theaters in Italy and a musical debuting on stage this Wednesday in New York City, actor, dancer and singer Galata keeps showing how art can act as a bridge within differen...
GR Gallery: The Summer Show 2017
GR gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition: THE SUMMER SHOW 2017. July 27 - August 20, 2017. GR gallery - 255 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. GR Gallery is proud to present “THE SUMMER SHOW”, a group show featuring artists: Tommaso Bet – Emilio Cavallini – Gil Goren – Riccardo Licata – Fausto Sevila, connected by a shared inte...
St. John’s goes back to basics, celebrates family, tradition and food
Before getting to the ticket booths at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, the smell of red sauce and the sounds of live music greeted those attending the parish’s 35th annual festival. The bustling crowds lined up everywhere for Italian and Polish food, beer, raffle tickets, the bocce tournament — but not for paying an entry fee, as they...
Boys and Girls Club of Massena gets more than $4,000 from Italian American Club dinner
The Boys and Girls Club of Massena recently received $4,450 from the Massena Italian American Civic Organization. The MIACA celebrated their 100th anniversary. To mark the occasion, they asked the Cornwall Italian/Canadian Civic Association to join forces and host a fundraiser dinner with all of the proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Clubs in their...
Pizza fritte, more return for East Utica church’s Italian festival
The lot adjacent to St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church in East Utica was once again filled Saturday for its annual Italian festival, with lines for food extending nearly to the sidewalks at times. Proceeds from the three-day festival will support St. Mary of Mount Carmel programs and roof repairs later this summer, said the Rev. Jim Cesta, the church’...
Un forestiero a New York. Intervista a Matteo Pericoli
In occasione della mostra New York New York. Arte Italiana: la riscoperta dell’America, in corso al Museo del Novecento di Milano e alle Gallerie d’Italia, Matteo Pericoli (Milano, 1968) ha inaugurato una serie di incontri (Vite parallele: Italia, America) volti a raccontare il rapporto tra la Grande Mela e diversi artisti nostrani. L’architetto e...