The Etruscans: A Presentation by Francesco Bonavita, PhD, @ Casa Belvedere Tues. July 11th
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents "The Etruscans: One of Three Great Civilizations in Italy". A Presentation by Francesco Bonavita, PhD. Tuesday, July 11, 2017 @ 7:00 PM The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, T. 718-273-7660, 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301 Who are the Etruscans who are often labeled a...
Amanda Beagle Makes NYC Cabaret Debut with 'Italian American Songbook'
Soprano, Amanda Beagle, is making her NYC cabaret debut while returning to her roots with a celebration of the "Italian-American Songbook." Amanda Beagle debuts her latest show and recording at The Metropolitan Room on Tuesday July 25th at 7pm. Reservations are required and tickets are on sale now.This lively celebration of Italian and Italian-Amer...
New Paltz ditches Columbus, will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
At their recent regular meeting on Wednesday, June 21, the New Paltz Central School District Board of Education passed a resolution to designate the school holiday that falls on the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Curriculum will be developed for all New Paltz schools to support the new focus, with the board’s intention that th...
New Italian Spot Opens in Greenport
Like many city dwellers, several Manhattan chefs have made their way to the East End this summer—but not for a vacation. Among them is chef Frank DeCarlo of Peasant in Nolita and Bacaro on the Lower East Side. Amidst several new eateries in Greenport’s booming restaurant scene, DeCarlo brings coastal Italian cuisine to his newest venture called Bar...
Mo' Bufala vince a New York l'Italian Food Awards
Si è conclusa da pochi giorni la “Summer Fancy Food Show”, la più grande manifestazione dedicata alle specialità alimentari e alle innovazioni del settore in Nord America. La fiera di settore si è tenuta al Javits Center di New York. Notevole la partecipazione delle realtà italiane. In rappresentanza della città federiciana grande successo per “Mò...
Cristina Fontanelli and Her Fabulous Friends
July 15 (Saturday) 7:30 pm: Cristina Fontanelli and Her Fabulous Friends. In the great tradition of the last 26 years, opera and Broadway favorites will once again come to the Hamptons through the annual favorite concert Cristina Fontanelli and Her Fabulous Friends. This annual favorite includes the great arias and duets of opera and Broadway. Star...
This Queens spot is making savory cannoli and Nutella pizza
Queens is home to lots of pizzerias and red sauce joints, but one restaurant takes Italian-American classics to a whole new level of hybrid cuisine. Allora in Bayside, Queens has plenty of traditional Italian-American staples on the menu (rollatini, baked clams), but it’s the tuna tartare cannoli and s’mores pizza that draw the most attention. Chef...
VINUM restaurant: How a chef battles a beleaguered location in Stapleton
Whether you're a single person or head of a household, there are programs that can pick up the slack in the grocery bill to make ends meet. As a bonus produce hails from community gardens around the borough. Project Hospitality of Port Richmond, the Staten Island Hunger Task Force and the Richmond County Savings Foundation organize and support this...
Lidia Bastianich Takes Broadway—Well, Almost
Napoli, Brooklyn, the new play by Meghan Kennedy, will open June 27 Off-Broadway in a production at the Roundabout Theatre Company. The show follows a New York City family that has found itself at odds; the three daughters of the Muscolino clan are coming of age in a very different time and place than their Italian immigrant parents, and the play f...
Francesca Capetta and Liliane Montevecchi Plan Dean Martin Salute at Weill Recital Hall
Cabaret singer Francesca Capetta will be joined by Tony Award winner Liliane Montevecchi for a July 12 birthday salute to the 100th anniversary of the birth of late film star and recording artist Dean Martin in the Weill Recital Hall at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Francesca Capetta Sings Dean Martin: A Centennal Celebration will celebrate the life of...
Quella volta che il fascismo rovinò la fama di Pirandello a New York
Fu il 20 luglio 1935 che Luigi Pirandello sbarcò al faro di Ambrose a New York dal transatlantico Conte di Savoia, varato appena quattro anni prima, il 1931, per mano di Maria José. Il piroscafo non ottenne mai il nastro azzurro dell’Atlantico (Blue Riband), come il maestoso Rex (traversata 4 giorni, 12 ore e 53 minuti alla media di 29 nodi), ma in...
A Look Inside a New York City Restaurateur’s Home Kitchen With the Scotto Family
The Scotto family is best known for their Italian restaurant in New York City, Fresco by Scotto. Recently, the family of four — Marion, Rosanna, Anthony Jr., and Elaina — have revealed the inner workings of their own kitchen in their home on Long Island, showing that their love for food goes beyond their family-owned operation in the city. While ma...