Italian Heritage Festival starts Friday in Niagara Falls
A long-standing city tradition is coming back in full force this year. The Italian Festival will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Pine Avenue between Portage Avenue and 15th Street. It comes a year after a smaller version of the festival was held. Carmine Bianco, who heads a men's bocce club in the city known as the Pax Romana Commi...
Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation honors Advance columnist
Carol Ann Benanti, Staten Island Advance columnist and features writer, was recognized as the Honoree of the Year Friday by the Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation at its annual dinner dance, held at the Staaten, West Brighton. A crowd of 180 supporters, friends and family members turned out to fete Mrs. Benanti and to help support the non-pr...
Aldo de Vero, Giuseppe Campisi: Piano Duet
Aldo de Vero and Giuseppe Campisi met in 2006 and decided to form a piano duet. Since then, they have played an amazing number of concerts in Italy and Europe, though Aldo lives in Naples and Giuseppe lives in Avola, Sicily. What makes their (very long distance!) rehearsal meetings fruitful and alive is the awakening of a deep-rooted love...
Tutta la Famiglia - A Photographic Exhibition of Community Life in Gloucester, Massachusetts - Paul Cary Goldberg
Exhibition opening: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 6pm On view: September 19, 2014-January 9, 2015Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Roundtable discussion: Monday, November 3, 2014, 6pm Italian Americans, mostly from Sicily, make up about a quarter of the population of Gloucester, Massachusetts--the oldest fishing port in the United States. Ma...
Giorgio Linda: Contemporary Painting Makes a Cultural Bridge
Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Pagnacco artist Giorgio Linda in Divergent Realities. The exhibition opens on October 10, 2014 and continues until October 30, 2014. The opening reception takes place on the evening of October 16, at 6-8pm. Entrance is free and all are warmly welcomed to attend. About the ArtistGior...
110 Years of Spleen Sandwiches at Ferdinando's Focacceria
Paul's Focacceria opened in 1904, the same year the ice cream cone was invented and Cy Young threw the first perfect game. Paul's was located on a residential street just a few blocks away from the Brooklyn piers, and it served traditional Sicilian sandwiches to the local Italian community and Italian longshoremen clamoring for a taste of home. &n...
Book Presentation and Signing
September 19 (Saturday) 2:00 pm. Author Dr. David Mercaldo will present his latest book The Other Italians. The book is an historical view of a major component of the Italian and Italian American culture dealing with the historical legacy of the Roman Catholic Church and its new millennia transitions. Dr. Mercaldo has authored several books, w...
Sommelier Talk: Renzo Rapacioli of Barbetta
Few, if any, sommeliers working today have witnessed—and contributed to—the evolution of fine wining and dining in America as much as Renzo Rapacioli in his five-decade career. From his family bistro in the small Italian town of San Michele, Rapacioli, 72, would go on to manage the wine programs at some of the most illustrious restaurants in New Yo...
The National Organization of Italian American Women Honors Alisyn Camerota and Jeanne Mariani Sullivan April 16 at the St. Regis New York
The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), the only national organization for women of Italian ancestry, celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a Luncheon and Silent Auction at the St. Regis New York on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 11:30 AM and honors two accomplished Italian American women: Alisyn Camerota is a CNN anchor and co-ho...
Così faran tutti or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE
COSI' FARAN TUTTI or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE Seductive sisters, brazen soldiers, a meddling maid, and a self-proclaimed master of the science of love provide the power play of Cosi faran tutti (or They'll All Do It). What really happened in the days leading up to Mozart's and da Ponte's Cosi fan tutte? What y...
Silicon Alley: some recipes for Italy?
New York tech startups are the most vibrant and growing industry in the city. The startup community is a story of entrepreneurs creating successful companies and reinvesting their time and money into the next generation; it is the story of academia, investors, corporations and the local government coming together to feed the tech ecosystem; and it...
True Modern Italian, With a Splash of New York City
By Nadia Ghattas A Voce means a voice in Italian. It speaks of fine cuisine, impeccable service, and exquisite design. A Voce creates an exciting dining experience for its guests—true modern Italian, with a splash of New York City. This Michelin-rated restaurant is owned by the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation. The setting is exquisite...