Musica Sotto le Stelle: Vanessa Racci – The Jazzy Italian
Tuesday, August 15 • 6:30 to 9:30 pm; doors open at 6 pm. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. $125 members, $135 non-members. Four-course dinner includes wine and soft drinks. Register for August 15 Musica Celebrate Ferragosto with Vanessa Racci! In honor of the Italian holiday, Vanessa wil...
US pasta maker Seviroli snaps up local peer Mama Rosie’s
Seviroli Foods, a US manufacturer, has acquired fellow pasta maker Mama Rosie’s for an undisclosed sum. New York State-based Seviroli, which manufactures frozen-filled pasta, as well as sauces and Italian desserts, has taken over Boston area-headquartered Mama Rosie’s, which also makes frozen pasta products. Seviroli said the deal “creates a strong...
St. Nicholas Chapel celebrates 100th anniversary; event co-chair details rich history of Rev. Riccio and St. Teresa Parish
St. Nicholas Chapel, built by Sicilian immigrants during the 1920s and a part of St. Teresa R.C. Church, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Close to 125 parishioners and the faithful celebrated 3 p.m. Mass at St. Nicholas Chapel on June 25, followed by a ceberatory dinner at LiGreci’s Staaten, West Brighton. The centennial event was co-chai...
Magazzino Italian Art Announces the 2023 Opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion
Magazzino Italian Art announces that the Robert Olnick Pavilion—the second building on the museum’s campus—will open on September 14, 2023. The pavilion was designed by the renowned Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo. This building will provide an additional 13,000 square feet of exhibition space, a multipurpose room with a...
Relive history at ‘Ancient Rome: The Exhibition’ | New in NYC
Journey in time to one of the most influential empires in history through ‘Ancient Rome: The Exhibition,’ the latest exhibit to come to the streets of New York. Witness the world of Ancient Rome brought to life before your very eyes. Located at 378 Broadway, in lower Manhattan, the fascinating and educational exhibit by MetaMorfosiNY sets the histo...
Italian Heritage Festival honors White Plains’ first female DPW commissioner
Last weekend's annual Italian Heritage Festival in Valhalla honored White Plains’ first female Department of Public Works commissioner. Each year, the Kensico Dam Plaza festival focuses on Italian pride, but this year in particular, the event recognized Yonkers native Stefania Mignone. "My father came to the United States in 1960... He came here wi...
Hidden Inside A Neighborhood Market, This Old-School Deli Makes The Best Sandwiches In New York
Rossi Rosticceria Deli was founded in 1979 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Since then, it has been cranking out some of the best old-school deli sandwiches in New York. The deli, which is also known as Rossi & Sons, was even included on Yelp’s 2023 list of the top 100 restaurants in America. Pretty amazing, considering the deli’s humble origin and locat...
DeSalvo Catering and Restaurant, F4TAL win World Series of Bocce open, women's divisions
Rome native Marco Cignarale, Pete Russo of South Glens Falls and the Rochester father-son tandem of Felice Scala and Natale Scala teamed up to win the Open Division of the 2023 World Series of Bocce for the second straight year Sunday at steamy Toccolana Club. The foursome was sponsored this year by DeSalvo Catering and Restaurant, of Rome, and las...
Italian Night at Morgan Park Summer Music Festival
On Sunday, July 23, Morgan Park Summer Music Festival (Germaine St, Glen Cove, NY) will present Italian Night including a full evening of music, food, and all things Italian. The free performance begins in Morgan Park at 7:00 pm. For this Sunday’s concert, Pizza Company 7 - a popular Italian food truck, will begin serving pizza in the park starting...
Yankees Celebrating Italian Heritage During Five Games in 2023
It makes sense that the Yankees would have more Italian Heritage celebrations than any other club in the big leagues considering the amount of Italian immigrants that lived and passed through New York City. They will have not one, but five Italian Heritage games between September 5 and 10. You can purchase tickets directly through the Yankees and a...
The Best Restaurants on Arthur Avenue, the Little Italy of the Bronx
Arthur Avenue is one of the Bronx’s best known tourist destinations, a 12-block area filled with historic Italian American businesses since the first decades of the 20th century, but now showcasing an increasing number of Albanian and Mexican establishments as well. Can visitors embark on a comprehensive tour, including sightseeing and multiple din...
Grand Marshal and Honorees for the 2023 Columbus Day Parade in New York City
Columbus Citizens Foundation is pleased to announce details of our 79th Annual Columbus Celebration Weekend featuring our annual Gala, Wreath Ceremony, Mass, and Parade. The Foundation’s Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City will be held on Saturday, October 7th. Each year it is a celebration of Italian American contributions to the...