Pasta is king at Italian-American Festival in Watkins Glen
Maria Scuteri prepared 72 pounds of pasta Saturday for the 34th Italian-American festival, despite an afternoon rainstorm. "I was surprised by how busy it got," Scuteri said, eyes wide, as she helped prepare sauce for another busy day. Scuteri, of Watkins Glen, was working with her family at Scuteri's Cannoli Connection with around 20 oth...
Italian Apostolate Mourns Shipwreck
by Antonina Zielinska In the wake of the tragic deaths of over a 100 immigrants off the coast of Italy, the faithful of Italian descent gathered for the 32nd annual Italian Apostolate Day in honor of Our Lady of Pompei. After reciting the Rosary in Italian, the congregation in the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, recited several Hail Ma...
Carla Bruni in New York to perform new album
While the world is still savoring French President François Hollande's affair with Julie Gayet, his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, is launching a charm offensive in New York with his arresting wife, Carla Bruni. Vocalist and guitarist Bruni is performing at Town Hall on West 43rd Street on Thursday.The Italian-born former model released her fourth...
Fabrizio Sotti, unico italiano al Blue Note Jazz Festival
Promette tre ore di musica in cui intende ripercorrere la sua carriera che è una vera enciclopedia della musica, dal jazz al reggae e al pop. Il chitarrista e produttore Fabrizio Sotti si esibirà il 4 giugno all'Highline Ballroom, unico italiano in programma al Blue Note Jazz Festival, giunto alla quarta edizione. "Fabrizio Sotti & Fri...
2014 Little Italy Street Fest: A Taste of Italy
When: Saturday, September 6, 2014 Where: Little Italy, North Jay Street, Schenectady NY COST: FREE ADMISSIONITALIAN FOOD & PASTRIES- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT- FAMILY FUN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 2014 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.A taste of Italy right in the heart of Schenectady! Introducing the 9th Annual Schenectady Little Italy Street Fest: A Taste of I...
Festa Patronale - Maria SS. Addolorata - in Brooklyn, N.Y.
MOLESI IN FESTA 14 Settembre 2014 La Congrega Maria SS. Addolorata, celebra la 66 ma Festa Annuale, in onore alla protettrice del loro paese d'origine ( Mola di Bari ) il 14 Settembre 3 PM , presso la chiesa di Santo Stefano e dei Sacri Cuori, con sede a Summit Street...angolo Hicks St. rione CARROL Garden ( BROOKLYN ) La processione si s...
Parlamentari italiani negli Usa. Incontro al Consolato con gli esponenti della comunità
Una delegazione del Parlamento italiano, in visita negli Stati Uniti, ha avuto un incontro venerdì al Consolato Generale con rappresentanti della comunità e ospiti. Erano presenti gli onorevoli Alfredo Bazoli, Tiziana Ciprini, Claudio Cominardi, Mattia Fantinati, Antonio Misiani, Giovanni Monchiero, Fucsia Nissoli, Mariano Rabino, Laura Ravetto, G...
La siculo-americana che portò la passione per la Sicilia a New York
Non uno ma due viaggi l'hanno portata prima nella Sicilia delle miniere di zolfo e poi nella New York in espansione. Oggi in quella Sicilia torna ancora e a New York ha portato l'arte della sua Isola. Siculo-americana o globetrotter poco importa, Maria Rand Catalano è, senza dubbio, l'ambasciatrice della cultura siciliana in America. Come Andrea C...
Lecture "Pico della Mirandola and Renaissance Intellectual time" - November 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) is widely known to have been a partner in philosophy with Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) the leading figure of the Renaissance revival of Platonism. Pico is also popular as the author of a speech On the Dignity of Man, which has become a signature text of humanist and Renaissance appreciation of the peculiar r...
Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant Risotteria Opening UWS Outpost
by Emily Frost The West Village-based Italian restaurant and bakery Risotteria, which describes itself as a "gluten-free heaven," is opening a new outpost on Amsterdam Avenue this spring, the owner said. The new restaurant is under construction on Amsterdam Avenue at West 78th Street, taking the space of Westway Food Market, the c...
Santina
by Christina Izzo The adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" has soothed the worried brows of empire builders for centuries—but not the crew behind Major Food Group. Patience might've worked for those Romans, but in its breathless, rapid-fire expansion—eight restaurants in six years—the Italian-American food juggernaut has tapped more readily...
Antonio Meucci's 207th birthday present: His own inventions
by Lauren Steussy Local students will be recreating the 19th century inventions of Antonio Meucci, one of the creators of the telephone, using 21st century technology. The students, from Staten Island Technical High School, will use three-dimensional printers to reverse engineer some of the pieces used by Meucci to create his electrom...