Cent’anni fa, quando la musica popolare siciliana conquistò l’America
Nei giorni in cui risuona negli aeroporti siciliani l’amaro trascinarsi dei trolley dei nostri figli all’estero, pendolari per le Feste, si affollano nella mente le immagini di Ellis Island dove nei primi anni del ‘900 approdarono oltre 4 milioni di italiani, in larga parte provenienti dal meridione e in cerca di una vita migliore. Nello specchio l...
A pioneering attorney is honored
Annamarie Brown, the former president of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association and my grandmother, was named the Special Honoree at the organization’s recent annual Judiciary Night. Annamarie has overcome several challenges throughout her lifetime but never fails to impress and inspire her friends, family and colleagues. She was the daughter of...
Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena Campaign In The US Market Shows Positive Results After First Year
Authenticity, history and passion are the three words that sum up the Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena's strategy for tackling the huge challenge of purchasing awareness in US consumers. The campaign was launched in 2017 to develop positive dynamics towards the US market and to make a real contribution in increasing aware...
Antonio Pappano to Conduct the New York Philharmonic
Antonio Pappano will return to the Philharmonic to conduct Britten's Piano Concerto (1945 version), with The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist; Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3, Organ, with Philharmonic organist Kent Tritle; and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Thursday, February 8, 2018,...
Galati’s Barber Shop – 100 and counting
Upon entering Galati’s Barber Shop, you can’t help but feel the warm, comfortable, familiar atmosphere. This particular morning, sitting in the middle seat of three barber chairs was a young dad with his son seated on his lap. Patrick Carlson, Carmine Galati’s nephew, was cutting the lad’s hair while having a good chat with the boy’s father. Carmen...
World-Renowned Chef and TV Host Lidia Bastianich Becomes UNA-USA’s First Celebrity Champion for Refugee Youth Education
The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) today announced Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and former refugee Lidia Bastianich as its first celebrity champion for refugee youth education. As her first act in this role, Bastianich is asking Americans to host fundraising dinners to provi...
Genetic diversity in DNA testing of Italians should be expected
To people of Italian – and especially Sicilian Italian – descent who have had DNA tests and are bothered that results didn’t show them to be 100% genetically Italian – don’t sweat it. In fact, if anything, these results could just be proof of how Italian you really are! Before I explain, first of all let’s establish that when most of us say we’re I...
Where could you use your knowledge of Italian?
If you have lived in cities with an ethnic population that arrived from the mid-1800’s to early 1900’s then you have encountered the Italian language and culture. Industries heavily populated by Italian immigrants include stone masonry (the Lincoln Memorial was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers), canal construction, agriculture, the arts, and natur...
Discovering true Italian Asiago cheese
Americans seem to be getting more open in their willingness to try different types of cheeses, so it's a shame that most only know Asiago as the semi-melted cheese on their bagel or Wendy's sandwich, when it's actually one of Italy's finest cheeses. The only authentic Asiago is produced around the alpine area of the Asiago Plateau, in certain provi...
James Vilardi is the Nassau Herald's Person of the Year
James Vilardi is a lifelong Five Towns resident who grew up in Inwood and now lives in Hewlett. Involved with several diverse civic organizations, he is someone who has used his real estate acumen — pro bono — to help a local business remain viable. Vilardi, 60, says he just likes helping. “I think of myself as a problem solver,” he said. “There’s...
History's Headlines: The Roman Temple on Hamilton Street
Chicago architect and city planner, Daniel “make no little plans” Burnham (1846-1912) was not a man to mince words. Although he liked young architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a disciple of Louis Sullivan (then considered an unorthodox figure in the profession), he had some advice about the success of the Beaux-Arts Classical architecture that dominated...
Italian restaurant with 'bring your own wine policy' now open at Destiny USA
A new Italian restaurant with a "bring your own wine policy" is now open at Destiny USA. Bambino's Bistro is located on the third level of Destiny USA, next to Margaritaville. Family-owned and operated, Bambino's provides Italian cuisine for guests in a family-friendly environment. The restaurant offers pizzas and hearty pasta, as well as a variety...