Rollie Massimino was ‘Coach’ to the end — all he ever wanted
This was late March 1985, what turned out to be the most remarkable month of a most remarkable basketball life for Roland Vincent Massimino. His Villanova Wildcats had already stuck around the NCAA Tournament far longer than expected, they’d beaten Dayton on Dayton’s home floor, knocked off top-seeded Michigan, chased Len Bias and Maryland away in...
Italian voices block KKK’s arrival
Talk to almost any Italian-American living in Niles and they have a story about one of their relatives who participated in the effort to stop the Ku Klux Klan from entering the city and holding a parade on Nov. 1, 1924. Even the curator of the National McKinley Birthplace Museum, Patricia Scarmuzzi, has a story. “My aunt talked about it. She was li...
Forest City Announces Ferrero International to Join The Bridge at Cornell Tech
Forest City New York today announced that Ferrero International S.A., the Italian confectionary group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chocolates, will take space at The Bridge at Cornell Tech. The Bridge is a first-of-its-kind building that will house an extraordinary mix of cutting-edge companies working alongside groundbreaking Co...
Coffee and “scaramanzia,” an entirely made in Italy match
My neighbor is from Naples. We bonded over our personal obsession on a Spanish novela and our love for coffee: we’d invite each other for one several times a day. She has one of those fancy coffee machines with dozens of coffee pod varieties and, one day, she had just received some flavored ones. Of course we wanted to try them and we decided to sh...
Columbus Day Parade Organizers Fight To Keep Statue In Columbus Circle
The organizers of the Columbus Day Parade are continuing their fight in defense of the Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Circle. A commission to be appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio will perform a 90-day review of monuments and memorials that may cause offense, and the 76-foot tall statue of the explorer has not been exempt, meaning it could...
The Muffuletta Is The Star Of New Orleans’ Newest Festival
Our city is home to myriad festivals, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have room for more. On September 10, Metairie will host the first ever Muffuletta Festival, a free event in which the iconic sandwich plays a starring role. Nor-Joe Imports (505 Frisco Ave.)will be the site of the food, music, and cultural event that will also include cooking demo...
A Voice for All Time: Luciano Pavarotti - A 10th Anniversary
September 12 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm A Voice for All Time: Luciano Pavarotti - A 10th Anniversary. A one-hour video presentation, presented by Bill Ronayne, featuring the beloved tenor in opera and song including memorable performances of arias and duets from Rigoletto, La Boheme, Verdi Requiem, Lucia di Lammermoor, L'Elisir D'amore, Un Ballo in Maschera...
L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to eliminate Columbus Day from the city calendar, siding with activists who view the explorer as a symbol of genocide for native peoples in North America and elsewhere. Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate “indige...
Caporuscio e l’arte della pizza a New York anche in streaming e sui social
In Fulton street si impara l’ arte della pizza, attraverso la storia e la tradizione di un prodotto promosso a patrimonio dell’ umanità dall’ Unesco. Appartiene a Roberto Caporuscio, presidente dell’Associazione Pizzaiouli Americani, da 20 anni in America dove con il suo socio Antonio Starita gestisce tre ristoranti: l’idea di portare a New York la...
Family-run Crema cafe focuses on espresso, Italian delights
Tony Hunter wanted to operate his own business and was considering a bakery in downtown Canton when opportunity spun him in a different direction. In March, Hunter and his wife, Kim, opened Crema Espresso Bar and Café at 4469 Hills and Dales Road NW in a plaza west of the Whipple Avenue NW intersection with Hills and Dales Road. Crema offers an Ita...
Nancy Luce, la “signora delle galline” nell’America del 1800
Oggi vi porteremo a conoscere Nancy Luce, soprannominata anche la “donna delle galline” e addirittura da qualcuno la “Madonna delle galline”. Praticamente sconosciuta qui in Italia, in America è famosissima e proprio in questi giorni abbiamo letto che ad Hollywood (moltissime star hollywoodiane amano le galline) stanno pensando di realizzare un fil...
Youngstown versus Italy in the boxing ring
Youngstown's favorite Italian American boxer and lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is organizing a match between amateur boxers in Youngstown and Pittsburgh against the motherland Italy. The event "Youngstown Versus Italy" will be at the Covelli Centre October 5 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Organizers said that proceeds will benefit...