What retirement? Alessandra Ferri returns to Juliet _ at 53
There are those who, upon retiring from an eventful career, sigh with relief and sink contentedly into the new rhythms of a life unfettered by deadlines and pressure. And then there are people like ballerina Alessandra Ferri, who retired from American Ballet Theatre in 2007 and soon found herself waking up in the morning and asking: "Who am I?...
2016 Coming to America: The Malvizzi family
By Mario Malvizzi My coming to America took place in a kind of roundabout manner. I was born in Pittsburgh in 1930, but because of the untimely death of my father, Mario, my mother, Maria, along with me, at 6 months old, and my sister, 5, returned to Italy to be with my mother's family. She had emigrated to America in 1920 and married my fath...
Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese Support Landmarking 239 Elizabeth Street in Little Italy and so Should You
What follows is a selection from a "Request for Evaluation" sent to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last week to calendar 239 Elizabeth Street for landmarking. Author of the pitch, building resident Beth Joy Knutsen-Papaleo, even received letters of endorsement from Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese. "I am dead sick of tasteless devel...
Google torna in Sicilia: tutto pronto per il summit annuale
di Sveva Alagna Si incontreranno al Verdura Resort, tutto prenotato in esclusiva da oggi al 3 agosto, lunedì ceneranno al Tempio della Concordia alla Valle dei Templi di Agrigento, martedì parteciperanno a una serata di gala in piazza Angelo Scandaliato di Sciacca, con sfilata vista mare ed esibizione di carri allegorici del Carnevale: son...
Long Road Home: The John Malangone Story
The Italian American Museum Presents: Friday Night Films. Friday, August 26th, 6:30 P.M. Featuring Long Road Home: The John Malangone Story. Light refreshments will be served You are cordially invited to attend a screening of Bruce Spiegal's acclaimed documentary, Long Road Home: The John Malangone Story (2006, 55 min.) at the Italian...
Napoli, ecco il nuovo console Usa: è Mary Ellen Countryman
Mary Ellen Countryman ha assunto l'incarico di console generale degli Stati Uniti a Napoli. Diplomatica di carriera con oltre 25 anni di servizio, Mary Ellen Countryman ha lavorato recentemente come Capo della Comunicazione Strategica presso l'ufficio del Direttore Generale del Servizio Diplomatico americano. Dal 2008 al 2011 è stata Console Genera...
What to Eat at the San Gennaro Feast
The 90th Annual Feast of San Gennaro will be held September 15-25, 2016 in Little Italy—the lower Manhattan neighborhood that served as the first home in America for countless Italian immigrants who came in search of a better life in the early part of the 20th century. The lively street festival, which is filled with lots of yummy Italian...
Roselli's Exploration of Italian Foods' Histories & Origins
L.E. Roselli's Food Specialties is premiering a blog and social media series centered on the history and culture of Italian food. While most Americans are familiar with basic pasta dishes, they may not know their colorful histories and origins, such as the fact that the earliest form of pasta, called laganon, actually comes from ancient Greece. &n...
Bertolli® Studies How Italians And Americans Really Eat
People think they need to travel thousands of miles for an authentic Italian meal, but the secret is just as much about how you eat, as what you eat. This year, Bertolli is encouraging Americans to "Mangia" – in other words – eat like Italians do – especially during National Pasta Month this October. To coincide with the launch of its refo...
What Happened to Joe Pesci – News & Updates
Joe Pesci is one of the most famous character actors in film history. He is most-known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro in Ragging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino. Early Life Joe Pesci was born on February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were both Italian-Americans. Pesci discovered his passion for acti...
Viaggi negli Usa, ore le pratiche per l'immigrazione si fanno anche a Malpensa e Roma: meno code all'arrivo
Milano è da oggi un po' più vicina agli Stati Uniti. Il Dipartimento di sicurezza interno americano ha selezionato dopo controlli severissimi gli 11 aeroporti al mondo da cui sarà possibile sbrigare tutte le pratiche di immigrazione - controllo dei passaporti, verifica dei visti e del resto dell'eventuale documentazione commerciale - direttamente a...
Saint Leo's hosts two annual events
The annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the Needy & Homeless was held November 17 in Saint Leo's Church Hall. Serving about 350 meals, the dinner is sponsored by Saint Vincent Pallotti Council, of Saint Leo's Church. Gift bags of toiletries and candy were donated by Promotion Center for Little Italy and assembled by volunteers last week. The Council...