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There are few bigger influences on modern horror than 1960s Giallo films. Without Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci and countless others, there would be no American slasher genre. Brooklyn filmmakers Maxwell Frey and Derek Gibbons are open about the genre's influence on their work, and you can see shades of the Italian masters (along with plen...

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Cambio di vertice al Club dei Carinesi d’America di Brooklyn. L’assemblea dei soci ha eletto il neo Presidente John Gallina. Suo vice Vito Badalamenti. 44 anni, titolare di un’officina dedita a lavori di verniciatura e carrozzeria, sposato e padre di quattro figli, John Gallina subentra a Tony Troia che, negli ultimi tre anni ha guidato lo storico...

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Call it verdure Italiano! An Italian chef opened a vegan and vegetarian eatery in Park Slope that puts a healthy twist on some of her favorite red-sauce staples. The menu items at La Vellutata do not all come straight from Italy, but that doesn’t stop the cook from drawing inspiration from some of her home country’s signature foods, she said. “Peop...

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When Brooklyn-born Tony’s Pizzeria opened its doors in 1975, it served a completely different version of Bushwick than it does today. Over the course of the establishment’s storied existence, the demographics of the neighborhood have continually shifted. The company’s staff has also changed, as the Italian couple who opened Tony’s doors eventually...

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A familiar face is back in the Catholic school ranks. Anthony Alfaro, who coached the women’s basketball team at LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, for the past four seasons, has taken over as the girls’ varsity hoops coach at Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S., East Flatbush. A native of St. Joseph’s parish, Astoria, and a current resident of Ho...

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The new year is officially upon us, but for Gary Perone 2017 was a year to remember. Perone, the assistant general manager for the Brooklyn Cyclones, was named the Italian American baseball executive of the year by the Italian American Baseball Foundation. "I was humbled and grateful," said the Tottenville resident Perone. "Very humbling because wh...

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Getting a reservation at Brooklyn’s Lilia (the airy, gorgeous, industrial-chic Italian hotspot in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood) is no small feat. But if you’ve been lucky enough to taste renowned chef Missy Robbins’ dishes, you may have noticed one thing: It’s not your standard spaghetti and meatballs. Of course, that’s due to Robbins’ own...

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A new type of bistro is sweeping Brooklyn. Instead of being inspired by French cooking, its menu tends to be more Italian, while preserving the easygoing ambiance, small scale, and mid-range prices of the classic neighborhood French bistro. Depending upon wood-burning ovens and sometimes making pizzas as a sideline, some of these places have been i...

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How about an Italian snack that’s packed like a French crepe with either sweet or savory goodies before it’s fried like a Spanish empanada? It’s panzerotti we’re talking about, of course, and Panzerotti Bites is coming to Brooklyn at 235 Smith St. to serve up the half-moon shaped pockets of doughy goodness. Vittoria Lattanzio and Pasquale De Ruvo,...

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A Marine Park pizzeria with a long tradition in the Brooklyn pizza scene has decided to adopt a tradition that’s even older — it’s going kosher. Vinny Fontana’s father Francesco opened up the first The Original Pizza location in Canarsie back in 1964, and the family still has pizzerias in Canarsie, in Bay Ridge, and in Flatlands, as well as the Ave...

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