The Feast – 40 years older and second in size to San Gennaro – celebrating the dramatic story of St. Paulinus, will have live, nightly entertainment, vendors selling Italian specialties and international delicacies, parades, a bazaar with games, gifts, souvenirs; children's rides and amusements and the atmosphere and excitement of Italy.   T...

by Diana Rocco   The search is on for the suspect who fatally shot a beloved owner of the historic L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn. Louis Barbati was shot twice in the torso Thursday night outside of his home in Dyker Heights.   Neighbors reported hearing four shots fired, and heard Barbati's wife screaming that he was shot....

On June 21, 2015 Gleason's Gym celebrates the influence boxing has on Italians and Italian-Americans from the 1900s to today. It was in 1937 that Peter Robert Gagliardi decided to open up a boxing gym that would later create history. Because he lived in a predominantly Irish area of New York, Gagliardi changed his name to Bobby Gleason to gain...

Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola was born on September 15, 1934, in Meriden, Connecticut. His mother read to Tomie from the time he was in diapers; cementing his love for books. When he was only four years old, he was certain that he would grow up to be an author and illustrator. Following his graduation from high school, he enrolled at Pratt Institu...

The Congregation of Maria SS Addolorata announces the 66th Annual Procession and Feast of Maria SS Addolorata, Patron Saint of Mola di Bari, Italy. The Procession will leave Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen's Church at 3:00 PM on Sunday Sept. 14th, 2014.   The church is located at the corner of Hicks and Summitt Street, in the Carroll Gardens s...

by Charlotte Druckman   "We are the only ones left," the chef Anna Klinger reflects from a stool at Al di Là Vino, the bar next door to the trattoria of the same name, which she and her Italian husband Emiliano Coppa opened in Brooklyn's Park Slope nearly 16 years ago. "This stretch of Fifth Avenue was a dicey neighborhood."   She ges...

by Mario Angotta   Michele Napoletano, the Brooklyn-born mayor of Airola in the Province of Benevento, last week inaugurated a statue of St. George the Martyr, patron of his town, which was funded by Italian-Americans living in New York.   The mayor says that the outpouring of camaraderie and Italian pride from Italian-Americans who...

F.I.A.O sponsors scholarships to high school seniors of Italian descent. This year FIAO will hold their 36th Annual Gala on Sunday April 7, 2013 at El Caribe Country Club.Join FIAO as they recognize the Scholarship Recipients and honor outstanding community leaders.   2013 HonoreesThis year's Honorees are: Rocco & Enza Coluccio (Humanita...

By Henry Stewart Democratic voters who show up for the primaries on September 10 might see the name of a mayoral candidate not as familiar as the rest: Sal Albanese. The Italian-born Brooklynite represented Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst in the City Council for 16 years, until 1998, after he came in third in the Democratic primary for ma...

Destinazione Grande Mela per i due artisti italiani emergenti che hanno vinto l'undicesima edizione del Premio New York. A trionfare sono stati Giorgio Andreotta Calo' e Sven Sachsalber, che potranno usufruire di un soggiorno studio di quattro mesi negli Stati Uniti per sviluppare le proprie capacita' creative a contatto con il frizzante ambiente c...