Between the 1930s and ’50s Italian watchmaker Officine Panerai was the official supplier of the Italian navy, creating expertly crafted timepieces with the utmost durability. Now, to celebrate its rich history, the brand has tapped esteemed Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola for a new store concept that riffs on both its Florentine origins and its...

by Rachel Silberstein   Save the dates! Weekend Walks are coming to Bensonhurst's 18th Avenue in July. Every summer, the Department of Transportation [DOT] partners with community groups to present multi-block neighborhood events, by temporarily closing commercial streets to vehicles and opening them to walking and other activities. &n...

Casa Belvedere Presents: "Hidden Treasures of Italy Through the Photographic Lens". A Presentation by Anita Sanseverino. Tuesday, June 16th @ 7:00 PM   Join award-winning photographer Anita Sanseverino for an insider's narrative and photographic journey of the hidden treasures of Campania, Puglia and Lazio. Through Anita's kno...

By Amanda Nichols A large crowd was already gathered at Festa Italiana, eating their share of rigatoni and cannoli, just an hour into the three-day event Thursday afternoon. Scott Weinaugh, 54, was under the beer tent awaiting the start of the opening ceremony when he spoke with The Era. He said he lives in Allegany, N.Y., but makes sure to v...

Date: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 - Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Hours: 6pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York In collaboration with: IIC-San Francisco Happenchance: World War II Photographs, Italian Campaign, 1942-1945, an exhibition of photographs by Alfonso Carrara (1922-2012). Carrara, an Italian-American architect-artist-poet-pho...

by Kerry Feltner   A new restaurant has opened at the Rochester Public Market. Fiorella is a casual Italian eatery that focuses on sustainable cuisine, with Gino Ruggiero as its chef. He worked as the head chef at Restaurant 2Vine for more than a decade, has co-authored a cook book and won awards from Best Chefs America in both 2013 and...

Begun two years ago, the Calandra Institute's Community Book Club has read together and engaged in fun, funny, argumentative, dynamic, and critical conversation about a whole slew of the greatest Italian American books ever written. And we want you to join us as we continue exploring classic Italian American literature!   Come to our next me...

The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee (IHCC) has conferred the 2015 Leonardo da Vinci Award on Robert Gallo, an Italo-American and an internationally renowned researcher in the field of immunology. The Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine at the Maryland School of Medicine, Dr Gallo played a key role in determi...

At We the Italians, we've always been thankful to the American police. And through the years, several Italian Americans have traditionally been employed in protecting and serve, all over the US, particularly on the East Coast.   This is why we are proud and glad to be able to interview Inspector Joseph Gallucci, a decorated member of the NYPD Col...

JOIN USOpening Poster ExhibitionITALIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, INC.CELEBRATES ANNUAL THEMETUESDAY, March 12, 2013 at 7pmCalandra Institute of CUNY, at25 West 43rd Street, 17th FlrNew York, NY The President/Chair and Board of Directors of the IHCC-NY, Inc. have announced the first in a series of events for 2013: Year of Itali...