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Celebrating Italian heritage, exploration and the American dream. More than 600 people gathered at the Diplomat Banquet Center in Gates for the 78th annual Columbus Day luncheon to hear from local Italian-American dignitaries about their ancestral roots. Meanwhile, Rochester's Native-American community celebrated its first Indigenous Peoples Day Mo...

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A million people were expected to attend the largest celebration of Italian-American culture in the world as New Yorkers turned out Monday for the 74th annual Columbus Day parade. The pride of the red, white and green was on display as hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the parade route, along with floats and all of the pageantry, CBS2’s Jan...

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Despite being one of the first and oldest forms of popular music, opera sometimes struggles to connect with 21st century audiences. However, Anthony Roth Costanzo is breaking down the genre's stodgy stereotype and making opera more accessible — taking his distinctive sound to the masses, from a sixth-grade classroom in the Bronx to NPR's own Tiny D...

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It’s no secret: Bocce has been a staple in Sunny Italy for as far back as anyone can remember. And today, everyone is playing bocce with the  hottest sport in Italy continuing to catch on like wildfire in the U.S. And former Assemblyman Lou Tobacco -- now associate executive director of Staten Island University Hospital and Farrell alum -- knows it...

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Interested in finding your new favorite place for pasta, pizza and more in New York City? You're in luck: we've found the freshest businesses to fill the bill. Here are the most recent additions to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food. Nonna Beppa (290 Hudson St., SoHo) Nonna Beppa is a pasta shop and Italian spot located at...

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A 'community gathering' is planned Monday in Binghamton to 'speak out against Congresswoman Claudia Tenney's slurs against Italian Americans'. A release from Central New York Citzens in Action says that gathering will happen outside Chroma Bakery on Court Street in Binghamton ahead of the Columbus Day Parade. The press advisory included media excer...

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Anthony Mancinelli shook out a barber towel and welcomed the next customer to his chair in Fantastic Cuts, a cheery hair salon in a nondescript strip mall, about an hour’s drive north of New York City. “Hey, paisan — same as usual,” said John O’Rourke to Mr. Mancinelli, who began layering Mr. O’Rourke’s hair with his steady, snipping scissors. “I d...

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When it comes to pizza, there are really only two great cities: Naples and New York. This weekend, the two pizza capitals are going head-to-head at the first annual New York Pizza Festival in the Bronx’s Little Italy. There, pizzaioli from six Naples restaurants will serve slices alongside 12 New York City pros — and 11 well-intentioned pizza chefs...

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The Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood at 113 Baxter Street between Canal and Hester streets has a historic connection to Cracotans. The building exterior was completed in 1904. Beginning in the latter part of the 19th Century, when Italian immigrants settled in lower Manhattan in the early 1900s, they formed a neighborhood eventually known a...

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As a way to celebrate the Columbus Day Weekend, the deep-rooted rich Italian heritage, and significant contributions Italian-Americans have made to this country, Borough President James Oddo, The Nicotra Group and ShopRite hosted Festa Italiana at The Mount -- as in Mount Loretto -- this weekend. The Italian-American culture fest, staged on the spr...

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