NEW YORK – Tre tappe a giugno ed una a luglio. Tutte a New York. Erika Dagnino annuncia il suo "Poetry music tour" oltreoceano, che la vedrà esibirsi il 9 giugno alla Downtown Music Gallery di Lower Manhattan e poi il 15 giugno al Silvana Club di Harlem insieme ai Red Microphone; è invece una formazione diversa quella con cui la cantante e artista...

By Jeanette Settembre Mario Batali's latest venture involves weddings and cocktail parties.Batali has teamed up with New York celebrity catering chef Mary Giuliani to launch Mario by Mary, a customized catering line."Mary and her team make perfecto food all of the time, and I am honored to work with such a savvy and tasty squadron." Batali said in...

The 18th Avenue Feast could be on the verge of becoming a famine!   Organizers of Bensonhurst's annual Festa di Santa Rosalia say that paperwork problems might cause the last-minute cancellation of the summer-capping street fair this year — and the end of the festival as we know it!   Read more   Source: http://www.brookly...

This past weekend, New Yorkers had a chance to learn a few innovative culinary techniques from some of Italy and New York's most renowned chefs at the 4th annual IDENTITÀ New York congress held at Eataly.   Founded under the auspices of IDENTITÀ Golose—a organization focused on highlighting culinary excellence and honoring Italian chefs who...

By Giovanni di Napoli   My friends and I made our way to the Howard Beach Public Library in Queens, New York on Thursday for Si diedero alla macchia ("They went into hiding"), a concert dedicated to the brigands of Southern Italy by Michela Musolino and John T. LaBarbera. Unlike most other events scheduled for Italian Heritage Month, this co...

by Juliann DosSantos   Speaking in Italian and English, Cardinal Egan welcomed the students and families of Italian-American descent who were at the New York Catholic Center in Manhattan to receive scholarships from the Tri-State Italian-American Congress. "Thank you all for coming," said Cardinal Egan to the 251 elementary and high school...

Con te partirò... negli Usa. In occasione dell'atteso tour a stelle e strisce di Andrea Bocelli che toccherà Las Vegas il 7 dicembre, Phoenix l'8, poi Brooklyn, Washington, Tampa e Atlanta, il tenore toscano ha concesso un'intervista esclusiva a L'Italo-Americano. Si è parlato di musica, di America, di solidarietà e della sua ultima fatica, "Passio...

Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, officially announced his candidacy for the 25th Congressional District last night. And in a somewhat subtle way, Democrat Louise Slaughter confirmed she'll be running for re-election.   Just before the start of Assini's 5:30 p.m. announcement at the Italian American Community Center in Gates, Slaug...

By Riccardo Chioni Alla soglia del mezzo secolo di attività, giovedì la American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit ha celebrato il 48.mo gala annuale al Pierre Hotel su Fifth Avenue, alla presenza di centinaia di ospiti e celebrità, con un angolo jazz offerto dal giovane sassofonista siciliano Francesco Cafiso. La serata di gala ha visto la...

Chef Pasquale Marino of Da Marino has long been steeped in the Old World traditions that he learned from his grandmother in Calabria, Italy. While Da Marino is known throughout New York City as a place in which these traditions can be experienced firsthand, Chef Pasquale Marino has never stopped innovating in terms of the menu items offered at his...