Mario M. Cuomo's hate-hate relationship with "The Godfather" has been well documented. For four decades, he refused even to see any of the movies or, presumably, to read Mario Puzo's book. He all but denied that the Mafia existed. And who could forget that unfortunate slip of the tongue during the 1992 presidential campaign, when Bill Clinton sugge...

Il 20 dicembre scorso, presso palazzo Armieri, sede dell' Assessorato regionale alle Politiche Sociali e migratorie, è stato presentato il nuovo progetto di Asmef, l'associazione culturale che da anni studia la storia, le dinamiche e i personaggi dell'emigrazione italiana. Si tratta di un musical, incentrato sul tema che da anni promuove l'associaz...

Presentation of the Library of Congress-Anniversary book and lecture: "Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience." By co-author and guest speaker Dr. Mario B. Mignone, SUNY, distinguished service professor at Stony Brook University, and editor of Forum Italicum.   For the first time...

New York mayor Bill de Blasio will next week become an honorary citizen of Grassano, a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Francesco Sanseverino, the proud mayor of Grassano, where de Blasio's grandmother was born, was quoted in Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno as saying that the honour was being bestowed on the New Yorker due to the "f...

Donne. Donne che danno, donne che lavorano, donne che investono il proprio tempo per sostenere un'organizzazione che si avvia a celebrare il centenario. L'Italian Welfare League nasce dalle ceneri della Grande Guerra. È il 1916 l'italia è già in guerra, gli Stati Uniti lo saranno tra poco. New York è in fermento.   Le associazioni di mutuo s...

Scaramouche is pleased to present Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Eric Mistretta's first solo exhibition in New York.   Mistretta finds a rich source of inspiration in seemingly conflicting feelings such as optimism in the face of despair, or sincerity undermined by naiveté. For Mistretta, comedy and tragedy demand each other in a very dy...

A new concept car from iconic Italian automotive design brand Maserati and leading fashion label Ermenegildo Zegna is currently on display at the 2015 New York International Auto Show. Maserati, a century-old brand, has cultivated and maintained a legacy of luxury thanks to the company's innovative concepts and its ability to provide customers...

by Jeanne Muchnick Eastchester residents Gerardo and Cosimo Bruno, the family behind Caravaggio, Sistina and San Pietro on Manhattan's East Side, say the one question they've heard from their customers over the years has been: When are you opening in Westchester? Gerardo admits they'd been looking at spaces for a while. When the one vacated by Pa...

In the summer, I like to vacation in my own "back yard" and I define that as the five boroughs and suburbs of New York. I always enjoy discovering new fun neighborhoods, restaurants by bodies of water (of which there are many!) and hidden gems. I found one such gem on the "Isle of Staten" as my dear friend Grae, a native Staten Islander, alway...

Thursday 9/24/2015 - 11:30 AM. Stony Brook University - West Campus - Frank Melville Jr. Library - 100 Nicolls Road - Main Entrance - Stony Brook, NY 11794 - Room: Center for Italian Studies Meeting Hall, E-4340 With author Ernest Ialongo. In his exploration of the politics of Marinetti as the creator and leader of the transformative Futurist...