by Michael Barbaro   The commercial that changed the course of the mayor's race almost never happened. Bill de Blasio's campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.   They then turned to his 15-year-old son, but nothing seemed to go right...

by Lauren Steussy   Ralph's Italian Ices is getting a new look, just in time for its busy warm-weather season. This year, visitors to the famous frozen treat shop's flagship location on Port Richmond Avenue will be greeted by a bright new mural directly across the street, painted by Port Richmond's own Kwue Molly.   Molly, now an...

di Riccardo Chioni   Si è appena conclusa la 36.ma edizione dello strapopolare Five Boro Bike Tour che ha visto la partecipazione di oltre 32 mila ciclisti e già si parla del 2014 con il Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia che ieri ha fatto l'esordio newyorkese. In quasi quaranta anni dal primo tour dei cinque quartieri della Big Apple, i ciclisti dilettan...

Born in the Sicilian town Ventimiglia, Biagio Settepani hoped for a career in journalism.   Now, 55 years later, the master pastry chef who owns the Pasticceria Brunos of Dongan Hills and West Brighton claims four successful bakeries in his lifetime along with a solid set of culinary honors and international accolades.   Read more &n...

Nella sua corsa verso la carica di primo cittadino di New York, il candidato democratico Bill de Blasio incassa il sostegno di Bill e Hillary Clinton, dopo aver avuto anche quello del governatore dello stato di New York e possibile candidato alla Casa Bianca Andrew Cuomo. "Bill de Blasio è amico" dell'ex presidente e dell'ex segretario di Stato ''d...

The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation will host its annual "Dinner Dance" gala at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, in Nicotra's Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. To be honored during the evening's fare are State Sen. Diane Savino and hoteliers, Lois and Richard Nicotra.   It's interesting to note that The Italian Club o...

Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m.Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | 420 Tompkins Avenue | Staten Island, NY 10305 Movies return to GMM with "Unbroken" Academy Award(R) winner Angelina Jolie directed and produced this epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, su...

The first Italians who came to the US during the mass migration age spent their first years basically without any right. Some of them because they considered themselves "birds of passage": they came to the US with the full intent of making money and then come back to Italy. Some of them because they weren't interested in losing their Italian citize...

The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, Grymes Hill, will host its first annual "Taste of Italy" Golf Outing and Bocce Tournament on Wednesday, June 19, at Silver Lake Golf Course. Registration and lunch begin at 11:30 a.m., and cocktails, dinner and an auction begin at 6 p.m. The cost of golf, lunch and dinner is $175 per person; the co...

When everybody thinks about New York, the first thought goes of course to Manhattan. And when everybody thinks about the Italians in New York, one may think about Little Italy, or East Harlem, or Arthur Avenue in The Bronx. But if you look at the percentage, the New York borough with the highest percentage of inhabitants of Italian heritage is defi...