When AJ Galli was just 2 years old, his dad handed him a baseball bat. But instead of swinging to hit home runs, AJ was using it as a golf club. “So then he got me some golf clubs and I kept hitting the balls,” said the now 7-year-old from Bulls Head. From there, it was history and AJ has been playing golf ever since. AJ went viral in early 2020 wh...
READ MOREAfter immigrating from Palermo, Sicily, in 1971 at the age of eight, Giuseppe "Joe Mozz" Badalamenti and his family settled in what has the highest proportion of Italian Americans of any U.S. county, Staten Island. Since then, he’s made his mark across all five of NYC’s boroughs, building roots with what’s a veritable mozzarella kingdom, Joe Mozz,...
READ MORETuesday, August 9 • 6:30 to 9:30 pm; doors open at 6 pm. Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation | 79 Howard Ave., Staten Island, NY 10301. Come and savor fine dining 'al fresco' style while Vanessa Racci serenades you with her unique brand of Italian Jazz. She will perform music from her first album Italiana Fresca, which reinvents Italian...
READ MOREThe late Larry (Lawrence) Ambrosino, a passionate educator who touched the lives of thousands of borough children in at-risk communities and mentored many of them through adulthood, will be honored at a street renaming ceremony next month. The longtime Staten Island educator died at the age of 72 at home in Annadale on Aug. 29, 2020, following a tw...
READ MOREThe age-old game of bocce has been a staple in Italy for as far back as anyone can remember. It was common to see Italians playing on courts in quaint towns of their native land as they tested their mettle against the “pallina” — or the bocce ball. Fast forward to today’s “bocce boom” and young adults are playing Italy’s hottest sport on our shores...
READ MOREWhen: 13 ago, 15:00 - Where: Staten Island, 420 Tompkins Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305, USA Meet Julio Vincent Gambuto, director and writer of the critically acclaimed Team Marco! "Giulio” grew up in a large Italian family on New York’s Staten Island, where aunts, uncles, and cousins gathered often around Mom's seafoam-green formica kitchen table...
READ MOREThe 119th anniversary of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, the festa in Rosebank which kicked off on July 14, will continue through Sunday, July 24. It runs Thursday through Sunday. Entertainment is on tap each evening. The feast, that opens at 7:30 p.m., is hosted in the area where a group of Italian immigrants settled during the earl...
READ MOREGangster wannabes and movie buffs can now sleep over at one of cinema’s most recognisable properties. The Godfather Mansion in New York’s Staten Island district is becoming available for tourists, thanks to holiday home rental company Airbnb. The family who currently live there are opening their doors to up to five guests for a 30-night stay in Aug...
READ MOREMonday 11 lug, 19:00. Staten Island, 420 Tompkins Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305, USA. RSVP HERE. Dr. Frances Curcio will be the guest speaker honoring Giuseppe Garibaldi’s 215th birthday at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum during which she will share her culturally rich experience in Caprera where the “Hero of Two Worlds” rests eternally. Dr. Frances Cu...
READ MOREYou are invited to the Opening Reception of Gary Pizzolo’s Exhibit at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Saturday, July 9th, 2022, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Mr. Gary Pizzolo's work has expressionist roots and explores ideas about perspective; how we see and interpret the world, visually, emotionally, and intellectually.
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