Little Italy: Fact and Fiction
Little Italy: Fact and Fiction: A Book Talk in Conjunction with the 200th Anniversary of the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and the Little Italy Collective Memory Project.
Join us for a panel of authors including Laurie Fabiano (Elizabeth Street: A Novel), Richard Rinaldo (Meatballs and Stickball), Lou DiPalo (Lou DiPalo’s Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy) and others discussing Little Italy, then and now, followed by a screening of Ellis, the new documentary about Ellis Island starring Robert DeNiro.
Author Panel:
Angel Marinaccio – Be Home on Time When I Put the Water Up for Pasta
Anthony Florio – Yankee Batboy “The Luckiest Kid in New York” by Anthony Florio and John Siclare
J.J. Anselmo – The Newsstand – Coming of Age in NYC on the Tough Streets of Little Italy
Laurie Fabiano – Elizabeth Street: A Novel based on True Events
Lou Di Palo – Lou DiPalo’s Guide to the Essential Foods of Little Italy
Richard Rinaldo and Virginia Dellolio – Meatballs and Stickball
Vince Caminiti – Being Poor and Living Rich: Growing up on Mulberry Street in New York City
New York, NY, 10012
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