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 

Mulberry Street Library