Closing: Portraits of a Sicilian Family by Thomas MacPherson (2)
Source: Exhibition Closing: Friday, June 13, 2014 On view from March 20, 2014–June 13, 2014 Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Portraits of a Sicilian Family is an exhibition of egg-tempera portraits focused on the exploration of painter Thomas MacPherson's Sicilian-American identity. The paintings are composite images derived fr...
Book Presentation: ITALIAN FASCISM'S EMPIRE CINEMA – April 9, 2015
In Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema, Ruth Ben-Ghiat provides the first in-depth study of feature and documentary films produced under the auspices of Mussolini’s government that took as their subjects or settings Italy’s African and Balkan colonies. These “empire films” were Italy's entry into an international market for the exotic. The fil...
Bronx Little Italy Art Show
Sunday June 28 - 11 am/4 pm EDT - Bronx Little ItalyArthue Avenue & East 187th St, The Bronx 10458Bronx Little Italy will host its first Art Show on Arthur Avenue between East 187th Street and Crescent Avenue on Sunday, June 28th from 11am-4pm. Come to the neighborhood for a day filled with great art and of course the great produc...
Decorated cop’s three sons graduating to NYPD together
By Paul Martinka and Chris Perez An NYPD deputy inspector will be one proud papa this week when he watches all three of his sons graduate from the same Police Academy class. "It feels amazing. I couldn't have planned it any better," said the father, Anthony Favale, 52, a 30-year veteran of the NYPD. "I let the kids make their own dec...
Book Presentation: LOST WORDS by Nicola Gardini. Coming of Age in 1970s Milan
MARCH 23, 2016, 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Co-hosted by the Casa delle letterature di Roma. Lost Words (2016, New Directions) by Nicola Gardini. Translated from the Italian by Michael F. Moore Nicola Gardini's Lost Words, just published in English, takes place on the...
NEW YORK - Presentazione della 55esima Biennale di Venezia
L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York ha ospitato la conferenza di presentazione alla stampa e al pubblico statunitense della 55esima Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, in programma dal primo giugno al 24 novembre 2013. La conferenza, preceduta da un indirizzo di saluto al pubblico da parte del Direttore dell'Istituto, Prof. Riccardo...
A taste of Italy, and of heritage
By Zan Strumfeld The Capital District is a cultural melting pot of beliefs, religions and histories. Through a joined love of Italian culture, one local organization is hoping to share its heritage the best way possible – through Italian food and entertainment. Presented by the American Italian Heritage Association and Museum, "Viva Itali...
Vito Marcantonio Forum NYPL 10 Jersey St May 10
by Dominic Candeloro The Mulberry Street Branch of the New York Public Library is hosting the Vito Marcantonio Forum and the Italian American Writers Association's event: Saturday, May 10at 2:00pm - 4:00pm in EDTNY Public Library 10 Jersey St., corner of Mulberry and Prince Sts. between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets, one block south of...
Italian American Museum Presents “Puglia: Italy's Best Kept Secret”
Lecture and photographic presentation by renowned Italian American photographer Anita Sanseverino You are cordially invited to attend a lecture and photographic presentation by renowned Italian American photographer Anita Sanseverino titled, "Puglia: Italy's Best Kept Secret" on Wednesday, May 7th at the Italian American Museum. Anita...
Italian Décor Rooted in Pottery
by Eve M. Kahn Joseph Sciorra, 59, has spent three decades studying how Italian-Americans adapt traditions from their ancestral homelands. The folklorist has looked at, among other topics, the Americanized versions of Italian embroidery, Neapolitan music, ephemeral architecture built for street processions and lawn shrines with sa...
ill Dal Cerro, defender of Italian-American history
A Fenton High School teacher by day and Italian-American history and culture aficionado the rest of the time, Bill Dal Cerro, a Chicago native, wants the world to know on Columbus Day (Monday) and beyond, that there are plenty of positive Italian role models out there. The president of the Italic Institute of America, which is based in New...
Passing of Father Vinci
We regret to announce the passing of Father Terzo Vinci. Father Vinci was the Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Yonkers 1986 to 2016 and formerly Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine Church–East Harlem...1975 to 1986 as well as Associate Pastor 1965 to 1969..Every Summer Father Vinci would return to Ea...