Misteri italiani a New York
di Maurita Cardone Si respirava aria di misteri italiani martedì sera al Mysterious bookshop di Warren street, Manhattan. Maurizio De Giovanni, lo scrittore napoletano che ha creato il personaggio del commissario Ricciardi, ha parlato del suo libro Blood Curse: The Springtime of Commissario Ricciardi, appena tradotto in inglese e pubblicat...
Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens Presents Italian Nights 2013
Starting July 17th to August 28th, 2013 - Wednesdays, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm Wednesday, July 17th (held at) St. Joseph Church 43rd Street (Between 30th Ave & 28th Ave.) Astoria Bruno Macari (KEY Board & sing) Italian favorites Presented by: FRATERNAL CIRCLE OF CONVERSANO Wednesday, July 24th(held at) Flushing Memorial Park 1...
BGTI Raises $1.1 Million at Annual Spring Ball honoring Joe Plumeri and Natalia Quintavalle
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, raised a recording breaking $1,095,150 at its 69th Annual Spring Ball on Monday, May 5 at The Pierre, New York. BGTI honored Joseph J. Plumeri, former CEO of Willis Group Holdings, as Man of the Year and present...
Festa Italiana feeds thousands in Poughkeepsie
Every year, the community is drawn to the sounds and smells of Festa Italiana in Poughkeepsie. The city's Italian Center hosts the annual four-day event at its Mill Street headquarters. Saturday's rain "hurt a little bit," but the attendance at the festival finished strong with Sunday's "awesome" weather, said Franco Giangrasso, Itali...
Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Green Card
The statue, draped with a purple ribbon, money pinned along its edges, made its way down Fort Washington Avenue in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood. Its faceted crown caught the glint of the clear, early November sun, the air cool and crisp as leaves fell from the surrounding elms and maples, the entrance to Fort Tryon Park...
Lecture and Concert that bring Italy to New York: Music for Brunelleschi’s Dome and L’Arte del Duomo – Lecture precedes concert
Saturday, february 28 - 7 pm ESTChrist & Saint Stephen's Church - 120 W 69th St, New York 10023Tickets: www.showclix.com Music for Brunelleschi's Dome 7:00 PM, Lucia Baldacci, organistA native of Florence, Italy, Lucia Baldacci is the organist at the Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore – the Duomo – of Florence. At CSS she will offer a r...
On the Inside Looking Out: My America, a Voice from Italian Harlem’s Past…
Asked if she liked America, an Italian homeworker replied in 1911: "Not much, not much. In my country, people cook out-of doors, do the wash out-of-doors, tailor out-of-doors, make macaroni out-of-doors. And my people laugh, laugh all the time. In America, is "sopra, sopra!" [up, up, with a gesture of going upstairs]. Many people, one house; work,...
Abruzzo e Molise: Tra Storia e Tradizione. The Mysteries of Campobasso and the ‘Ndocciata
October 21 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm, Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 24 Depot Square, Tuckahoe, New York Learn about the ancient and spectacular tradition of La 'Ndocciata and La Sagra dei Misteri di Campobasso, or Festival of Mysteries of Campobasso, which is considered one of the most significant tradition in the history of the Molise region and r...
La lingua degli emigrati italiani di ieri, oggi e domani
By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Su La Voce di New York scrivo le mie riflessioni di docente, raccontando cosa significa insegnare italiano nelle scuole pubbliche di New York. Le emozioni, i momenti belli o brutti, e le mie esperienze sono simili a quelle di molti colleghi che vivono negli USA o in altri paesi fuori d'Italia. Un fenomeno che ho osser...
Frankie Valli Is Our Sinatra and Back on Broadway
By Ray Negron If you have ever read my book, "Yankee Miracles," then you would know that there is a chapter in the book about the great Yankee manager, Billy Martin. Billy was a very fierce competitor with a heart of gold. In the book, I talk about a time when Billy took me to the historic New York Italian restaurant, Patsy's, where we had...
Il Puglia Center of America festeggia il terzo anniversario, lanciando il mese della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti d’America
New York, 7 Novembre 2012 - Sono passati quasi tre anni dalla nascita della Puglia Center of America, fondata e presieduta dal Maestro Luciano Lamonarca, in New York.Tre anni nei quali il Puglia Center of America ha vantato e vanta collaborazioni e partnership con istituzioni quali il Dipartimento della Comunicazione e Pubblica Informazione delle N...
Pavarotti. Il mondo di Big Luciano. Anteprima della mostra sul tenore martedì a New York
Il mondo di Luciano Pavarotti e la sua grande carriera di cantante lirico rivivranno il 23 aprile a Verona in un'esposizione promossa da 'Arena MuseOpera' (Amo) nata in occasione del Centenario del Festival lirico areniano, per contribuire alla valorizzazione e alla divulgazione della cultura operistica italiana.'Amo Pavarotti' sarà presentata a Ne...