Michael Caridi Named Community Mayor of Harlem by the City of New York
Today Michael Caridi he is still supporting the revitalization of Harlem, working for years obtaining air rights, which helped lead the way for other real estate and development projects in Harlem. Michael Caridi's Community Mayor status came at the heels of years of entrepreneur support and philanthropy. "With the storied history of Harle...
Italian beauties dazzle at Highland Village — $2.4 million dream car included
It's nearly impossible to gauge the number of car junkies who dashed to Highland Village for another pageant of very expensive local Italian beauties Sunday. The turnout was definitely up from previous years, evident by sponsoring neighborhood restaurants racing to stay ahead of demand from guests that meandered about 75 exquisite samples of Europe...
Fountain Gallery’s Mad About Art features work of Federico Castelluccio
HBO's "The Sopranos" actor and artist Federico Castelluccio gets Mad About Art!Remember Furio? Castellucio's quiet and powerful character, the Italian driver for Tony who pined for Carmela? We could see it building throughout season four of HBO's Sopranos. Castellucio is booked to attend and auction his artwork at Mad about Art: Fountain Gallery's...
The NM Italian film & culture Festival announces its most dynamic program ever - 2014 film line-up - opening gala - program features
The NM Italian Film & Culture Festival, produced by the nonprofit Italian Festivals of New Mexico for the primary benefit of the UNM Children's Hospital today announced its film selections for the 2014 eight day run of the popular festival. Io Sono Li (Shun Li and the Poet) a 2011 winner at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, is the...
Rare WWII photos of the allied Italian campaign
The tides of war turned irrevocably in favor of the Allied forces in July 1943 when 150,000 British and American soldiers swarmed the shores of Sicily at the start of World War II's bloody Italian Campaign. Along with Canadian, French and other Allies, the invasion was the start of a long march to Rome that would forever be noted as some of th...
Sirio Maccioni wins James Beard award
THE man credited with popularising crème brûlée among American diners and the owner of the iconic New York City restaurant Le Cirque has been named the recipient of the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, known as the Oscars of the food world. Restaurateur and New York personality Sirio Maccioni joins Cecilia Chiang, Wolfgan...
Get Involved in the Eastchester Italian-American Citizen's Club
The Eastchester Italian-American Citizen's Club (E.I.A.C.C.) is a place is designed for Italian and Italian Americans to socialize, honor their heritage and promote/preserve the Italian culture. The club, which consists mostly retirees, organizes an array of trips and events for its members, like a trip to Mohegan Sun Casino, Halloween parties and...
Belleville opinion: Italian immigrant lives dream by opening business in The Lake
by Marie Strumolo It's time to spotlight some merchants in Silver Lake. The first on deck will be...drum roll please...Errico Violante. He started as a butcher's apprentice when he was 14 in Forino, a small town outside of Naples, Italy. He was the youngest in a family of seven children. In 1964 he left Italy and came to the Unite...
Italian wine: Circeo
WTI Magazine #19 2014 Feb, 28Author : Vino OK Translation by: The area is situated in the southern Lazio, in the province of Latina, and extends along the northern and southern coast of the promontory of Circeo, in the Pontine plain. This is a recent wine growing area, given the presence of numerous...
Italian art: Bramante
WTI Magazine #21 2014 Mar, 14Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In common belief, it is thought that Donato Bramante was born in Milan or rather in Lombardy, but the truth is that he was born in 1444 in Fermignano, a small town near Urbino in the Marche region. In fact, the typical education from the center part of Italy, espec...
Part-time Lecturer of Italian
The Department of Romance Languages at Tufts University has an opening for a part-time lecturer in Italian language to teach one or two courses in the Fall 2014 term with the possibility of renewal in the Spring 2015 term. QUALIFICATIONS B.A. or equivalent required; M.A. or equivalent preferred. Previous college-level teaching experience...
La prima volta de "la schiava Turca" del Parmigianino in America a New York e San Francisco
Negli Stati Uniti per la prima volta l'opera icona della città di Parma "la schiava Turca" sarò a New York alla Frick Collection dal 13 maggio al 20 luglio 2014 e al Fine Arts Museums di San Francisco dal 26 luglio al 5 ottobre 2014. Francesco Mazzola (1503-1540) , detto il Parmigianino dal nome della città di Parma dove nacque, è stato uno dei pi...
