Massimo and Lella Vignelli’s minimalist Upper East Side home seeks $6.5M
Massimo Vignelli may have been Italian by birth, but he lived and worked in New York City (even designing its most notorious subway map) for most of his life—and for more than 30 years, he and his wife/collaborator, acclaimed designer Lella Vignelli, called a three-bedroom duplex on East 67th Street home. Now, that elegant apartment is on the marke...
John Gallina è il neo Presidente del Club dei Carinesi d’America
Cambio di vertice al Club dei Carinesi d’America di Brooklyn. L’assemblea dei soci ha eletto il neo Presidente John Gallina. Suo vice Vito Badalamenti. 44 anni, titolare di un’officina dedita a lavori di verniciatura e carrozzeria, sposato e padre di quattro figli, John Gallina subentra a Tony Troia che, negli ultimi tre anni ha guidato lo storico...
Newpoli at Flushing Town Hall
Newpoli plays upbeat, danceable Southern Italian folk music that brings together influences from the entire Mediterranean region. You will hear sounds from Africa, the Middle East, and Greece. The concert will be preceded by a dance lesson, so be sure to join your fellow explorers on the dance floor for one of FTH’s Global Dance Hall events, and ta...
Amerigo offre nuove opportunità di studio con la Fordham University - School of Law
Siamo lieti di comunicare che l'Associazione Amerigo proseguirà il Joint Cooperation Program con la Fordham University School of Law di New York. La prima edizione di Amerigo For Law, il percorso di studi presso la Fordham School of Law, ha raccolto un gruppo di affermati professionisti, partner di studi legali e general counsel, tutti accomunati d...
Outstanding Italian Women in the US Series- Ilaria Capua
Thursday, February 15, 2018. From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm. Organized by: IIC New York. Entrance: Free. Location: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065. Book now! Ilaria Capua, scientist, in conversation with Maria Teresa Cometto, journalist. This is the first of several talks with Italian professional women that l...
Starting Friday, February 2nd, The Comunità di Sant’Egidio Will Meet at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
Following Friday’s weekly prayer gathering at Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter St.) in Little Italy, I learned that the Comunità di Sant’Egidio will be moving their hebdomadal prayer services to the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral at 273 Mott Street in Nolita, New York. Starting Friday, February 2nd, anyone interested in participating...
The Making of America; and Italians Need Apply! Just Ask Carnegie Hall
On Thursday, January 25, Carnegie Hall released the following video on Facebook, with the title, “Carnegie Hall’s 2018–2019 Season: ‘Migrations: The Making of America’”. After I saw it I wrote the following: “Your “Migrations: The Making of America” leaves out an entire Italian tradition: contributions to Jazz; Louis Prima; the Neapolitan song; et...
Spring 2018 Writers Read Series at the Calandra Institute
Thursday, February 22, 2018, 6pm. Olivia Kate Cerrone reads from The Hunger Saint (Bordighera Press, 2017). Camilla Trinchieri reads from Seeking Alice: A Novel (SUNY Press, 2016) John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. All events are free and open to the public. RSVP...
Buon appetito: Italian chef debuts vegan eatery in Park Slope
Call it verdure Italiano! An Italian chef opened a vegan and vegetarian eatery in Park Slope that puts a healthy twist on some of her favorite red-sauce staples. The menu items at La Vellutata do not all come straight from Italy, but that doesn’t stop the cook from drawing inspiration from some of her home country’s signature foods, she said. “Peop...
Ex-‘Sopranos’ star now an in-demand Italian chef
Joseph R. Gannascoli — who played beefy mobster Vito Spatafore on “The Sopranos” — has been surprising New York-area Italian-food lovers with his cooking skills. The actor and foodie was spotted cooking up “spaghetti carbonara in a Parmesan wheel tableside” at Matteo’s of Roslyn on Wednesday night, we hear, to the delight of diners. One fan of his...
Big Chuck: I'm glad my grandfather had no test
The topic of immigration, both legal and illegal, is the third rail in political discussions right now. An interesting twist to this is President Trump’s concept of “merit-based” immigration. In theory letting only the best and the brightest into America. If this test had been applied to the great masses that came over in my grandfather’s generatio...
New York celebra l’Italia con una corsa: appuntamento a Central Park
Al Console Generale d’Italia a New York, Francesco Genuardi, l’idea è venuta osservando il calendario degli eventi podistici della città: “C’era la corsa dedicata al Giappone e ad altre Nazioni. Allora mi sono chiesto: “Perché non quella per gli italiani?”, ha spiegato. Una telefonata agli amici del prestigioso New York Road Runner, il club che org...