Cristina Fontanelli Announces 14th Annual CHRISTMAS IN ITALY
When: December 9 & 10 - Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 4 PM - Where: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street) (by subway: #1, 2 or 3 train to 96th Street; by bus M104; by car: 96th Street Exit on West Side Highway - free Sunday on-street parking) Tickets range from $35 to $68 (group rates available) - A portion of the proceeds will be donated to...
This is Italy, Parts Unknown: a charity dinner to support Umbria
Within the busy schedule of This is Italy, Parts Unknown (New York, October 31st-November 2nd), the Guggenheim Museum will host a Gala Charity Dinner dedicated to Umbria. The Charity dinner – taking place on November 2nd – will serve as a chance to collect money for Umbria, the Italian region heavily affected by the devastating earthquake of Octobe...
10/28: FREE Legal Workshop at the Italian American Museum
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend a FREE Legal Workshop presented by Giampaolo Girardi, avv. 155 Mulberry Street - (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) New York, NY 10013Topic of Discussion: Family Law in Italy. What US Citizens Need to Know About the Italian Inheritance Laws, Estate Settlement Processes, Financial Regul...
Crazy for Carbs at Mandolino Ristorante & Pizzeria
This past weekend, the Mister and I were in the Union Square area of Manhattan when the hankering for some pasta and pizza hit. As luck would have it, we happened to walk by Mandolino Ristorante & Pizzeria, a fairly new Italian addition to the neighborhood - we heard good things already about this place through the grapevine, so we decided to stop...
Brooklyn-inspired Italian food truck parks first brick-and-mortar
No more life behind the wheel of a food truck for Chris Auriemma. The Brooklyn transplant is opening Gumba’s Italian on Nov. 3 at 100 E. 20th Ave., at the corner of Lincoln Street. This will be the first brick-and-mortar location for Auriemma, who owns two food trucks. “I’m bringing them a taste of Brooklyn,” he said, adding that he wants to import...
Accordo tra l’Abruzzo e New York per investimenti e turismo sostenibile
E’ questo il risultato del viaggio istituzionale del Presidente Giuseppe Di Pangrazio a New York dove è stato ricevuto dalla numerosa ed accreditata comunità di origine italiana. Il prossimo anno, una delegazione americana tornerà in Abruzzo, per verificare la fattibilità di sviluppare nel nostro territorio nuovi investimenti ed azioni di promozion...
Vittorio Grigolo is a guest star at This is Italy, Parts Unknown
This is Italy, Parts Unknown – taking place in New York from October 31st until November 2nd – will be a moment to celebrate Italian excellences and to exalt culture in all its forms. On this purpose, the Guggenheim Museum will host a concert with professionals from the Scala Theatre in Milan (Cameristi della Scala) and Vittorio Grigolo. The concer...
Electeds seek Columbus petition signatures
An effort is ongoing in the borough’s Italian-American enclaves to save a beloved statue of Christopher Columbus. Locals are participating in at least two petition efforts to implore a public art review commission established by Mayor de Blasio to keep a statue of Christopher Columbus in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle. The Sons of Italy placed petitio...
2017 Long Island Ambasciatore Awards Ceremony & Dinner
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the 2017 Long Island Ambasciatore Awards Ceremony & Dinner. Honoring Outstanding Italian-American Leaders and their Italian-American Organizations. Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 12 noon to 4 pm. Crest Hollow Country Club - 8325 Jericho Tpke. Woodbury, NY 11797. Business Attire. Musical Perfo...
Gli USA restituiscono all’Italia undici reperti archeologici e 198 monete trafugate
“Quando alla fine di questa cerimonia ci incroceremo in questa splendida sala con in mano un bicchiere di prosecco per festeggiare, non congratulatevi con me: non penso a quello che abbiamo fatto, ma ai reperti e ai beni archeologici là fuori che ci sono ancora da recuperare”. Nelle parole del Colonnello Matthew Bogdanos, dal 1998 Assistant Distric...
Isaacson's new book celebrates genius of Leonardo da Vinci
Researching the life of Leonardo da Vinci left Walter Isaacson in a playful mood. "He's the most fun, joyous person I can imagine," says the best-selling biographer, whose "Leonardo da Vinci" comes out Oct. 17. "And that was the big surprise. I thought he was going to be this brooding genius." Isaacson, 65, sees the da Vinci book as the culmination...
How Pastabilities came to be one of the most popular restaurants in Syracuse
Somewhere in the middle of Italy, Karyn Korteling’s stomach ached. She needed food, any type. Korteling, who was pregnant, felt a “nauseous” hunger that prompted she and her husband to pull over at “this road-side dump.” Even though they didn’t understand anything on the menu and couldn’t find anyone who spoke a word of English, they walked in. Kor...