Italian Short Readings
June 23 (Friday) 7:00 pm Italian Short Readings. italytime's Literary Cafe presents the new program "Short Readings: Italian Plays, Poems and Stories" in honor of Luigi Pirandello's 150th birthday. The evening will include the reading of two one-act plays written by the Nobel Prize winner, followed by Q&A with Artistic Director Vittorio Capotorto....
The American Italian Heritage Association and Museum is pleased to present Author Olivia Kate Cerrone June 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum
American Italian Heritage Association and Museum - 1227 Central Avenue, Albany, New York 12205. Ms. Cerrone is an Italian American author who recently published The Hunger Saint (Bordighera Press 2017), a novella that tells the story of hope and survival set in Sicily. The story follows a young boy’s survival from the sulfur mines of rural Sicily....
Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation honoring two outstanding Italian Americans
The Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation’s Outstanding Italian American awards event for the spring of 2017 will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at Terry Hills Restaurant. This honor is awarded to a man and woman who have given exemplary service to their community. This year, the awards are being presented to Rick Mancuso and Peppina (Peppi) Palme...
Award winners dominate this year's 'Open Roads' survey of new Italian cinema
Each year, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” screens films that draw upon Italy’s rich cinematic heritage and that provide a snapshot of contemporary Italian life. A collaboration of The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Open Roads 2017 will screen at New York City’s Walter Reade Theater beginning June 1. Italophiles will w...
A Look at the 2017 Festa di San Cono da Teggiano in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
I joined my Teggianesi friends in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sunday afternoon (May 28th) to celebrate the Grand Feast of their beloved patron, San Cono da Teggiano. Mass was celebrated in Italian by Fr. Vincenzo Chirichella in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, which is currently under renovation. It was great to see members of the Sacred Military Consta...
The Italian American Writers Association 2nd Saturday Reading Series
June 10 (Saturday) 5:30 - 7:30 pm The Italian American Writers Association 2nd Saturday Reading Series. Pushcart Prize nominated Olivia Kate Cerrone will read from her latest work, The Hunger Saint, a historical novella about the child miners of rural Sicily. Nino Provenzano, Vice President of Arba Sicula, will read in Sicilian and English from Fo...
Meet the Author: Antonio Monda
June 5 (Monday) 7:00 pm: Meet the Author: Antonio Monda. Presentation of Antonio Monda's last novel The Evidence of the Unseen by journalist Giampaolo Pioli, followed by the one-act play Beth and Audrey by Paolo Tartamella, an imaginary dialogue for the stage inspired by the novel. Q&A with Antonio Monda to follow presentation. Sponsored by Italyt...
Fabio Giachino
When: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 From 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free Class of 1986, Fabio Giachino is considered one of the most promising talents of the Italian music scene in the last few years. Born in Alba, but choosing Turin as his home town, he has been awarded importa...
Founded by Staten Island cousins, Artichoke Basille's pizzeria goes up in smoke
A popular East Village pizzeria founded by former Staten Islanders went up in flames early Friday morning, according to a report. Artichoke Basille's pizza, located at East 14th Street near Second Avenue, hailed for their famous artichoke slice, went up in flames at 5:15 a.m., the report says. The fire began in the restaurant on the ground level an...
Commemorating the Battle of Bitonto in NYC
For the ninth year in a row, tri-state area neobriganti, Borbonici and friends came together in solidarity to commemorate the Battle of Bitonto (May 25, 1734), the pivotal engagement between the forces of HM Carlo di Borbone and the Austrian Empire for the crowns of Naples and Sicily. The Bourbon victory redeemed the ancient kingdom (il Regno) and...
DRAWING NIGHT with artist Danilo Correale at CIMA
When: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: CIMA 421 Broome Street, 4th Floor, NYC - Organized by : ICI, In collaboration with : CIMA E ISCP - Entrance : With fee Join us for the last Drawing Night of the season, with artist Danilo Correale, held in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the International Studio &...
Arba Sicula Presents an Evening of Sicilian Music, Poetry and Dance at St. John’s University
I’m a firm believer that if the remnant of our community is to survive we need to participate in culturally relevant and edifying social gatherings to help strengthen our faith, family and community ties. Last Monday, I attended such an event at St. John’s University in Queens, New York organized by Prof. Gaetano Cipolla of Arba Sicula and Michela...