Jeanette Provenzano, Emanuele Savona to be honored by Ulster County Italian American Foundation
The founder of Savona's Plaza Pizza and a former Ulster County legislator will be honored by the Ulster County Italian American Foundation as the 2016 Signore and Signora of the Year. Emanuele Savona and Jeanette Provenzano will be honored during the annual Italian Festival taking place Oct. 9 on Kingston's Rondout waterfront. The free festiva...
La food valley mette il mondo a tavola: le eccellenze dell’Emilia Romagna alla conquista di New York
La Food Valley dell'Emilia-Romagna mette il mondo a tavola, esponendo nella "vetrina" internazionale più prestigiosa - quella di New York - i suoi prodotti, ovunque simbolo del miglior Made in Italy. Dal Parmigiano reggiano al Prosciutto di Parma, dall'Aceto balsamico alla Piadina romagnola, dal Cotechino di Modena alla Mortadella di Bologna,...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy 68th Annual Spring Ball
New York City, New York: Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets, announced today the honorees of its 68th Annual Spring Ball to be held on Thursday, April 11th at The Pierre, New York. The Man of the Year is Joseph B. Ryan Jr., Managing Director of Developmen...
East Harlem Giglio Society to hoist new 5 1/2 ton tower in annual Catholic religious festival
by Shannon E. Ayala Revisiting your heritage can make for a pretty heavy experience.Especially for members of the East Harlem Giglio Society, who journeyed to the small Neapolitan village from which their forebears migrated to New York more than a century back, and returned with a new centerpiece for their historic religious festival. Thi...
The Voices of Leopardi's Zibaldone on Sept. 25 at Columbia
On September 25, The Italian Academy at Columbia University and Farrar, Straus and Giroux present The Voices of Leopardi's Zibaldone. Appearing for the first time in its entirety in English, Zibaldone amasses the unprecedented brilliance of Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) into one groundbreaking, 2,500-page text. Widely regarded as Italy's fi...
Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo to Perform Solo Recital on the Met Stage, 3/9
Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, who has earned praise for his elegant and expressive vocalism in performances at the Met and other opera houses around the world, will perform a solo recital on the Met stage on Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. He will be joined by pianist Vincent Scalera for the recital, which will feature songs and arias by Bellini, Rossi...
Italian Film Night @ Casa Belvedere - This Thursday, 7/24 "Il Sorpasso"
Directed by Dino Risi, Il Sorpasso follows Roberto, a shy law student and Bruno (Vittorio Gassman), a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man during the summer of 1962. The time they spend together in Rome and Tuscany is a hilarious, but sometimes an emotionally merciless accelerated maturation process. While Bruno's easy going "l'usage d...
I Nuovi Yorkers scoprono il loro corpo: mostra di artisti italiani al NooSphere Arts
by Lisa D'Ignazio La chiamavano "Nuova York" i primi immigrati italiani che all'inizio del Novecento arrivavano ad Ellis Island. La continuano a chiamare così, quasi per gioco, gli artisti italiani che vivono in quella che resta ancora oggi la città delle opportunità. New York accoglie nelle sue braccia i suoi Nuovi Yorkers e lo fa con l'...
Week of Italian Language - THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO by Giuseppe di Piazza
In THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO, Giuseppe Di Piazza uses his real-life experience as a crime reporter to bring to life the second mob war of Palermo. In his newspaper career, Di Piazza covered the murders of over 300 people, many of whom he knew personally: officers, judges, and politicians. This book is his attempt to explain these dark ev...
Andato in fumo il forno della nota Artuso Bakery, al posto del profumo del pane ieri l'odore di bruciato
by Riccardo Chioni "È solo un edificio e si ricostruirà" ha detto Anthony Artuso ieri mattina dopo che i vigili del fuoco avevano spento l'incendio che ha consumato il forno industriale che produceva per diverse pasticcerie. L'incendio si è sviluppato poco prima delle 7 del mattino nel forno situato all'angolo tra 12th Avenue e Third Stre...
The Lives and Art of Tintoretto and Veronese
Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10:30amBoth masters of art, Tintoretto and Veronese were rivals in the Venetian School of art during the Renaissance. Equally adept at using color and perspective, their artwork differed greatly. Tintoretto, dubbed Il Furioso, used dramatic and energetic figures and was a precursor to baroque art, while Verone...
Beppe Baresi ospite d'onore dell'Inter Club del New Jersey che ha raccolto fondi per i Campus nel mondo, il primo a NY è a Inwood
By Riccardo Chioni Due campioni del calcio mondiale del calibro di Beppe Baresi e Youri Djorkaeff hanno richiamato oltre 320 appassionati neroazzurri dell'area metropolitana alla sala ricevimenti The Venetian a Garfield, in occasione della VII edizione del gala dell'Inter Club Facchetti del New Jersey. L'evento, a cui ha par...