Il cioccolato italiano alla conquista di New York
di Daniela Sapone Inaugurato il primo store newyorkese di Amedei, marchio nato dall'idea di Cecilia Tessieri, la prima donna nel mondo a ricoprire il ruolo di maître chocolatier Delle delizie di cioccolato completamente made in Italy. Amedei, l'azienda toscana fondata dalla maître chocolatier Cecilia Tessieri, ha inaugurato la sua...
Growing up in "Little Italy"
"Waiting for Yesterday (Pages from a Street Kid's Life)," by Michael Parenti, tells his perspective of growing up as an Italian American in New York City in the post WWII era and it came to our attention right after we purchased a copy of "Were You Always an Italian (Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America)?" by Maria Laurino at the S...
New York Italians Children Camp
August 18- 22 9:am to 12pm $175Learning a new language through enriched play is the philosophy behind our programs. Children absorb language easily through active play lessons, enrichment games, music, movement, fun visual aids, arts & crafts, hands-on projects, story-time, celebration and costume days, charades, friends and laughs. Be...
Eduitalia. Assegnate 22 borse di studio
Questa è la XIV Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo e in America le celebrazioni sono partite con la premiazione - sabato scorso al Consolato di New York - di 22 studenti vincitori delle borse di studio EduItalia. New York è anche protagonista come modello delle strategie per diffondere l'italiano all'estero, tema di cui si parla in questi gi...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series Featuring Anthony D’Aries and Julia Lisella – April 11, 2015
Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the month. IAWA East is held even months at Sidewalk Café and IAWA West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months. APRIL 11: iawa-East @ Sidewalk Café @ 5:30 PM, 94 Ave. A @ 6th St. WHO: Anthony D'Aries is the author of The Language of Me...
Le Sirene Brings Tastes Of Southwestern Italy To Westchester
by Leslie-Anne Brill Larchmont, a man swept into the bar after driving up from Manhattan. "He's our Cheers customer," said the bartender, Olga (who splits shifts between Larchmont and Manhattan). He lives next to Caravaggio, one of the three Upper East Side restaurants (in addition to Sistina and San Pietro) where owners Gerardo and Cosimo Bruno m...
Italy’s mosaics company Sicis focuses on the US market with new openings in New York
In Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, there are the most-refined and best-preserved mosaics from they Byzantine age in Italy. So, which other place could have host the headquarters of Sicis, the world leader in decorative mosaic art and design? Founded in 1989 by Maurizio Leo Placuzzi, in 25 years the Sicis mosaics have been placed in the most promi...
In Ellis, Robert De Niro fantasma dell'immigrazione
Tra le mura abbandonate di una Ellis Island coperta di neve, sotto un cielo livido e una Manhattan vicinissima ma troppo lontana, il silenzio è scalfito solo da poche frasi, la voce di Robert De Niro che si aggira nei corridoi deserti, tra i ritratti dei tanti passati per quelle stanze, milioni di persone. "Sono venuto qui per avere una ca...
Christopher Columbus Society of Yorktown Elects New Officers
The Christopher Columbus Society of Yorktown held its annual elections in December. Newly elected as officers of the organization are Mark Palancia (president), Bobby Violante (vice president), Ron Delasandro (treasurer) and Joe Tuccito (secretary). Elected to the Board of Directors were Angelo Gallinelli, Bob Giordano, Rob Gisolfi, Mike Nac...
Mario Merz at Gladstone Gallery, New York
by Isabella Mason Gladstone Gallery in New York is hosting an exhibition "Early Works" by Mario Merz that will be on view through December 17, 2016. The exhibition, in collaboration with Fondazione Merz, brings together the historic early works by the seminal Italian artist Mario Merz. A leading figure in Italy's Arte Povera movement...
11th edition of the “New York Prize”: 4 months’ study in the Big Apple for emerging artists
Four months' study the USAThe prize winners will be offered a chance to spend a period of four months in New York to develop their creative skills in the cultural and artistic environment of the United States and, in particular, the avant-garde megalopolises of the East Coast.There are many initiatives in which the winners will be able to participa...
Festa in onore della Madonna della Libera
Domenica 4 agosto, una consistente fetta della comunità italiana della grande area metropolitana di New York si è ritrovata a Queens per festeggiare la Madonna della Libera e l'associazione culturale italiana ad essa collegata. La Madonna della Libera è venerata in tutto il Benevenetano ed aree limitrofe. L'associazione fu costituita oltre...