Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, is thrilled to announce that it raised over $157,000 at its Wine and Spirits Annual International Dinner on Thursday, September 12 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York. The funds will be used for BGTI's...
È stata inaugurata ieri, presso il Metropolitan Pavilion e il Palazzo Altman, la manifestazione Première Vision New York, la più importante manifestazione dedicata ai tessuti ed accessori per l'industria dell'abbigliamento di alto livello in calendario negli Stati Uniti, nata con l'obiettivo di presentare in anticipo rispetto alle due principali fi...
Arrivarono in California per cercare l'oro e lo trovarono, ma era l'oro della terra del Golden State dove gli italiani fecero fortuna come agricoltori, pescatori, viticultori. Un documentario racconta le loro storie e la loro identità culturale, ieri e oggi In questo documentario del 2013 Gianfranco Norelli e Suma Kurien raccontano degli immigrati...
The Winter Garden Theatre is ready to rumble! Rocky, a new musical featuring music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone, is bringing the Eye of the Tiger to Broadway. To celebrate the official opening night of Rocky, Broadway.com resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson sketched thi...
Il Westchester Italian Cultural Center, in collaborazione con la United Pugliesi Federation, ha presentato sabato scorso, 5 aprile, Santi di Puglia/Apulian Saints, una collezione di immagini di feste patronali, sagre e suggestivi percorsi storici che rievocano ogni anno antiche consuetudini e tradizioni della Puglia. La mostra, corredata dalla pro...
Barbara Naddeo's Vico and Naples provides an intellectual portrait of the Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) that reveals the politics and motivations of one of Europe's first scientists of society, or philosophers of social justice. Rich with period detail and attentive to Vico's historical, rhetorical, and jurisprudential texts,...
The self-taught artist Ralph Fasanella (1914-97), born in the Bronx to Italian immigrants, believed that painting could be a form of labor advocacy. He worked as an ice delivery man, a truck driver, a gas station owner and a union organizer, all the while developing his colorful and detailed scenes of working-class life (as in "Family Supper," whic...
The Geneva Sons of Italy lodge will continue its celebration of Italian Culture and Heritage Month this week with a special screening of a classic movie. The Friday evening event, dubbed "Paradise Italian-style: A Night of Culture, Entertainment, Food and Wine," is centered around the Academy Award-winning film Cinema Paradiso, which was named Bes...
Jazz, folk, blues and swing notes will entertain you all night while the chef serves up some delicious and authentic Italian food. Olivia Foschi's Italian Swing Trio, led by the talented Italian-American singer Olivia Foschi will play a live jazz session. Olivia Foschi has become an iconic voice in the New York jazz scene. Her debut album...
Homi, il salone degli stili di vita organizzato da Fiera Milano, allarga le frontiere della sua attività internazionale e, dopo il successo della prima edizione russa che si è tenuta il 14 ottobre a Mosca, presenta il 4 dicembre a Miami, alla stampa internazionale, la sua prima edizione negli Stati Uniti. L'appuntamento è dal 16 al 19 maggio 2015...
The demographics of once-predominantly Italian Bay Ridge may have changed over the decades, but on the micro level, Italians still rule the Ridge. A Weill Cornell Medical College study of bacteria in city subway stations released on Feb. 5 found half of Bay Ridge's stations are crawling with Enterococcus italicus, a bacteria used to make I...
Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Bolzano artist Massimo Nalin in Pulse of Abstraction. The exhibition opens on March 31st and runs until April 21st, 2015. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, April 2nd from 6-8 pm. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interestin...