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By Carol Ann Benanti   The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island's historic Italian landmark — the age-old Gothic Revival-style house located at 420 Tompkins Ave. in Rosebank — will be featured on the Travel Channel's "Mysteries at the Museum" Thursday at 9 p.m.   According to Carol Berardi, event coordinator at the cultural center,...

by Tracy   If you poll an group of New Yorkers, with the exception of those who live or work in the borough, how many can say they've been to the Bronx? A Yankees game doesn't count, and neither does a drive on the Cross-Bronx Expressway.   Sadly, many New York City denizens rarely stray beyond a 10 or 20-block radius because they are...

Our readers are cordially invited to attend a reading of Dennis Loiacono's play, "The Innocence of Maria" on Thursday, April 3rd at the Italian American Museum. The play tells the story of Maria Barbella who was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair. About the play:On April 26, 1895 an Italian immigrant from the Lower East Side of...

by Anthony J. Tamburri   The author in conversation with: Josephine Hendin, NYU and Martino Marazzi, University of Milan This book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. It also discusses other socia...

by Anthony J. Tamburri   The Italian Diaspora Studies Summer School is a three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) that takes place June 15th through July 3rd. The Summer School is designed to introduce participants to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic perspectives and to...

MAY 08, 2015 (06:00 PM)Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 Presented as part of The Literary Mews - a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival. Award-winning translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker) and NYU professor Rebecca Falkoff will discuss the anonymous Italian author, whose devastatingly h...

The 14th annual Italian Festival will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 9, at Molinaro's Ristorante Pizzeria Caffe', 90 Walnut St. Some of the festivities planned for the event include a spaghetti eating contest, wine tasting contest, secret sauce contest, activities and games for children, live entertainment, delicious food from local vendors,...

October 2, 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States. Come and be swept off your feet with a sampling of some of the most cherished Italian romantic arias.   Join us for an evening of music and love, presented by the talented artists of New Yo...

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 Hours: 6pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI Reserve   Over the course of his 50- year career, Alberto Burri developed his artistic path in series, most of which were defined after a dominant material or process: Catrami (tars), Sacchi (sacks), Combustioni (combustions), Leg...

by Jennifer Parker   With this month's opening of La Sirena at The Maritime Hotel, New York City foodies are getting yet another Italian trattoria from Mario Batali. It's about that time. Every few years, the famous red-haired chef and restaurateur Joe Bastianich get together and open a splashy New York eatery – as was the case with Bab...

Una volta, c'era "solo" l'export del Made in Italy. Che non era niente male, peraltro, perche' dava profitti alle aziende che sapevano fare prodotti vincenti sui mercati internazionali, lavoro ai loro dipendenti, e prestigio al Paese. Oggi la missione industriale-commerciale resta per tutti gli imprenditori l'ovvia ragione per espandere le attivita...

Chef Anthony Russo, the creative culinary mind, founder and CEO of chef-driven concepts Russo's New York Pizzeria and Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, announced today a series of large-scale international franchise advancements for his brands.   The globally-acclaimed chef and entrepreneur has firmed up franchise agreements to add more th...