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The applause from a sold-out audience enjoying the family friendly comedy "How Alfo Learned to Love Women" last week (at the National Opera-America Center) should reassure all Italian-American dramatists that you don't need gangsters, molls, or mob bosses to draw a crowd.   Like the character Guido Contini in "Nine" by Mario Fratti, New York...

In cooperation with Aspen Institute Italia, the Italian Embassy in US and The Council for the United States and Italy, Italian Business & investment Initiative's Summit will be held on February 10 at Bloomberg's headquarters in Manhattan. This summit's theme will be "Italy: we are open for business".   As customary it will host CEOs, inv...

A New York, per le celebrazioni del Giorno del Ricordo, che quest'anno è scalato di un mese causa maltempo, dopo la commemorazione e il dibattito all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura, il Consolato ha ospitato la proiezione del documentario di Chiara Barbo e Andrea Magnani, prodotto da Pilgrim Film con il supporto dell'Ambasciata americana a Roma, dal t...

By Leslie Brody   My late husband Elliot used to rhapsodize about childhood visits with his grandmother to Bronx's Arthur Avenue, where they would eat, shop and eat some more. We never had a chance to go there together before he died of cancer seven years ago.   After getting married again this summer, I heard my new husband's cousin,...

Lìolà is not your typical neighborhood Italian restaurant in Queens. Owner and Chef Angelo Alaimo is serious about providing sophisticated, thoughtful dishes, fine wines and exceptional customer service that rival the top Italian restaurants in the entire New York Metropolitan area. Dinner commences with a plate of cubed parmesan, green and bl...

Un altro italiano di successo brilla nel firmamento degli Stati Uniti d'America per la sua maestria professionale in un delicato settore come quello della microchirurgia.   Il GEI Gruppo Esponenti Italiani di New York, che da anni unisce i più autorevoli rappresentanti della società italiana in America, ha infatti voluto premiare con il "GEI...

World-famous culinary star and restauranteur Mario Batali stopped by The BookMark Shoppe in Bay Ridge on Saturday to meet his fans and sign copies of his new book. "Big American Cookbook" includes 250 of Batali's favorite recipes from across the USA. The BookMark Shoppe owner Christine Freglette welcomed Batali to the mom-and-pop and pop shop that...

When John Sartor came back from the Vietnam War, he and a buddy opened a bar in Cliffside Park, N.J., called R. Jay's Pub, a no-frills hangout for his family and friends.   "The bar was a familiar place for me," said Alyssa Sartor, his daughter. "You could say I grew up on a barstool." Ms. Sartor now has her own place, August Laura, a c...

Per un'intera settimana il Morellino di Scansano, il rosso fresco e corposo DOCG, tipica etichetta della provincia di Grosseto, in Maremma, sarà protagonista di un Tour ricco di eventi e, naturalmente, di degustazioni per gli appassionati d'oltreoceano. Un programma che, dal 5 al 10 maggio, a New York City e a Washington, prevede workshop e semina...

Argol Villanova Group, Italian leader in global integrated logistic services, completed its first strategic investment in the United States. Argol Villanova Group, through its U.S. subsidiary, Argol America, Inc., acquired an equity interest in Eagle Support Services Corporation, a security and logistic services provider based in Alabama, with ope...

What?! Four-and-a-half stars for Pasticceria Bruno in Dongan Hills, an Italian bakery that serves breakfast, brunch and dinner every day but Monday?   Oh, yes — indeed, the honor seems more than appropriate for a business that doles out excellent service alongside equally impressive food.   Read more   Source: http://www.s...

Promuovere la candidatura di Urbino a capitale Europea della cultura 2019 e diffondere la conoscenza del suo patrimonio artistico-culturale. Con questi obiettivi la regione Marche, la citta' e la Soprintendenza di Urbino, in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York promuovono un'esposizione straordinaria della Santa Caterina d'...