by Alfonso Guerrero jr. Old Italian barber shops in the United States are on the verge of extinction. For much of the 20th century, most big cities had many Italian barber shops. These barber shops and their trademark red, blue and white helical stripes or "barber's pole" signifying whether the shop is open or closed, was as ubiquitous as...
READ MOREBy Giovanni di Napoli Sunday morning (Oct. 4th), I took a subway ride to Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter Street) in Manhattan's Historic Little Italy to attend the 112th Annual Feast of Saints Cosma and Damiano, patrons of San Cosmo Albanese in Calabria. This year, returning to their roots, organizers decided to forgo the annual Latin rite...
READ MOREDate: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - Hours: 11:30am Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI - In collaboration with: RAI Cinema- MoMa Film 10 ITALIAN STORIES is a table book created in collaboration with Rai Eri (RAI's publishing company), which includes the best images taken from the backstage of the ten movies th...
READ MOREQuando Buca di Beppo ci ha invitati a provare il suo nuovo ristorante, proprio nel cuore di Times Square, sapevamo che avremmo fatto un'esperienza diversa dal tipico ristorante italiano. Vista la location e il nome, e il tripudio di tricolori, stavamo entrando esattamente in quell'altrove affascinante della cucina italoamericana! Mi rendo...
READ MOREL'Italian American Museum di New York (Mulberry street 155) ospiterà il 1° agosto alle ore 18.30 il duo musicale di fisarmonicisti formato da Dominic Karcic e Ray Oreggia per una performance dedicata alla musica "Valtaro Musette". I due da tempo si esibiscono e presentano questo tipo di tradizione musicale, rivolgendosi in particolare ad a...
READ MOREThe Italian Welfare League will be hosting its annual "Autumn in New York Luncheon" to benefit Italian-American children in need. NIAF proudly is a sponsor of the luncheon which will take place on October 19, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. For more information visit: http://italianwelfareleague.org/. Fonte: NIAF ...
READ MOREdi 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...
READ MORE"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...
READ MOREQuesta 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...
READ MORESince 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...
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