US travel agents put their enthusiastic stamp of approval on the scenery, history, hospitality and food and wine of Romagna. On a whistle-stop tour of Romagna's hilltop and seaside highlights a group of travel agents and tour operators from all over the US tasted the delights of Romagna.   Hosted by Best of Romagna, US travel trade operator...

Midtown became a sea of red, white and green Monday as the 69th annual Columbus Day Parade made its way up Fifth Avenue. The world's largest celebration of Italian-American pride stretched from 47th Street up to 72nd Street.   More than 35,000 marchers took part in the parade, among them Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Andrew Cuomo an...

By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Eduardo De Filippo sbarca in un college americano con la commedia Le Bugie Con le Gambe Lunghe. Il racconto in esclusiva per La VOCE dell'attore Jacopo Rampini che interpreta il personaggio di Libero Incoronato. Le Bugie Con le Gambe Lunghe è una commedia in tre atti del 1947, scritta da Eduardo De Filippo, che tratta c...

To be held in New York on Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26, the conference theme of "MAFIAs"—the first on the subject by this academic research institute—intends to cover a broad variety of manifestations of organized crime throughout the world and over time.   This scholarly event seeks a comparative approach to the subject, from histo...

By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Antonio Monda è l'anfitrione dell'intellighenzia del vecchio continente nel nuovo mondo. Il New York Times lo ha definito "un istituto di cultura raccolto in una sola persona" e "custode della gloria di New York".   E proprio come la Grande Mela, Antonio Monda non dorme mai. È costantemente impegnato su molteplici...

Sono tornata. Sono stati mesi pieni di teatro, da fare, organizzare, presentare. La seconda edizione del Festival In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY è stata ancora una volta una bella festa ed ha portato il teatro italiano in tutti i cinque distretti.   Comunità che mai avrebbero visto il nostro teatro, che associano la cultura e la lingu...

'Lights from the Dark. Mafia and Antimafia: pictures for an inventory", a journey from Palermo to New York to keep on telling the historical facts from the Sicilian Workers Leagues (Fasci Siciliani) to the murder of Joe Petrosino and the captures of the mafia-bosses Luciano Liggio, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.   An itinerant exhi...

Andrea Bargnani will end his season injured but playing as the Italian forward attempts to salvage his career and reputation. According to a team source, Bargnani suffered a partially torn ligament in his left thumb last week.   The injury to Bargnani's non-shooting hand will not prevent him from playing in the Knicks' final five games,...

If you've ever wanted your apartment to look like the set of a Fellini film, the MoMA Design Store has you covered. On May 1, the Design Store is launching a collection of 32 fun and feisty tabletop pieces by some of Italy's design greats, encompassing everything from reissued design masterpieces to more contemporary works by the current torchbeare...

Date: February 11, 2013 at 8:00 am - 11:30 am Location: Peterson Hall 50 East 68th Street New York, NY Italy: Opportunity Amid the Eurozone Crisis Italy Meets the United States of America Summit