Italian music for guitar from the 19th century the Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini's guitar A concert by Marco Battaglia who will play a 19th century guitar once belonged to Italian Patriot Giuseppe Mazzini. Marco Battaglia was born in 1969 in Milan (Italy) where his high school studies were concentrated in the classics and afterwards he studied l...

The Italian American Community Center will celebrate its 23rd annual Christmas Gala on Dec. 6 in its Grand Ballroom, 150 Frank DiMino Way. The event is open to the public and proceeds from the event will be donated to SIS (Sustain. Inspire. Survive.), an organization committed to improving the quality of life of those battling breast cancer....

At age 65, The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation, Inc., is still going strong. The time-honored organization played host to its 64th annual Dinner Dance Friday, April 10 in Nicotra's Ballroom of the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield, where some 170 revelers came out to party heartily, laud the evening's honorees and to raise their glasses i...

Presented by actor Danny Aiello, The Italian Chicks Musical-Comedy Variety Show opens its East Coast tour on June 7tht, 2015 at the Bellmore Movies & Showplace at 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY. It is a one-night only comedy and song event that kicks off their east coast tour which will continue in major cities in New York, Rhode Island, Massa...

by Katya Kazakina   A sumptuous painting by the 17th century Italian artist Orazio Gentileschi, showing a young nude woman about to be showered with gold, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum for $30.5 million at Sotheby's in New York.   The price for "Danae," which was commissioned in 1621 and recently hung at the Metropolitan Museu...

Chissà cosa avrebbero detto i fondatori della CPL Concordia, cooperativa storica della provincia di Modena, se nel 1899 avessero loro detto che 114 anni dopo la società avrebbe fatto la manutenzione del più famoso dei grattacieli di New York, l'Empire State Building. A un anno dal terremoto che sconquassò l'Emilia, la coop ha annunciato la costituz...

Ferrari is hosting owners and admirers of its mythic sports cars on a rally from New York's Battery Park to Bridgehampton on the East End of Long Island.   Today over 60 models of the Italian performance car and their owners are expected to run in the Tributo Ferrari, with the ultimate destination being the Bridgehampton Polo Club to celebra...

By Maurita Cardone La promozione dei territori italiani è l'obiettivo delle attività dell'Enit, Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo, che da tempo ci ha abituati a eventi organizzati per far conoscere le regioni della penisola e le loro ricchezze. Ma questa volta l'agenzia del turismo ha deciso di fare le cose in grande e riunire tutta l'Italia in un uni...

Nazareth College's Casa Italiana is teaming up with Italian Cultural Institute in New York City and the University of Rochester's Modern Languages and Cultures to bring film director Fred Kuwornu to Rochester for screenings of his films Inside Buffalo and 18 IUS Soli on January 29 and January 30.   Both screenings are free and open to the pu...

The Blauvelt Sons of Italy will host the 5th Annual Italian Feast and Carnival this September 11th through the 14th. The event draws thousands of people from around the tri-state area during the four day celebration of all things Italian.   Opening Day, Thursday, September 11th, will feature a tribute to the fallen heroes of 9/11 at 5:30pm....