Opening Night at the 2015 Santa Rosalia Feast in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Yesterday kicked off the 2015 Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. A neighborhood staple for 40 years, the celebration features nightly entertainment, games, rides, and plenty of delicious food. The festivities continue until Sunday, August 30th. Enjoy the many amusements, but please don't forget the true reason for the celebration and...
Mini Italian Film Festival!
Grab a glass of wine and relax with the Greater New York Region for its first mini Italian film festival! Courtesy of the award-winning television channel Eurochannel, four short films by Italian filmmakers will be screened in Italian with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a guided conversation and time for networking. L...
That's Amore! Lady Gaga's Father's Italian Restaurant Hosts Beautiful Proposal
by Matthew Scott Donnelly The specials this week at Joanne Trattoria, a New York City restaurant owned by Lady Gaga's father, Joe Germanotta? A traditional spaghetti and meatball dinner, herb roasted chicken and marriaaaaaaaaaaaage! This morning (November 30), Lady Gaga shared a video of YouTubing duo WhenSheMetShe (better known as Al...
Exploring the 19th-Century Rooms (and Ruins) of the Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum offered one of its rare "Snapshot" tours last night, allowing visitors to not only walk intoevery apartment on all five floors of the great old 1863building, but also take pictures throughout, breaking theinstitution's usual "no-photos" rule. The cost was $30, it included an excellent spread from Russ & Daughters and Economy...
Fabio Luisi, Opera’s Grand Maestro, Shows No Signs of Stopping
by Wayne Lawson The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, directed by Richard Eyre with Kristine Opolais in the title role, which premieres on February 12, will be conducted by Fabio Luisi, the lean, elegant Italian who for the last decade has been steadily delivering great sound from the pit. Enlisted by...
Il 3 ottobre a White Plains si svolgerà il “Puglia’s Italy Award of Excellence in America”
di Michele Traversa Il prossimo 3 Ottobre 2013, nella città di White Plains, nello Stato di New York, organizzerà la terza edizione della cerimonia di premiazione "Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America". L'evento, che si terrà presso il palazzo culturale della Contea del Westchester, ArtsWestchester, vedrà come premiati le seguenti...
A New York premiato il meglio del Made in Italy
Non contano tanto i nomi dei premiati, e nemmeno chi dà i premi. Quello che conta è che, tra gli italiani che hanno a che fare con gli Stati Uniti, o perché ci vivono o perché vedono gli Usa per quello che sono, cioè una nazione indispensabile, è tutto un fiorire di cerimonie, manifestazioni, iniziative, che hanno al loro centro la celebrazione del...
Music: La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini - December 16, 2014 at 2:00pm
This production of La Bohème aired on March 15, 1977 and marked the beginning of the long-running series of telecast from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. Renata Scotto plays a memorable Mimì and Pavarotti is at his best while portraying Rodolfo. James Levine conducts with great style and purpose, contributing imaginative touches and the...
Celebrating St. Joseph's Day in Sicily, A Presentation by Lou Barrella
March 19 (Thursday) 6:30 pmCelebrating St. Joseph's Day in Sicily, A Presentation by Lou Barrella This DVD presentation will highlight both the sacred and secular ways that St.Joseph's Day is celebrated in Sicily. You will see simple and elaborate St. Joseph's tables as well as the food that makes the day so special. Music examples will go from th...
Alberto Cribiore To Serve as Grand Marshal of the 71st Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Citizens Foundation today announced it has named leading financier, Alberto Cribiore as the Grand Marshal of the 71st Columbus Day Parade, which will take place on Fifth Avenue on Monday, October 12, 2015. The annual Columbus Day Parade, organized by the Columbus Citizens Foundation and presented by the Conair Corporation, is the...
Renzo Piano: “La sfida dell’architettura è salvare le periferie”
di Paolo Mastrolilli «La missione dell'architettura in questo secolo è salvare le periferie. Se non ci riusciamo sarà un disastro, non solo urbanistico, ma anche sociale». L'auditorium della facoltà di Architettura della Columbia University è pieno. Così pieno che gli organizzatori hanno dovuto aprire altre due sale per proiettare l'incontro...
Sagra Del Libro: The Italian-American Book Festival
The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge (OSIA), in collaboration with IAWA – The Italian American Writers Association, is hosting and launching a "Sagra Del Libro" (Italian-American Book Festival) on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6 to 10 pmin the Lodge Hall at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. Admission is free to all. All writers are...