Book presentation: L’Uomo Che Ascoltava Le 500 by Francesco Paolo Tanzj
October 14, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center24 Depot Square, Tuckahoe, NY L'uomo Che Ascoltava Le 500 is a presentation of 13 unedited short stories. Based on autobiographic episodes, the stories and events are narrated with different asymmetrical rhythms: dramatic, contemplative, thoughtful, ironic. Some recount stories of the...
Fallen NYPD Officer Honored After 43 Years!
by Mario Buonviaggio FINALLY!... After 43 years, five Mayors and a ton of red tape, one of the NYPD's fallen Heroes was honored Monday, righting what many officers say was the Department's biggest wrong. Officer Phillip Cardillo was fatally shot in a 1972 ambush when he responded to a bogus emergency call at a Nation of Islam mosque i...
Modigliani Nude Fetches a Record $170 Million in New York
by Katya Kazakina Amedeo Modigliani's painting of a sultry nude fetched $170.4 million from a Chinese buyer at Christie's on Monday, a record for the Italian artist at auction. Estimated at more than $100 million, Modigliani's 1917 "Nu Couche (Reclining Nude)" has the highest valuation among almost 2,000 lots offered by three major auction houses...
Marcello Saija ospite del Center for Italian studies lecture di New York
Il Center for Italian Studies Lecture di New York informa che partirà dal 7 febbraio prossimo alle 18.00 una serie di letture su vari temi. Protagonista del primo appuntamento sarà Marcello Saija, (Università di Palermo) che interverrà sul tema "Immigrazione Siciliana in America", con l'introduzione di Vincenzo Pascale Ph.D., coordinatore...
Al via il Tribeca Film Festival, l'Italia c'è con quattro pellicole
Spazio a registi provenienti da tutto il mondo, al cinema indipendente, ai nomi eccellenti del grande schermo e della storia. La XII edizione del Tribeca Film Festival, che debutta oggi a New York, promette come ogni anno il mix di cultura, arte cinematografica, spettacolo ed eventi che dal 2002 lo rende unico nel suo genere. Fondato da Robert De...
Scontro tra culture nel nuovo libro di Stille
di Maurita Cardone Attraverso la storia di due famiglie molto diverse tra loro, il giornalista Alexander Stille racconta il '900 e un'America multiculturale. Nel suo ultimo libro The Force of Things. A Marriage in War and Peace (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), presentato ieri, 6 maggio, alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della New York Un...
Cecilia Alemani, una under 40 a capo dell’High Line di New York
By Liliana Rosano Se fosse rimasta nella sua Milano probabilmente oggi sarebbe disoccupata o impiegata in qualche museo, invece Cecilia Alemani,dal 2011, è curatrice indipendente e direttrice del programma di arte pubblica dell'High Line Art, la ferrovia sopraelevata che l'ex sindaco di New York ha fortemente voluto e trasformato in uno spazio pub...
Church’s closure could be the end of its treasured murals
A Midtown church slated to close as part of a massive shakeup by the Archdiocese of New York is a veritable art museum filled with dozens of stunning murals painted by a world-renowned artist — and parishioners fear the treasured works could be lost forever. Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church in Kips Bay is adorned with...
Al Bruno: Yearning for a time that no longer exists
Buffalo's West Side of the 1970s remains indelibly etched in my childhood memories because it was a simple yet prosperous time in Buffalo's rich, cultural history. It represented a special time when the West Side resonated with an old-country, Italian cultural flavor that was prominent in everything we did in our daily living. Importantly,...
Una donazione di $25 milioni crea l'istituto per il Parkinson e i Disturbi Motori alla New York University, Langone Medical Center
New York University Langone Medical Center ha annunciato oggi che la Fondazione Paolo e Marlene Fresco (Fondazione Fresco) ha donato $25 Milioni per creare l'Istituto Marlene e Paolo Fresco per il Parkinson e i Disturbi Motori (Istituto Fresco). L'Istituto Fresco migliorerà la conoscenza, la cura e l'istruzione sul Morbo di Parkinson e i disturbi m...
Angela Dea (Rosati) Giansante -- July 22, 1925 - Jan. 31, 2016
Angela Dea (Rosati) Giansante, 90, of Lockport passed away peacefully on January 31, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Roccamorice, Italy, on July 22, 1925, to Corradino and Maria (DiPronio) Rosati. Her mother died when she was 9, and Angela became a loving caregiver to two younger siblings. Her father moved the f...
Richard A. Angrisano, Italian Club president
Dec. 12, 1946 – Dec. 5, 2016. Richard A. Angrisano, a retired Erie County employee and Hamburg resident known for his support of local sports and social clubs, died Monday in Hamburg. He was 69. angrisanoA Lackawanna native who maintained connections and friendships in his native city throughout his life, Mr. Angrisano was an alumnus...