Come Here, Look Back, Move Forward
The choreographer Stephen Petronio does not like to go backward. He says that moving in reverse — say, on a train — makes him feel mentally disturbed and physically ill. Nevertheless, there is a lot of backward in his life these days. At 58, he has written a memoir. A lovingly rendered account of an Italian-American childhood in suburban N...
Andrea Pallaoro's Debut Feature 'Medeas' Opens in New York City on December 19th
A lyrical portrait of a rural Southern California family's inner lives, their relationship to their ever-shifting landscape, and their growing alienation with each other, "Medeas" is the acclaimed debut feature of Italian-born filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro. Offering a contemporary variation from the pov of an Italian art filmmaker, on the time...
Special Members-Only Event: Snow Orchid starring Angelina Fiordellisi
Join NOIAW for the new play Snow Orchid, starring longtime NOIAW member and honoree Angelina Fiordellisi. The play will be followed by a special discussion on the Italian American experience with Angelina, director Valentina Fratti, and NOIAW's Founder and Chair Emerita, Dr. Aileen Riotto Sirey. Tickets for this special presentation are pr...
Margherita Moscardini - Andrea Nacciarriti New York Prize 2014-15 Winners
The Italian Cultural Institute and The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies - Columbia University present: Margherita Moscardini - Andrea Nacciarriti, New York Prize 2014-15 Winners. Final Projects Monday, March 30, 6 - 8 PM. Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, New York 10065.&...
A Measure of this World - Galileo's Dialog with the Universe Program @ Casa Belvedere Tues. 8/25
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents: "A Measure of this World - Galileo's Dialogue with the Universe" with David Vincenti. A book presentation, reading and signing on Tuesday, August 25th @ 7:00 PM. Worth Noting: It is believed that on this date in 1609, Galileo first presented his improved telescope to th...
Italian American Community Center to host annual Empty Bowls event
Greece, N.Y.The Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank DiMino Way, will host the 12th annual Empty Bowls Rochester at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15. Participants will be able to share a simple meal and choose from handmade bowls to take home. The event also will include dessert, wine and beer tastings, a silent auction and music. Ticke...
Italianate Architecture: Classic Row Houses With Over-the-Top Leafy Ornament
The quintessential Brooklyn row house is the Italianate-style brownstone, homes with tall stoops, long windows and majestic entries. There is a perfect symmetry to their uniformity, a pleasing rhythm and solidity to brownstone blocks — especially when paired with old trees, overflowing flower boxes, and heavy cast iron railings. The Italia...
Maestro D’Arte Francesco Santoro Presents Art Classes and Lectures in NYC This Summer
Join NOIAW member and Maestro D'Arte Francesco Santoro for a series of art classes and art history lectures in New York City this summer! Born in Italy, Francesco Santoro had a passion for art at a very young age. His formal art training began in the 1970's, and today his artistic philosophy remains linked to his interest in painting as a mean...
Gala annuale dell'American Society of The italian Legions of Merit. Premi all'eccellenza italiana
Sotto lampadari di cristallo, tra decorazioni in oro, tendaggi damascati e orchestra sul palco della Grand Ballroom, si è svolto venerdì sera nel lussuoso Pierre Hotel il 47.mo gala annuale dell'American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit, con le decorazioni appuntate sulle giacche dell'abito da sera.Il gala si è svolto sotto l'alto patronato...
“Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, February 21-September 1, 2014 The exhibition of Italian Futurism now on view in the main rotunda at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City deals with the 20th century art movement whose ultimate fate was bound up with the betrayals of th...
Beatrice Scaccia e la sua arte, da Veroli a New York
di Liliana Rosano Beatrice Scaccia, inizia la sua carriera da studentessa all'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Roma. Si forma con grandi maestri come Marotta, Cipriani, Gatt. Grazie a loro prende, sempre più consapevolezza che l'arte avrebbe fatto parte della sua vita. Non ricorda quando decise di diventare un'artista, ma ricorda ben...
Learning Italian at the Metropolitan Opera
By Fred Plotkin I am writing this on a quick work trip that has me immersed in Italian conversation but, for the purposes of this article, my mind is back home in New York. Specifically at the Metropolitan Opera House. The first four operas of the Met season were Anna Bolena, Otello, Il Trovatore and Turandot. All operas had two t...