Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in America
by Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri and Cav. Uff. Joseph Sciame Dear Friends and Colleagues: Each year, the Board of Directors of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY, Inc.) selects a new theme and then proceeds to create a theme poster and publish its "Calendar of Events" for the annual October month celebrat...
Central New York Playhouse offers tough, challenging 'Melagrana' (Review)
By Neil Novelli Central New York Playhouse's newest production, Len Fonte's "Melagrana," which opened on Friday, is possibly their toughest, most challenging production to date. It is certainly among the most intense and gripping shows that have been performed in the area. Directed as well as written by Fonte, and set in modern Sicily near a...
L’Italian American Museum celebra la Festa di San Gennaro
L'Italian American Museum ricorda le celebrazioni che dal 13 al 23 settembre prossimi renderanno omaggio a San Gennaro. Il Museo in particolare proporrà la proiezione continua a più riprese di un video di durata di 10 minuti sulla storia e sul significato culturale della festa di San Gennaro. Tra gli appuntamenti segnalati dal Museo: nel pomerigg...
NEW YORK - 30 anni Fondazione De Fornaris, collezione in mostra
Per celebrare il suo trentesimo anniversario, la Fondazione De Fornaris, in collaborazione con l'Istituto italiano di cultura di New York e il Museo Gam di Torino, ha organizzato una mostra con una selezione dei pezzi migliori della sua collezione di arte moderna e contemporanea.Giorgio Morandi e Felice CasoratiL'esibizione, che verra' inaugurata i...
American opera singer wants judge to unseal grandfather’s adoption records so she can get Italian citizenship
An aspiring American opera singer hoping to perform regularly in Italy is asking a Manhattan judge to unseal her grandfather's adoption records so she can prove that she is entitled to Italian citizenship. Kenneth Rose, a San Diego lawyer, says in a petition to Manhattan Surrogate Court that his whole family could benefit professionally from dual...
"Gli italiani nel Queens", dalle difficoltà alle conferme
Emigrazione e integrazione sono temi attuali. Oggi più che mai. Ed è giusto allora, soffermarsi a riflettere, studiare e analizzare temi legati alla tolleranza, all'accoglienza, al multiculturalismo e alla convivenza. Specie alla luce dei fatti, visto che sono più di quattro milioni i cittadini iscritti all'Anagrafe degli Italiani Resident...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society's eight-day feast gets under way in Rosebank
On Friday evening, Steve Gross sat at his fish pond booth drawing on his pipe and waiting for customers, while the air was filled with the scent of grilled hamburgers and the sound of rock 'n' roll from DJ Vin D. Once again, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society's anniversary feast breathed life into the quiet little Rosebank neighborhood betwe...
Falls getting ready to celebrate its three-day Italian Festival
Three days devoted to Italian heritage are coming to the city next weekend. The annual Italian Festival runs Friday through next Sunday. Centered around the intersection of Pine Avenue and 15th Street, the event is billed as "Three Days of Tradition, Food & Music." The event includes more than 20 vendors selling food and other items....
D'Antonio and Montanari Duo to perform at Albany Museum of Art - November 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm
An Italian music duo will perform Sunday afternoon in the second concert of the Symphony @ the Museum series. ##The D'Antonio and Montanari Duo, a guitar and flute duo, will perform a program of a variety works by composers Carl Nielsen, Terry Riley, Astor Piazzola, Toru Takemitsu and others at the Albany Museum of Art, 311 Meadowlark Drive. Part...
Italian American Museum presents "Carnevale di Venezia"
You are cordially invited to attend a lecture and DVD based photo presentation on the centuries-old tradition of Carnevale by acclaimed photographer Anita Sanseverino at the Italian American Museum this Thursday, February 12th. Authentic Venetian carnival masks from Anita's own collection will be on display as well. Carnival masks are the...
Bell, East Harlem historian, featured at Vito Marcantonio Forum
The Vito Marcantonio Forum held another interesting event on Sat., Feb. 28 at the New York Public Library located at 10 Jersey Street in New York City. The VMF is a historical, cultural, and educational organization that brings together people from a wide variety of backgrounds, dedicated to disseminating and sharing knowledge of the life...
Il ministro Pier Carlo Padoan ospite d'onore al gala dei 40 anni del Gei: "Siate fiduciosi, l'economia cresce, scommette sull'Italia"
di Riccardo Chioni Gran Gala al Plaza Hotel mercoledì sera in occasione della celebrazione dei 40 anni di attività del Gruppo Esponenti Italiani di New York, alla presenza di numerose personalità ed autorità con ospite d'onore il ministro dell'Economia e delle Finanze Pier Carlo Padoan. Tra gli ospiti il console generale Natalia Quintaval...