ANDREA VITERBI - Reflections of an Educator, Researcher and Entrepreneur
When: Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021Organized by : IIC - Entrance : Free. Andrew Viterbi in conversation with Maria Teresa Cometto. Presentation of Andrew Viterbi's memoir Reflections of an Educator, Researcher and Entrep...
Ricette siciliane e tradizioni napoletane tra gli eventi dell'Italian American Museum
"Soulful Sicilian Cooking": è il tema dell'appuntamento che si terrà il 20 dicembre alle 18.00 all'Italian American Museum, New York. Protagonista di una serata tutta all'insegna della cucina siciliana sarà Antoinette Silicato, che presenterà il suo nuovo libro. Nel volume, Antoinette Silicato presenta sessanta ricette autentiche della tradizione...
The Italian roots of Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio officially announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City on Sunday by recalling the person who influenced his life the most, an old Italian man with an accent that was nearly incomprehensible. "He only had 70 years to get comfortable with English," de Blasio jokingly defended his grandfather. Commonly referred to as an Italian...
Little Italy – Manhattan
In 1892 Ellis Island, located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was established as the chief immigration center. Between 1892 and its closing in 1956, over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island. For centuries since the collapse of the Roman Empire, Italy had not existed as a single unified entity. Instead, it...
Gigli, un pezzo di Bruciano a New York
Quest'anno la "Giglio Society of East Harlem", sta preparando la sua festa con la prevista "Dancing of Saint Anthony's Giglio" dell'11 agosto 2013 con una grande sorpresa ed un forte impatto emotivo per i discendenti italoamericani con radici bruscianesi: la veste del Giglio proviene direttamente da Brusciano grazie alla produzione ed alla fraterna...
ART & PERCEPTION: Featuring Contemporary Italian American Artists in Westchester County
Artists of Italian descent have enriched American aesthetic culture, embracing new styles and techniques. Without limitation, they opened up to a variety of new styles with fresh ideas and imagination. Featured artists include world-renowned pop artist Charles Fazzino, as well as Westchester residents Rosemarie Cherundolo, Hank Rondina, Eleanora Gr...
Rome's Ca’ d’Oro opens second U.S. gallery
The prestigious Galleria Ca' d'Oro, a Rome, Italy landmark, has opened their doors in the Chelsea section of New York City in partnership with fine art photographer, curator and collector Giada Baselice. This is Ca' d'Oro's second U.S. location after opening in Miami four years ago. Galleria Ca' d'Oro was established in 1970 in Rome by Ant...
The Neighborhood That Disappeared, to air Friday on WMHT
By Paul Grondahl It has taken more than 50 years, but the silently displaced South End residents pushed out of their homes, businesses and tight-knit Italian-American enclave by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's South Mall government complex are finally having the last word. "I wanted to give voice to the voiceless," said Mary Paley, t...
Nine Productions From Italy to Premiere at IN SCENA ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL, 5/4-20
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, announces the lineup for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 fully staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York. Each show will h...
Parks Dept. donates marker honoring first Italian immigrant to Italian American Museum
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has donated a granite marker honoring Peter Caesar Alberti, the first Italian American immigrant, to the Italian American Museum in New York's Little Italy. The gift arrives in time for June 2nd, which marks the 380th anniversary of Alberti's arrival in the New World. The date is also...
An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of NY's Irish and Italians
This is an excerpt from the introduction to An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians, a book by former Newsday reporter Paul Moses that is to be released July 7 by NYU Press. On those chilly March days when I walked home with the other boys from Mary Queen of Heaven School in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn in...
Cuomo taps DiFiore as chief judge
by Joseph Spector Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will become the state's next chief judge if she's confirmed by the state Senate next year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday nominated DiFiore, 60, to head the state Court of Appeals, the state's top court. Cuomo had until Tuesday to name a successor for Chief Ju...