Vicki Vasilopoulos Talks 'Men of the Cloth'
Just over a decade ago, Vicki Vasilopoulos made a dramatic change in her career path and left fashion journalism to transition into documentary filmmaking. Her first movie, "Men of the Cloth," marries both her passions. It features an up-close-and-personal insight into the lives and work of Italian master tailors Nino Corvato, Joe Centofanti and Ch...
Veterans salute Medal of Honor recipients
Veterans from Hawthorne American Legion Post 112 and members of the Westchester Medal of Honor Committee paid tribute to New Yorkers who have received the nation's highest military award in ceremonies Wednesday at Kensico Cemetery. "Not many people know about National Medal of Honor Day, and it's not really commemorated in very many places...
America Oggi rischia la chiusura
La crisi non fa sconti a nessuno, men che meno alla stampa. Se poi diamo uno sguardo alla stampa d'emigrazione, negli ultimi tempi è stata oggetto di tagli ai finanziamenti che hanno talvolta costretto i giornali a "ripensare" alla propria periodicità se non a chiudere del tutto. Oggi un altro pilastro dell'informazione italiana all'estero vac...
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center to Launch 2015-16 Italian Playwrights Project This Dec
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, in collaboration with Italian Artistic Director Valeria Orani from 369gradi (Italy) and Umanism (NY), has co-curated a new Italian translation, performance, and publishing initiative. Four plays were selected, in collaboration with an advisory committee, from a pool of recent winners of some of the most pres...
Italian Language Foundation Chairman Louis Tallarini to be Honored with Dante Award
Margaret I. Cuomo, M.D., president of the Italian Language Foundation, announced today that the organization would pay tribute to its chairman, Louis Tallarini, in honor of his commitment to the perpetuation of advanced high school study of Italian language and culture. The presentation of a Dante Award will be held at the Columbus Citizens Fo...
Intern with NOIAW This Summer!
PART-TIME PAID INTERNSHIPLooking for a great opportunity to learn more about social media, events management, and nonprofit administration while contributing a worthy mission? The National Organization of Italian American Women is currently accepting applications for a part-time intern to assist with office tasks related to marketing, even...
IAWA Welcomes NYTimes best-selling author Wally Lamb and IAWA’s Gil Fagiani
WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off BleeckerWHEN: Saturday Sept. 10, 2016 @ 5:45 - 7:45 pm WHO: Wally Lamb is the author of five New York Times bestselling novels: Wishin' and Hopin', The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much is True, She's Come Undone, and most recently, We Are Water. Lamb also edited Couldn't Keep It to Myself and...
San Gennaro in NYC: A peek into the festival's past
By Meghan Giannotta When you think of Little Italy's San Gennaro festival, Italian eats instantly come to mind. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the event that brings more than 1 million tourists and locals to Manhattan, craving cannolis. But when the Society of San Gennaro first took to the streets in 1926, the group had somethi...
Ralph Branca, Admired Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher, Dies at 90
Arriving on the major league scene as an 18-year-old in 1944, former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca led a forceful 12-year career, winning 88 games, totaling 829 strikeouts, and registering a 3.79 ERA. Branca, a Mount Vernon native, died Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Rye at 90, according to a tweet posted by his son-in-law, former m...
Rocco Manzolillo eletto per il 28°anno consecutivo Presidente del Club San Cono a New York
Rocco Manzolillo eletto per il 28° anno consecutivo alla presidenza del Club "San Cono" di Brooklyn, una delle più prestigiose associazioni di italo americani presente negli Stati Uniti d'America. La riconferma alla presidenza della prestigiosa associazione rappresenta un record nella storia del Club San Cono e, al tempo stesso, un attesta...
Da New York a Firenze per studiare il Rinascimento
Ieri sera a New York una decina di studenti provenienti dalle scuole più difficili dei cinque distretti sono stati i protagonisti di un'iniziativa che difficilmente dimenticheranno. La Palazzo Strozzi Foundation Usa, per il terzo anno consecutivo, ha infatti selezionato i ragazzi più meritevoli per un viaggio premio in Italia alla scoperta dei teso...
Sondaggio: il democratico Bill de Blasio distacca di 50 punti il contendente repubblicano nella corsa a City Hall
By Riccardo Chioni Fate largo, passa l'allegra famiglia di Bill de Blasio, in cammino verso la Upper East Side, dove - secondo analisti - i figli del Public Advocate possono iniziare a scommettere su chi andrà ad occupare la camera migliore a Gracie Mansion, confortato da un distacco di 50 punti dal rivale repubblicano. Ad una manciata di settima...