IAWA’s Open Reading Series Featuring Nancy Caronia & Edvige Giunta – September 12, 2015
WHEN: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 @ 5:45 PM WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleeker WHO: Nancy Caronia is a Lecturer in the Honors Program at University of Rhode Island, where she teaches contemporary literature, composition, and creative writing. Caronia's creative writing has most recently appeared in Animal, New Delta Review,...
American non-profits restore Italian artworks
On November 4, 1966, both Florence and Venice were devastated by floods: Florence by the torrent of mud-laced waters from the Arno and Venice by an unequalled high water caused by heavy rains, wind and tides that put the city under more than 6 feet of fresh and salt water, stranding it for days. Now, as the 50th anniversary of the flood approaches,...
Opening Reception for Flora Interpretations
The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for Flora Interpretations, An Exhibition Featuring Photo Impressionistic Murals and Abstract Studies on Canvas, by Michael Desiano. Friday, January 27, 2017 - 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. - Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. 212.9...
NIAF’s New York Spring Extravaganza
Time to start planning to attend NIAF's "New York Spring Extravaganza: A Couture Evening at Cipriani 42nd Street." On April 4, 2013, NIAF will host another grand evening of fine dining, heritage and culture, camaraderie and celebration at the Italian Renaissance-inspired Cipriani 42nd Street, the grand site of last year's sold-out New York Gala! &...
Exclusive Interview with Professor Philip J. DiNovo
by Debra Santangelo Professor Philip J. DiNovo is the Founder and President of the esteemed American Italian Heritage Association and the American Italian Heritage Museum in Albany, New York. He has also been knighted by the Italian Government and is a respected figure in America's Italian community. Mr. DiNovo has kindly agreed to provid...
The Italian American Table by Simone Cinotto
Looking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, University of Gastronomic Sciences professor Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants in his new book, The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Commun...
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Torino artist Nicoletta Balani
Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Torino artist Nicoletta Balani in The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition. The exhibition opens on August 22, 2014 and will remain on view until September 11, 2014. The opening reception will take place on the evening of Thursday, August 28, at 6-8pm. Referencing h...
Avviso di assunzione di impiegato a contratto presso l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York
È indetta una procedura di selezione per l'assunzione di n° 1 (uno) impiegato a contratto da adibire ai servizi di commesso-centralinista presso l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York. Le domande di ammissione alle prove per l'assunzione, da redigersi secondo il modello disponibile presso l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York (o s...
St. John’s Celebrates Italian-American Heritage
St. John's University and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last week hosted a celebration of Italian-American heritage on the school's Utopia Parkway campus. Katz presented citations of honor to five Italian Americans "in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the community": Dr. Robert Mangione, provost of St. John's Unive...
Bertuna named president of Columbian Lawyers, 1st Judicial Department
By Rob Abruzzese Brooklyn attorney Marianne Bertuna was officially sworn in as president of the Columbian Lawyers Association for the 1st Judicial Department in front of more than 200 friends, colleagues and judges during a ceremony at the Water Club in Manhattan on Dec. 21. "It was such an honor to be named president of such a te...
Quando Anna Magnani conquistò l’America e New York conquistò lei
Anna Magnani si era imbarcata sull'Andrea Doria a Napoli, nell'aprile del 1953. Era il suo primo viaggio a New York, lei che non amava l'aereo, lei che non amava viaggiare, era arrivata in una città che, come tutti in quegli anni, aveva visto al cinema, di cui conosceva le strade e i grattacieli per i tanti film visti, e trovò una città che non si...
Blauvelt Sons of Italy to Host Beefsteak Dinner and Comedy Show
By Jamie Wilkins From GMG Public Relations, Inc.: New York City's Beefsteak Dinners started in the late 1800s and they were traditionally all-male gatherings held in rustic taverns or dingy cellars where, sitting on crates or stools, the men would tell stories, sing, eat steaks, and drink beer or ale with abandon. Etiquette was out the window, the...