New York mayor to be honoured in Italy
New York mayor Bill de Blasio will next week become an honorary citizen of Grassano, a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Francesco Sanseverino, the proud mayor of Grassano, where de Blasio's grandmother was born, was quoted in Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno as saying that the honour was being bestowed on the New Yorker due to the "f...
Italian Welfare League. Da Ellis Island a "I nostri bambini"
Donne. Donne che danno, donne che lavorano, donne che investono il proprio tempo per sostenere un'organizzazione che si avvia a celebrare il centenario. L'Italian Welfare League nasce dalle ceneri della Grande Guerra. È il 1916 l'italia è già in guerra, gli Stati Uniti lo saranno tra poco. New York è in fermento. Le associazioni di mutuo s...
Eric Mistretta: Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - January 16, 2015 - March 8, 2015
Scaramouche is pleased to present Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Eric Mistretta's first solo exhibition in New York. Mistretta finds a rich source of inspiration in seemingly conflicting feelings such as optimism in the face of despair, or sincerity undermined by naiveté. For Mistretta, comedy and tragedy demand each other in a very dy...
A Vacation in Your "Back Yard"
In the summer, I like to vacation in my own "back yard" and I define that as the five boroughs and suburbs of New York. I always enjoy discovering new fun neighborhoods, restaurants by bodies of water (of which there are many!) and hidden gems. I found one such gem on the "Isle of Staten" as my dear friend Grae, a native Staten Islander, alway...
Italian Studies Book Presentation: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics
Thursday 9/24/2015 - 11:30 AM. Stony Brook University - West Campus - Frank Melville Jr. Library - 100 Nicolls Road - Main Entrance - Stony Brook, NY 11794 - Room: Center for Italian Studies Meeting Hall, E-4340 With author Ernest Ialongo. In his exploration of the politics of Marinetti as the creator and leader of the transformative Futurist...
CM Vallone Hosts Italian Heritage Celebration
Councilman Paul Vallone was proud to host the Annual Italian Heritage Celebration with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark- Viverito at City Hall on the evening of October 7. Nearly 300 friends, family, guests and dignitaries joined in a celebration that filled the Council Chambers. This year's celebration also commemorated the 100th birthday of Fran...
Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us
Vito Acconci, who bushwhacked the path to video art in New York in the 1960s and early 1970s, makes many of today's young artists look tame. The nearly 60 short videos in "Vito Acconci: Where We Are Now (Who Are We Anyway?), 1976," the excellent early-career survey at MoMA PS1, manage to be unnervingly funny, pathetically gross and politically razo...
Il bronzo del "Pugilatore in riposo" sbarca al Met
di Stefania Spatti Dal Museo Nazionale Romano a New York, la scultura greca va in mostra per celebrare il 2013 Anno della cultura italiana negli States Si aprirà il primo giugno al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York la mostra dedicata al "Pugilatore in Riposo", la scultura greca in bronzo risalente ad un periodo tra il qu...
Il Gruppo Esponenti Italiani ha salutato il nuovo ambasciatore alle Nazioni Unite Sebastiano Cardi
di Riccardo Chioni Giornata della diplomazia al Gruppo Esponenti Italiani con l'assegnazione del riconoscimento "Gei Friendship Award" all'ambasciatore Sebastiano Cardi, nuovo rappresentante dell'Italia presso le Nazioni Unite, durante un incontro ieri al ristorante Le Cirque. Doppi onori diplomatici da parte del presidente del Gei, Lucio...
“Little Italy” has Big plans for the future! italytheater unveils its plan for an Italian American Cultural Roadmap at the Italian American Museum
In keeping with the mission of the Italian American Museum, located in the heart of New York City's iconic "Little Italy", the newly created italytheater plans to create an Italian American "Cultural Roadmap" which promises to become the richest portfolio in the United States of Italian inspired activities, soirees, and educational programs, all me...
Mike Piazza to light the empire state building in red, white and green to celebrate the National Italian American Foundation’s mission and educational programs
WHO: Mike Piazza, New York Mets Great and 12-Time MLB All-Star WHAT: Mike Piazza will flip the switch and light the Empire State Building the colors of the Italian flag on Tuesday, June 3, on behalf of NIAF in a special ceremony to celebrate The National Italian American Foundation's mission and educational programs across the country. &n...
Lecture: Villa del Balbianello - November 04, 2014 at 06:00 pm
In collaboration with Friends of FAI - Presented by: Sarah Plimpton - Followed by a Q&A. Author and artist Sarah Plimpton will present a lecture on the history of FAI's magnificent Villa del Balbianello, located on Lake Como. The 18th century villa was purchased in 1919 by her great uncle, Congressman Butler Ames, who c...