Audrey Hepburn Mural In New York City’s Little Italy
New York City is home to many dope mural pieces. The Little Italy Street Art Project is bringing more great pieces to the masses. The project brings a diverse group of street artists to help build the visuals for Manhattan's mural district near Mulberry Street. The project's most recent addition is the work of Brooklyn-based artist Tristan Eaton....
The Guardians by Antonio Pio Saracino Coming to Midtown Manhattan
The Guardians: Hero and Superhero, by acclaimed Italian architect and designer Antonio Pio Saracino, are new public sculptures that represent two legendary civic heroes. The pair of 13-foot-high statues, one in marble and the other in mirror polished stainless steel, will be positioned at the north and south ends of the public plaza at 1095 Avenue...
Italian Master Drawings From The Morgan (Online Exhibition)
The Morgan Library & Museum's collection of Italian old master drawings is one of the most significant in this country and functions as a cornerstone of the institution's holdings in graphic art. The nucleus of the Morgan's Italian drawings—presently numbering at nearly three thousand sheets including sketchbook and album pages—origina...
City Living: Little Italy is appealing to younger New Yorkers
Offering decades of Italian history and culture, Little Italy in recent years is attracting young residents and families. New Yorkers and tourists alike flock to the nabe for its delicious cannoli and the annual Feast of San Gennaro festival in September, but its residents enjoy its year-round culture and accessibility.Little Italy is surrounded b...
Screening of Documentary "Pane Amaro"
Screening of Documentary "PANE AMARO" (Bitter Bread)The Italian American Journey from Despised Immigrants to Honored Citizens byGianfranco Norelli and Suma KurienOften referred to as the first comprehensive depiction on film of the Italian immigrant experience in the United States, this 2009, feature-length, English language documentary,...
Restoration and management of the “leaning tower” and monuments in Piazza dei miracoli, Pisa, Italy
Introduction: Warrie Price, Director, Battery Park, NY Lectures: Professor Giovanni Padroni (University of Pisa) speaks about the materials and overall work that has being done on the Leaning Tower of Pisa to restore it to its original splendor and the principal technologies used in the restoration. He will also discuss the frescoes of th...
A Night of Italian/American Poetry With Rachel Guido DeVries and George Guida
A night of Italian/American Poetry will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 6:00 pm in the Sodano Coffee House (D'Angelo Center Third Floor). Presented by The Italian Cultural Center, two writers will be featured: Rachel Guido DeVries and George Guida. Rachel Guido DeVries is a southern Italian American (Sicilian and Calabrese). Her latest b...
Bill de Blasio sworn in as 109th mayor of New York City; first Democrat elected since 1989
by Jonathan Lemire Bill de Blasio has been sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City, becoming the first Democrat to occupy City Hall in nearly two decades while vowing to pursue a sweeping liberal agenda for the largest U.S. city. De Blasio took the oath of office moments after midnight Wednesday in front of his modest Brooklyn home a...
Nadia Manginelli, Miss Italia Peekskill to Compete in the Miss New York USA Pageant
Miss Italia Peekskill, Nadia Manginelli, age 21 from Peekskill, NY will be competing in the Miss New York USA Pageant. Miss Manginelli will be representing all Italian Americans of the Hudson Valley on January 18th and 19th at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. Nadia graduated from Roy C. Ketcham High School and BOCES C...
Il sogno americano parla e "suona" italiano. Ecco le storie di chi ce l'ha fatta
di Glauco Maggi Si tengono convegni e si scrivono fiumi di parole sul fenomeno della "fuga dei cervelli" verso gli Stati Uniti. Un ministro della Repubblica, secondo quanto ha riferito all'Istituto Calandra il Dean Anthony Tamburri introducendo l'ultima iniziativa accademica sul tema (28 gennaio: I Giovani d'Italia, l'Italia che vive a New...
Local Celebrities Stack Cheese For Charity At Italian Festival
Some Western New York celebrities took part in the Galbani Cheese Stacking competition Sunday at Buffalo's Italian Heritage Festival on Hertel Avenue. Local media and sports personalities participated in heats, including Time Warner Cable News anchor Katie Morse. Contestants had one minute to stack packaged string cheese as high as th...
Book Presentation: THE ITALIAN AMERICANS: A HISTORY - December 02, 2014 at 6:00 pm
In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Laurino reveals surprising, fascinat...