Ariola Joins NYC Council’s Italian Caucus
Councilman David Carr announced the revival of the NYC Council’s Italian Caucus this week, along with six of his colleagues in the Council: Minority Leader Joseph Borelli (R-Staten Island), Councilwoman Joanne Ariola (R-Queens), Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn), Councilman James Gennaro (D-Queens), Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), and Cou...
Buffalo’s Galbani Italian Heritage Festival announces 2023 dates
The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival will be held on Hertel Avenue once again this summer, with organizers on Wednesday officially announcing the dates of the 2023 event. The beloved street festival will bring Buffalo’s robust Italian dining scene back to North Buffalo in mid-July, running Friday through Sunday, July 14-16. The three-day event is...
Sign dedicated to Utica's first Italian-American mayor, Dominick Assaro
A sign was dedicated to Utica’s first Italian-American mayor, Dominick Assaro, in East Utica Friday afternoon. The sign sits at the Dominick Assaro Industrial Park on Dwyer Avenue. Assaro served as mayor of Utica from 1968 to 1971. Several of his family members gathered with city officials for the sign unveiling. “Family was so important to him and...
Center for Italian Modern Art debuts exhibition on art and advertisement
The Center for Italian Modern Art, known as CIMA, was founded here in New York in 2013 by art historian Laura Mattioli. Her start in the art world began with her father's collection, something he created as a response to the violence of World War II. Mattioli joined "News All Day" on Women Wednesday with more on their new exhibition and the contrib...
A Century of Women. Tommasoli’s photographs 1906 - 2022
When: From March 9 to May 15, 2023 from Monday through Friday from 10AM to4PM - A unique exhibition dedicated to women, as seen by four generations of Italian photographers. Photography is not only a way of representing reality, but also of painting and reinventing it. The important Tommasoli photographic archive shows us women’s metamorphosis over...
Magazzino Italian Art Announces Highlights of the 2023 Program
Magazzino Italian Art is pleased to announce a new slate of programs for the upcoming year. The calendar will highlight a program series curated by Ilaria Conti on diversity in art and culture across Italy and the US, a lecture series on new scholarship in the study of the Arte Povera movement curated by Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino Italian Art 2022...
Staten Islander to lead NYC Council’s new Italian Caucus
A new City Council caucus announced Thursday will bring a bit more amore to the five boroughs. The new bipartisan Italian Caucus will seek to provide a voice for the city’s Italian community while promoting the history, culture and contributions of New Yorkers of Italian descent. City Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island), who is of half Italian he...
Adelina Patti and Two Sicilies and European Opera in New York and Beyond
Today, as memory of past opera greats fades a bit, especially that of singers and impresarios who largely predated the age of recording, it is impressive that one of the first truly worldwide celebrities was a daughter of the Two Sicilies who studied and came of age in New York. Adelina Patti and her parents, siblings, and extended family toured th...
Nearly 300-Year-Old Guarneri Violin Could Achieve $10 Million at Auction
A rare, nearly 300-year-old violin that has been in the collection of the late businessman Sau-Wing Lam and exhibited twice at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be auctioned at Tarisio next month, with an estimate in excess of US$10 million. The instrument, circa 1731, is one of only about 150 known violins handmade by Italian master...
Giulio Picolli received the honor of Commendatore OMRI
Giulio Picolli, a successful entrepreneur with well-acknowledged outstanding expertise, was recently given the honor of Commendatore OMRI (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) at the Italian Consulate in New York. Giulio Picolli is praised for his contributions to preserving the ties between Italy and New Jersey’s Italian-American community....
This Is Where The Heart Of Little Italy Lies & What You Can Do There
Every traveler's must-see list includes Little Italy because of its genuine pasta meals, which are offered by the top Italian restaurants, and its romantic, old-New York ambiance. In the 1880s, immigrants from Naples and Sicily flooded the region, creating the once-Italian neighborhood that now stretches from Canal to Houston Streets, between Lafay...
“Other Voices of Italy” (OVOI)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023. From 6:00 pm To 7:00 pm. Organized by: IIC-NY (686 Park Ave, New York, NY). Entrance: Free. Book now. Presentation of “Other Voices of Italy” (OVOI), a translation series of books published by Rutgers University Press (first release January 13, 2023). Speakers: the editors Eilis Kierans, Alessandro Vettori, Sandra Waters...