Columbia Seminar in Modern Italian Studies-call for abstracts, deadline 4/25/14
Dear Members and Friends of the Columbia Seminar in Modern Italian Studies, For those interested in presenting a paper at the Columbia Seminar in Modern Italian Studies, please submit an abstract of what you propose by April 25, 2014. The abstract should be no more than 300 words. In your email please also include a copy of your CV, and two sugges...
"Nonna Lidia" intrattiene 300 "nipotini" delle elementari che studiano l'italiano in una scuola del Bronx
By Riccardo Chioni L'hanno accolta come si addice ad una superstar e come benvenuto hanno intonato l'Inno di Mameli 300 studenti della St. Raymond Elementary School nel Bronx che studiano italiano, ai quali ieri ha fatto visita la vincitrice di premi Emmy, autrice, ristoratrice e imprenditrice Lidia Bastianich. Nell'auditorium della scuola situat...
A New York il 20 giugno la prima edizione della Bocconi Alumni American Conference
La Bocconi Alumni Association svolgerà per la prima volta a New York una full-day edition dedicata all'analisi economico-finanziaria della dicotomia Europa-Stati Uniti. L'evento avrà luogo venerdì, 20 giugno, presso lo Union League Club a Manhattan e riunirà gli Alumni Bocconi alla presenza di diverse personalità di rilievo del panorama economico e...
General Assembly March 2nd, 2013
Gentili Socie e Soci,L'Assemblea plenaria dello IACE si terrà in data 2 marzo 2013 alle ore 12:30 al seguente indirizzo: Consolato Generale d'Italia690 Park Avenue LL, New York, NY 10065(tra 68th 69th Street – metro N. 6, fermata 68th St.) Vi preghiamo di inserire questa data nel vostro calendario. Seguiranno ulteriori dettagli sullo svolgimento...
The Multilingual Classroom: An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages
The Multilingual Classroom. An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages Italian Language Resource Laboratory. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street - New York, NY 10036 Saturday, 18 April 2015 Schools and college classrooms in the U.S. are increasingly multilingual. In order to bene...
Sicilian Americans Have Something to Say, in Sicilian
Every Wednesday night, a small group of students gather for their language course at the Italian Charities of America Inc. in Flushing, Queens. Ironically, the students are not interested in learning Italian, but a separate language that arrived during the wave of Italian immigration to New York City. These students are the children and grandchildr...
Italian Language education in the spotlight again in NY
Aiming to promote culture and language, the Italian Consulate General in New York is working on a new initiative aimed at creating an English-Italian bilingual section in New York public schools. The Consulate General will develop this project under the Two-Way Bilingual Education Program, an instructional design model outlining methods fo...
Donation of Violins: Mondomusica New York 2014 contributes violins to the students of Opus118-Harlem School of Music
Mondomusica New York, the finest American exhibition for violin and string-instrument making, is dedicated to sharing values related to the centuries-old tradition of violin-making, the latest issues and trends that are happening in the music community, and most importantly music education. Mondomusica New York has a mission to foster music educat...
BMCC's Italian Program Enrollment is Among the Largest in the Nation
Professor Tom Means of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Modern Languages Department recently discovered that the BMCC Italian program, in which enrollment has quadrupled since 2000, is the largest Italian program among community colleges, nationwide. Professor Means has also just published an article examining language learnin...
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza To Support Italian-American Students
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza is celebrating Columbus Day a week early this year. All of the New York and New Jersey locations, including the one at 420 Northern Blvd. in Great Neck, will donate 20 percent of dine-in and takeout sales on Monday, Oct. 3, to the Columbus Citizens Foundation Scholarship Program in support of education for Italian-America...
American-Italian Cancer Foundation e New York Italians per le donne
Il 30 settembre 2012 è un giorno molto importante per le donne newyorkesi. L'American-Italian Cancer Foundation, in collaborazione con New York Italians, ha organizzato dei controlli gratuiti per la prevenzione del cancro al seno. Sabato 30 settembre sarà presente a New York presso Union Square East al civico 10 una postazione mobile nella quale v...
La Riunione Italiana - Italian Conversation Class
The Italian American Museum presents: LA RIUNIONE ITALIANA. Italian Conversation Class. Conducted by Frank Tamburello, NYS Certified Italian Language Teacher. Practice speaking Italian at our new Italian conversation class! Thursday, February 19th, 6:30 P.M. In order to speak Italian, you have to, well, speak...