Elica con design-apart presenta per la prima volta a New York pescecappa di Gaetano Pesce
Elica, in collaborazione con Design-Apart, organizza un workshop aperto a designer e architetti e promuove una borsa di studio in Italia dedicata ai migliori studenti di design, presentando per la prima volta a New York Pescecappa, la straordinaria opera di Gaetano Pesce. Elica e la Fondazione Ermanno Casoli sono partner del progetto Desig...
Book Presentation: "Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa: A Biography Through Images" by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Perhaps in no other novel of the twentieth century has the sense of time and place had such a central role and profound significance as in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's masterpiece, The Leopard - a work which captures Sicilian traditional society in a period of transition when faced with modernity and political upheaval. Written by Lamped...
Love, Italian-American Style
by John Quinn If we were to believe poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Miles Standish, military advisor to the Plymouth Colony, was smitten with the lovely Pilgrim maid, Pricilla Mullen. Rather than woo her himself, he sent his roommate, John Alden, to speak to her on his behalf. Bad move. John also loves Pricilla and the love triangle takes...
Students in Utah Embrace La Bella Lingua
By Mauro Battocchi In the city of Salt Lake City, the Italian language is alive and kicking. Take, for example, these two students below from the University of Utah. Italian has truly opened doors in their scholastic and personal lives and, as you can tell from their video interviews, they are very enthusiastic about this special language. ...
S.Y. Kitchen presents ‘Godfather Night’
S.Y. Kitchen and Luca Crestanelli, executive chef and partner, are hosting "Godfather Night," a special "Family" dinner Tuesday, April 1, inspired by his Italian-American immigrant tradition. Reservations start at 5 p.m. For one night only, S.Y. Kitchen will be transformed into an Italian eatery of the past, complete with red checkered ta...
Francis Ford Coppola shoots his first Italian-American film in 23 years
Why change a winning formula? We're guessing that's what Francis Ford Coppola has been asking himself before embarking on his new project: a currently untitled film that will focus an Italian-American family and span their experiences over thirty years (from 1930s to 1960s). We imagine Coppola'll be rewatching his classic The Godfather sin...
The Rome Chamber Music Festival
Join us for an evening of music and to learn more about the Rome Chamber Music Festival, which was founded by Robert McDuffie in 2003. Since its inception, the festival has played to full houses of chamber music enthusiasts from around the world and has become one of Rome's most anticipated cultural events. June 8 -12, 2014, at the Palazzo...
Gaetano Cipolla (President - Arba Sicula)
Everyone knows that the first regional group among the Italian community in the US is the one from Sicily. The period of mass emigration, the one starting in 1880 and ending more or less in the early 20's of the XXth century, didn't see at the beginning Sicily as the main region of departure. Some Sicilians had previously gone to New Orleans (at th...
Historic BBQ
Sunday is our historic annual BBQ at the Club. Please help us celebrate the reopening of the Club's outdoor patio and bocce ball courts. It has been many years since we've been able to use the patio. Our president, Angelo Cassaro along with Jimmy Gerard and Ben Spano have pulled out all the stops to insure that this is a memorable event. T...
CTIM- Festa della Repubblica a Chicago
By Vincenzo Arcobelli Nel sessantottesimo anniversario della Festa della Repubblica Italiana, e' stata organizzata CTIM Nord America la manifestazione dedicata "all'Italian National Day". Un'occasione estremamente significativa dal momento che dopo alcuni anni è proprio il CTIM a farsi promotore di una così rilevante iniziativa per i color...
New Jersey Italians Opera Aperitivo
New Jersey Italians invites you to attend our inaugural OPERA APERITIVO! June 26, at Spuntino Winebar in Clifton, New Jersey - 7:00 – 10:30 PM Meet friendly people and make new connections! Practice your Italian and La Dolce Vita Enjoy a live performance by the Montclair Opera Group!NJ Italians, in collaboration with the Montclair Oper...
Amadeo Peter Giannini – Lecture
Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:00pmLecture by Dr. Vincent Fausone Jr. at the Museo Italo Americano. Did you know that Amadeo Peter Giannini was the first banker to extend financial support to ordinary folks or that without his financial support, the Golden Gate Bridge would not have been built? Did you know that he bankrolled the Hollywo...