Bassetti’s Manifesto, a Wake-Up Call for All the Italics of the World
“Let’s Wake Up, Italics!“ will take place on Wednesday, June 7th, at 5.30 pm at the Consulate General of Italy, 690, Park Avenue, New York NY 10065. “A wake-up call” are the words that open Piero Bassetti’s latest discussion of his notion of Italics and Italicity in his book, Let’s Wake Up, Italics! A Manifesto for a Glocal Future, which is the Eng...
Locale review: Sleek, casual Italian restaurant is at home in downtown Patchogue
Locale means “local.” It’s at home in downtown Patchogue. The transformation of Main Street into a dining destination briskly goes on via this sharp, new spot owned by Fabrizio Castelli and his family. They also operate the informal and flavorful Primo Piatto in Huntington. The cuisines and menus are similar if not identical, celebrating traditiona...
Boulevard Books Author Iris Vignola to Publish Italian Fairy Tale Collection
Boulevard Books Author Iris Vignola ventures into children's fiction. In the Fantastic World of Fairy Tales is her collection of twelve stories for children and for those who still love dreaming, published in two different editions, with various illustrations. The first fairy tale, the Veiled Princess, was the theme of the first theatrical performa...
Le gemelle siamesi di “Indivisible” conquistano il Lincoln Center
“Sold out”, con sala gremita da quasi 400 persone, giovedi sera al Lincoln Center, all’inaugurazione del festival Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. Una grande partecipazione che ha visto come protagonista, per la prima serata, la pellicola Indivisibili (Indivisible), di Edoardo De Angelis. Un film che racconta della crescita e delle vicissitudini di...
Festa Repubblica: a New York celebrati valori e prodotti d’Italia
I valori della cultura italiana festeggiati come forse, ormai, non si festeggiano più nemmeno in Italia. In una Park Avenue a New York vestita a festa, venerdì, si sono svolte le celebrazioni per il 71esimo compleanno della Repubblica Italiana: un 2 giugno da ricordare nel quale sono state valorizzate le eccellenze culinarie, linguistiche e artisti...
Feast of St. Anthony dinner tickets
Tickets are going fast for The East Harlem Giglio Society’s Feast of St Anthony Dinner! Friday June 9th at 7:30pm - Fratelli’s Restaurant - 2507 Eastchester Rd, Bronx, NY. Giglio Boys, Giglio Girls, Members, Friends, Family, and Neighbors, please join us on as we kick off the Giglio season with our Feast of St Anthony Dinner. Please order your tick...
Would Totti be a good fit for the Cosmos?
One of the biggest stories at the end of this season of European football involved Francesco Totti playing his last game for Roma. The Italian gladiator has played for Roma since 1992 (for reference, longer than I’ve been alive!). However, after receiving limited game-time from manager Luciano Spaletti, the Italian has decided to move on. After lea...
Napoli, Brooklyn
June 28 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm: Napoli, Brooklyn - The Laura Pels Theatre - 111 West 46th Street, Manhattan Roundabout Theatre presents the world premiere of Napoli, Brooklyn, the latest work from Meghan Kennedy. In 1960 Brooklyn, the Muscolinos have raised three proud and passionate daughters. But as the girls come of age,their paths diverge-in drast...
Armondo’s Italian Restaurant
Armondo’s has always been a classy, classic Italian restaurant serving excellent cuisine from all regions of Bella Italia. For the past 44 years, Armondo’s has been serving the Queens community as well as diners who travel from Manhattan, Long Island, and the tri-state area for a meal here. Besides the fantastic food and ambience, there’s Jerry Cri...
Party Shoes: Sergio Rossi Toasts the sr1 Collection in New York
Last night, Sergio Rossi hosted an intimate dinner in New York to celebrate the new sr1 collection. It was hosted by CEO Riccardo Sciutto and held at Lavagna, the East Village eatery offering traditional Italian trattoria fare, where well-heeled guests were given a taste of Italy. Next to the menu lay a miniature lookbook cataloging an assortment o...
New York Opera Fest 2017: Fred Plotkin To Give Talk on Social Media and Opera Singers
New York Opera Fest is not only offering live performances or staged productions. The event is also showcasing major lectures with some of the industry’s greatest thinkers. Among them is Fred Plotkin, who is easily THE opera expert in the United States. Throughout his career, Plotkin has showcased his knowledge and skill as a writer (you should che...
Italian Short Readings
June 23 (Friday) 7:00 pm Italian Short Readings. italytime's Literary Cafe presents the new program "Short Readings: Italian Plays, Poems and Stories" in honor of Luigi Pirandello's 150th birthday. The evening will include the reading of two one-act plays written by the Nobel Prize winner, followed by Q&A with Artistic Director Vittorio Capotorto....