Fiaschetteria Pistoia: A Brilliant Bit of Tuscany Lands in the East Village
In the 1990s, Tuscan cuisine blazed across the culinary firmament like a comet. Helped along by Frances Mayes’ book-turned-movie, Under the Tuscan Sun, Americans were besotted with the region’s simple and elegant cooking. We savored pungent pecorino and rustic salami as a first course, just-made pastas lightly sauced as a second, and third courses...
The Best Is Yet To Come - The Paley Center For Media Celebrates 90 Years of Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is truly a renaissance man. He has won 19 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and three Emmys, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a 2005 Kennedy Center Honoree, a 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Humanitarian Award winner, inductee into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, founder...
Missione Funzionario Itinerante a Rochester per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano
Si informa la comunità italiana residente a Rochester nello Stato di New York che nei giorni 15 e 16 maggio 2017, sarà effettuata una missione itinerante per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano. La missione avrà luogo presso i locali del corrispondente consolare italiano in Rochester – 2851 Monroe Avenue,...
A food tour of Arthur Avenue, the Bronx’s Little Italy
Little Italy in Lower Manhattan has long been associated with pizza parlors and gelato bars. But with gentrification, the neighborhood has shrunk and many residents have relocated to other boroughs and suburbs. One of the most noteworthy is the Bronx’s Arthur Avenue, where another, more authentic Little Italy proves harder to get to for tourists bu...
Italian Opera, Bel Canto and Future of Conducting in Safe Hands with Carlo Rizzi
Ranking among today's leading conductors, Carlo Rizzi's vast repertoire ranges from the foundation works of the operatic and symphonic canon to rarities by Bellini, Cimarosa and Donizetti. He is in high demand as a guest artist at the world's most prestigious venues and festivals, not least for the insight and integrity of his musicianship and the...
5 Couples Italian Cooking Classes in NYC
If love is in the air and you also want the smell of a good meal in the air, you’ll love this list of 5 couples Italian cooking classes in NYC. I may not be the best cook, but I do love cooking and I especially love eating Italian food. While I love eating it, I don’t really know how to make many Italian recipes other than an Alfredo sauce from scr...
Italian Brands Earn 124 Awards at NYIOOC
Once again, Italy achieved major success at the 2017 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), with a record 124 awards among 198 entries. The country ranked first in both the number of contestants and awarded brands. Italian producers achieved outstanding results even after fighting the hardships of one of the worst harvest seasons in...
Times Square Event in honor of our Veterans
On Tuesday, May 23, in conjunction with the Times Square Advertising Coalition, the Emmy award winning "Just A Common Soldier" video by Tony Lo Bianco will be shown in Times Square at 10:30 AM to honor the bravest Americans: our great veterans. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT. At 10:30 AM America's Tenor, Daniel Rodriguez,...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Approaches End of First Week
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, kicked off the 5th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan on May 1st. The opening celebrated Award Winning playwright Mario Fratti with friends and admirers. With daily events in venues all around the city, the festival is c...
Opening Reception for Italy's Golden Age of Bicycles
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for "Italy's Golden Age of Bicycles: 1952 - 1985". Presented by the Brooklyn Velodrome Vintage Wheelmen. Guest Curator: Michael Haddad. Thursday, May 11, 2017. 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. 212.965.9000 info@ItalianAmericanMuseum.org 155...
Con una tradizione che passa di padre in figlio, l'Aceto balsamico tradizionale conquista gli States
Nonostante l'aceto balsamico sia un prodotto noto a livello internazionale sin dall'XI secolo, c'è ancora confusione su DOP e IGT. Gli americani sono tra i maggiori estimatori e tra gli ambasciatori di questa eccellenza made in Italy ci sono importatori e ristoratori Non solo qualità ed eccellenza dell’Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale DOP. Dietro l’oro...
Tricia Barbagallo, speaker at the May 18th meeting at the American Italian Heritage Museum - 7:00 PM
Tricia Barbagallo is a Member of the American Italian Heritage Association. She holds two Master's Degree in History from the University at Albany, and is 3/4 of the way complete with a Ph.D. in history. She has worked at the Colonial Albany Project since 1987 - rebuilding the lives of Albany citizens born before, and also studies Albany's Colonial...