Employment: Tiro a Segno Fellowship in Italian-American Culture
The next round of applications for the Tiro a Segno Visiting Fellowship in Italian Studies will be accepted from now until April 7, 2017, for positions to be held in Spring 2019 and Spring 2021. Please see details below if you are interested in applying. The Department of Italian Studies and the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University i...
Kairos Italy Theater Presents US Premiere of THE WORTH OF WOMEN
On the occasion of International Women's Day 2017, KIT - Kairos Italy Theater announces its upcoming US Premiere production of "The Worth of Women." KIT-Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, brings to the stage the US premiere of The Worth of Women, a theatrical adaptation of a book written by Moderata Fonte...
‘The Trend’ With Rebecca Granet: Il Volo
On this edition of “The Trend” with Rebecca Granet, Italian pop trio Il Volo stopped by a day before kicking the U.S. leg of their world tour “Notte Magica.” Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble describe the music in the tour as “the best of the Three Tenors” repertoire. “After 26 years, we are here again bringing to the young gener...
An ardent Italian evening from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
It is a little astonishing that Giuseppe Verdi wrote 26 operas before delving into the string quartet genre in 1873—at age 60. After Aida cooled his interest in stage works, he wrote his Quartet in E minor in a Naples hotel room, but as with the opera, the premiere’s reception was discouraging, and the quartet was not revived again for three years....
It's still Columbus Day in Williamsville schools
The second Monday in October will continue to be observed as Columbus Day in the Williamsville Central School District. A proposal to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day on the district calendar was rejected by a wide margin Tuesday night by the School Board. Board President Toni L. Vazquez, who initiated the proposal in October, cast th...
St. Joseph's Day traditions live on for one New Dorp family
As Staten Islanders anxiously await the arrival of spring and the promise of rebirth, a sacred annual tradition awaits a group of individuals whose faith is their inspiration year after year. St. Joseph, one of the most loved saints among Italian-Americans and the patron saint of the Universal Church, workers and the protector of families, is honor...
Talking Cuisines and Cultures with Fabio Parasecoli
Fabio Parasecoli, 52, an internationally recognized authority on the intersection of food and culture, commutes from his high-rise apartment in Fort Lee to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, where he is an associate professor and director of the Food Studies Initiatives program at the New School. Born and raised in Rome, he spent two years studying co...
Take Another Bite of the Italian Language in New York
Italy continues to be one of the most loved countries and, by extension, Italian remains one of the most loved foreign languages. We’ve previously reportedon the importance of the use of Italian culture and its international fame will attract more people towards the language and we’ve also discovered that the Italian language has gained a foothold...
NYC Opera Presents Ottorino Respighi's 'La Campana Sommersa', 3/31
Since opening the 2016 - 2017 season last September, New York City Opera has reestablished itself as a vital part of New York City's cultural landscape, delivering new productions, New York premieres and sold-out performances. The season opened with a critically acclaimed double bill of Leoncavallo'sPagliacci and Rachmaninoff's Aleko bringing the l...
Moving Italian Festival dilutes its charm, flavor
The City of Buffalo has so much to offer. To name a few: the Art of Jazz by the Albright-Knox, Shakespeare in the Park, Allentown Art Festival, Larkinville, Taste of Buffalo and, of course, the Elmwood Strip. I would add the Italian Festival to that list, but a change in venue was made recently by dignitaries and various organizers. I don’t know wh...
Il Piemonte si promuove a New York
Il Piemonte è tante cose, ma per molto tempo è stato soprattutto un segreto ben custodito. Solo negli ultimi anni ha iniziato ad accogliere turisti, che ora camminano per le vie di Torino, vanno in cerca di tartufi nelle Langhe e sciano sulle montagne piemontesi scoprendo una regione ricca di bellezze. Proprio per far conoscere meglio il Piemonte s...
IAP 35: Anthony Tamburri on supporting Italian-American art and culture
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we talk with Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. Tamburri dives into his career and what inspired him to pursue Italian and Italian American studies, and why he feels...