Forget New York Fashion Week: Italian Wine Week should take center stage
A wine seminar I attended in New York recently, focused on Barolo and Barbaresco. The Master Class instructor was Ian D’Agata, the director of the Rome-based International Wine Academy that he started in 2002. For over 25 years D’Agata has written about wine and is the 2007 recipient of the prestigious award for “Best Young Italian Wine Journalist....
St. Joseph's Day Feast 2017
March 20 (Monday) 6:00 - 9:00 pm St. Joseph's Day Feast. Celebrate St. Joseph's Day with NOIAW's Staten Island Network members and friends! Enjoy a traditional feast (including pasta con le sarde). Zeppole and coffee will be served for dessert. A St. Joseph's table will be on display with an abundance of fresh breads, fruits, vegetables and flowe...
Immigrati di ghiaccio: “The Barese Icemen of New York”
Mercoledì 22 Febbraio, all’interno della sezione “documentari italiani”, il Calandra Institute ha presentato The Barese Icemen of New York, un’opera di Carlo Magaletti del 2015 che per essere realizzata ha richiesto dieci milioni di dollari e dieci anni, ci confessa il produttore del film John Mustaro. Il documentario racconta la storia degli immig...
How Pasta Fazool is Destroying Your Heritage
"How Pasta Fazool is Destroying Your Heritage". March 17 (Friday) 7:30 pm. Italian American Studies Association Long Island Regional Chapter Meeting. Speaker: Donna Chirico, Ed.D., Professor of Psychology, and Dean of Arts and Sciences, York College, CUNY. In this lecture, Professor Chirico will focus on how language influences the development o...
Robert De Niro and More Help Broadway's Bronx Tale Musical Celebrate 100th Performance
The new Broadway musical A Bronx Tale celebrated its 100th performance on March 1. Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show, written by Chazz Palminteri, is based on his acclaimed solo show and subsequent 1993 film of the same name. A Bronx Tale is set against the backdrop of racial strife an...
NASL, i NY Cosmos rafforzano l'anima italiana: Diamanti e Barzagli
La dirigenza dei NY Cosmos accoglierà tifosi ed appassionati nel corso di un evento organizzato nel ristorante Gargiulo di Coney Island. Si tratta di una manifestazione organizzata con la Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce e la Alliance for Coney Island, a cui presenzieranno il nuovo proprietario del club, Rocco Commisso, l’allenatore e direttore sportiv...
Utica Greens: A Central New York Staple With Multiple Identities
They don’t normally call Utica greens Utica greens in Utica. “Somebody calls here and says they want Utica greens, I tell them we don’t have those,” said Sal Borruso, owner of the Chesterfield Restaurant in this city of 60,000 in central New York. In 1988, Chesterfield’s began serving the hearty dish of escarole, fried prosciutto, hot cherry pepper...
My appointment with the Italian Consulate in New York
Earlier this month, I had my long-awaited visit to the Italian Consulate in New York as part of my process for applying for Italian Dual Citizenship. It was a trip that I'd waited almost three years for and came more than a year after I completed my last piece of research on my great-grandfather, Calogero (in the picture below). Although it was a...
Meet the New Italians of New York: la parola agli scienziati
A un anno di distanza dal suo debutto, il ciclo di incontri Meet the New Italians of New York, promosso dal Consolato Generale d’Italia guidato dal Console Generale Francesco Genuardi, è tornato lo scorso 21 febbraio nella Grande Mela con il primo appuntamento del 2017. Il progetto, concepito come punto di riferimento per le nuove generazioni che i...
Regina Opera presents Tosca
March 4, 5, 11, 12 (Saturdays and Sundays) 3:00 pm: Regina Opera presents Tosca. The tale of a diva and her artist lover who become the prey of a corrupt police chief. The fully-staged performances are in Italian with English supertitles and with a full orchestra. The Conductor is Gregory Ortega, and Stage Director is Linda Lehr. Sponsored by Regin...
NEWS Magazzino, a New Home for Postwar Italian Art in Upstate New York, Announces Inaugural Show
Magazzino, a new home for Italian postwar and contemporary art in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City, will open to the public on June 28, with an exhibition dedicated to the influence and legacy of Margherita Stein, a late Italian dealer associated with artists active in Arte Povera circles and beyond. Formally designated Magazzino for I...
A conversation with critically acclaimed designer Louise Fili
Louise Fili is a graphic designer and lettering artist based in New York City. As the principal of Louise Fili Ltd., she has focused her work on brand development for food packaging and restaurants since she founded her studio in 1989. A protégé of Herb Lubalin and former carte blanche art director at Pantheon Books, her letterforms and work have b...