41 Parallelo Double Bill: Homage to Vittorio De Sica (2 Screenings and Panel) - February 12, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Presented by Associazione Napolicinema and supported by MiBACT DG Cinema 5:00pmI bambini ci guardano (The Children Are Watching Us)Italy, 1944 • 84 minutes • Italian (English subtitles)director Vittorio De Sicascreenplay Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Giulio Viola, Gherardo Gherardi, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Zavattini and Margherita Maglionewith Emilio Cig...
Il gala newyorkese della NIAF
La National Italian American Foundation di Washington torna con il gala annuale sotto le volte rinascimentali di Cipriani a 42nd Street il prossimo 8 aprile portando all'appuntamento newyorkese popolari nomi del piccolo schermo e di Broadway. La Niaf ha anticipato che durante il New York Gala saranno consegnati riconoscimenti a due volti t...
Mayor de Blasio plays hometown hero for sandwich shop from kin’s Italy village
Only in New York could an Italian-American mayor find a piece of the minuscule mountain village his family left a century ago just steps from City Hall. Mayor de Blasio frequently grabs lunch at Pisillo Italian Panini shop on Nassau St. , which Antonella Silvio opened in November 2012 — the same month de Blasio was elected mayor. She...
La Scuola d'Italia Hosts 2015 Benefit Dinner
It was a record-breaking night for La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, with over 500 guests celebrating the night's theme "Building the Future Today". John Michael Viola, President and Chief Operating Officer of NIAF, was honored. He praised the school for being the only school where a child can learn "not only the Italian language but they'll le...
Italian language world-wide: a rapidly evolving situation, where is it heading?
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue- New York, NYPaolo E. Balboni, Director of the Venice University Research Centre on Italian as a Foreign Language Italian language world-wide: a rapidly evolving situation, where is it heading?In October 2014 the Italian government organised a co...
The Renaissance: Michelangelo Buonarroti by ‘Maestro d’Arte” Francesco Santoro
Thursday, August 13, 2015 the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum went back to the past to the Renaissance period with a compelling presentation, focused on Michelangelo Buonarroti, by Ph. D Francesco Santoro. The event organized and sponsored in collaboration with the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), had been attended by almost th...
Festa Italiana brings food and tradition to Poughkeepsie
by Geoffrey Wilson In Italy, towns would compete every summer, holding large feasts dedicated to the town's patron saint.For the Italian-American community in Dutchess County and the surrounding area, this tradition is kept alive through Festa Italiana. "This is a carry-over from that tradition," said John Mazzetti, secretary with the...
Workwear/Abiti da lavoro
Date: Friday, February 05, 2016 - Monday, April 18, 2016 Venue: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street Organized by: Parson/ The New School In collaboration with: the Milano Triennale In an age where jobs are in short supply and workers are rendered invisible, overalls and work cloth...
This family-owned Italian restaurant in NYC has been a celebrity hideaway for more than 70 years
While New York City sees a constant shift in its restaurant scene, one family-owned restaurant is still going strong after 70 years. Since Patsy's Italian Restaurant opened on 56th Street in between 7th and 8th Avenue in 1944, it has only had three chefs: Pasquale Scognamillo (or Patsy, as he became known), his son Joe, and his grandson, Sal....
Little Italy Neighborhood Calls on Gates Town Leaders for Recognition
Silvano Orsi has a vision for the Lyell Avenue/Spencerport Road corridor in Gates. "What we are trying to do is revitalize the area, attract investment, fill up the plaza that has been vacant in Gates for close to 15, 20 years," said Orsi, CEO of Little Italy Neighborhood Association. Orsi hopes to turn this area into an Italian desti...
Savoy Royal Family Visits New York City for 19th Annual Savoy Foundation Charity Ball for Earthquake and Hurricane Victims
On December 10, 2016, at The American Foundation of Savoy Orders' 19th Annual Benefit Gala, "Ballo di Savoia" (Savoy Ball) in New York City, guests of honor - HRH Prince Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, HRH Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Azaea Beatrice Reyna di Savoia - together with 300 patrons, benefactors and guests, raised funds for victims of It...
Call for Papers: Italian-American Foodways
Italian-American Foodways: Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Italian American Review Italian and Italian-American food has a long history in the homes, markets, and restaurants of the United States. For many immigrants, the hunger and food shortages associated with la miseria (literally, "misery") were a primary motivation for emigration, and...