Art Exhibit "A Tribute to my Italian heritage"
Saturday, July 11 at 2 p.m. the museum will host the opening of Staten Island artist Annette Marten. This very accomplished artist is talented in many mediums, among them, oil, watercolor, collage, and print making. Her innate talent was enhanced by studying oils at the College of Staten Island with Professor Pat Passlof and printmaking with Herman...
Announcing Open Enrollment for Sicilian Language and Culture Lessons in New York City
New class is starting on Monday October 19th at the Italian Charities of America in Queens, located at 83-20 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst, New York 11373, which is sponsoring the lessons along with the Sicilian Cultural Institute of America. Lessons will focus on learning the Sicilian language, culture, history, poetry and cuisine. Classes to meet w...
Quando la Olivetti inventò il pc e conquistò New York
di Pier Giorgio Perotto Quindici anni prima di Steve Jobs e Bill Gates, Olivetti con la Programma 101 ha aperto la strada alla rivoluzione del nostro tempo: il personal computer. Cinquant'anni fa l'idea di tenere un computer sulla scrivania o nella camera dei bambini era poco più che un'intuizione visionaria, seguita con determina...
Il libro di interviste italo-americane We the Italians presentato a New York
«Ogni intervista è diversa dalle altre», ci racconta l'autore del libro "We the Italians" Umberto Mucci, intervistato da America24 in occasione della presentazione al pubblico avvenuta alla Calandra Italian American Institute di New York. «Ogni intervistato ha un punto di vista interessante e originale dato dalla sua storia, dalla sua atti...
The Jewish History of an Italian Grocery Store
One of the most popular and enduring shops in the Bronx's Little Italy is a third-generation family business run by a Jewish immigrant family — not from Italy, but from Austria. Teitel Brothers Imports, opened in 1915, does not sell kosher goods, but rather all kinds of Italian items from salami and balsamic vinegar to olive oil. Why didn't the ow...
A Bronx Tale musical: Robert De Niro talks about his debut Broadway endeavor
Theater was the birthplace of drama — but you won't find any of it backstage at the new Broadway musical A Bronx Tale. "We've all heard stories about big arguments between collaborators," says legendary actor Robert De Niro, who is co-directing the production with four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks (Six Degrees of Separation). "But that ain'...
Italian Christmas Food Traditions at the Italian American Museum
Please join Italian born, registered dietitian, Fiorella DiCarlo for an evening of Italian Christmas Food Traditions at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, December 8 at 6:30PM. Fiorella will explore the customs and food traditions of Southern Italy. She will detail the origins of La Vigilia: The Feast of the Seven Fishes and the foods of Nata...
Ossining. I gala della parrocchia di St. Augustine. Premiati Ernie Anastos e ILICA
Monsignor Hilary Franco ci ricorda l'uragano Sandy quando coinvolge nelle sue iniziative tutti coloro che ritiene meritevoli delle sue attenzioni. Dopo il mai dimenticato Cardinal Renato Martino, oggi in Vaticano, Monsignor Franco ha infilato una serie incredibile di personaggi che ogni anno vanno regolarmente a ritirare il prestigioso premio di St...
MORE Opera Presents AIDA, 8/24
The Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) will present a gala benefit concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's grand opera "AIDA" on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Church of the Most Precious Blood, 109 Mulberry Street at Canal Street in Little Italy. The semi-staged performance will be sung in Italian, and stars Cher...
Il simposio di Ilica al John Jay College mette a nudo una Italia sfasciata con gli italiani in cerca dell'identità
di Riccardo Chioni Si è chiusa la due giorni della Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance svoltasi presso il John Jay College nella West Side con un simposio dal titolo "Italiani e America: la ricerca della cultura nei posti giusti" a cui è seguito un gala per celebrare il IX anno di attività. Al simposio, che Ilica ha voluto definire "...
The 100 Layer Lasagne at Del Posto in NYC
by Hillary Dixler Since adding the impressive, labor-intensive Yesterday's 100 Layer Lasagne to the menu at Mario Batali's acclaimed New York City restaurant Del Posto in 2009, executive chef Mark Ladner has never stopped refining it. His unlikely inspiration for the restaurant's now-famous dish was the beloved Hans Christian Andersen fair...
Guggenheim Is to Show Rare Murals by a Futurist
As a capstone to its coming show "Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe," the Guggenheim Museum has managed a rare coup: securing the first loan of five major Futurist murals from the central post office in Palermo, Sicily, where they have hung since being commissioned for the space in the 1930s. These rarely seen murals...