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Announcing the first annual Italian International Dance Festival, which will bring together dancers, companies and choreographers from Italy and America in a spirit of exchange and collaboration, with a Gala Performance March 22, 7:30 PM, at Julia Richman Theater, 317 East 67th Street. Tickets: $20. Reservations: www.italianidf.com or 646.387.8979....

di Greta Valigi   Splende il sole di Sicilia sulla Fifth Avenue dove il nuovo negozio Dolce & Gabbana ha aperto lo scorso mese di Maggio. Uno spazio modernissimo nella sua architettura, incorniciato da travi in acciaio nero incastonato, a pochi passi da Central Park e di fianco al futuristico negozio di Giorgio Armani. La firma di Domen...

Joe Famularo, who grew up with his Italian-American family in New York when the Great Depression was in full swing, recounts his youth, and how his family's love for authentic Italian food helped them weather those difficult days.   The narrative of his book, Crazy for Italian Food, primarily occurs in Hell's Kitchen, on the far west side of...

San Gennaro is the patron saint of Naples. But it's New York City he blesses every year with an 11-day festival highlighting delicious Italian-accented food, much of it from local chefs and restaurants. It's also a welcome departure from the usual grub at Big Apple street fairs. We love gyros and mozzarepas as much as the next New Yorker, but by S...

Dear Friends, New York Italians in collaboration with Fordham University, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Italian Honor Society C.I.A.O. is very happy to invite you to: "Italian Identiti(es): Media Mafia Stereotypes" - A voyage through the maze of symbols that say who we are. October 11 at 6:30 PM at Fordham...

di Fabiana Yvonne Lugli   Ci sono voluti più di 50 anni per riportare a New York uno dei nomi più importanti dell'arte contemporanea italiana. La Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della NYU ospita, fino al 13 dicembre, una mostra che raccoglie decine di quadri e studi per litografie di Giuseppe Capogrossi. Esponente della scuola romana con Cagli...

On Sunday, Nov. 3, the Vito Marcantonio Forum sponsored an event at Gaetana's Cucina Italiana restaurant in Greenwich Village.   The forum honors the memory of Vito Marcantonio. Marcantonio, a protégée of LaGuardia and one of the most progressive Congressmen in history, has been called the Thaddeus Stevens of the 20th century. Marcantonio re...

The Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe (NY) in collaboration with Sacred Heart Gift and Apparel in Mahopac (NY) presents Italian children's fashion design.   Meet celebrity stylists and fashion designers, Joan Calabrese and Mary Jane Tomasino and preview the newest designs from their 2014 collection of children's fashion.  ...

Continua la promozione in America del Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, in un momento di grande fortuna in cui gli Stati Uniti si confermano uno dei Paesi di riferimento per lo spumante DOCG.   Al quarto posto nella classifica dei principali mercati esteri di esportazione, gli USA assorbono infatti una quota a valore che sta...

by Ben Quinn   Looking for a move to a home which demands – as its most famous (albeit fictional) owner might have mumbled – the right amount of respect? The perfect option may have arisen in the form of the New York mansion known to fans of The Godfather as the home of the Corleone clan in the 1972 film, which has gone up for sale at j...

Mario's begun in the early 1900s and opened the first Italian restaurant in Egypt. Not long after, Socolastia and her son Giuseppe moved to America and opened Mario's.   All of the food here is made to order, prepared by master chefs Michael and Mario, using only the finest high quality ingredients.   Source: http://www.mariosart...

by Riccardo Chioni "In occasione del Giono della Memoria quest'anno abbiamo pensato di presentare la ripresa delle ricerche della biblioteca molto importante della comunità ebraica di Roma razziata dai nazisti nel 43". Così ha spiegato Alessandra Di Castro direttrice del Museo Ebraico di Roma la missione a New York per un evento organizzato ieri...