Basilicata Treasures. The secret garden of Southern Italy
"It's with great satisfaction and pleasure that we present to New York the Nativity Scene (the traditional Italian "Presepe") created by the worldwide known artist Franco Artese. The first Italian artisan/artist to have the privilege of presenting a Presepe in St. Peter's Square, Rome in 2012, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, as an expressio...
Con IACE si studia a Narni
di Anna Cugini Federico Fellini diceva "una lingua diversa è una diversa visione della vita". E deve essere questo lo spirito con cui l'Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) promuove con passione e professionalità la diffusione e la conoscenza della lingua e cultura italiana qui a New York. E lo IACE Summer Program, quest'anno al suo quin...
Fortunato Depero and his pencils's American succes
In an early-1930s publication titled "Incredibile storia vissuta di... matite", Fortunato Depero (1892-1960) tells a personal anecdote related to some advertisement illustrations he had been asked to create by a Milan-based company in 1926. He had been commissioned four subjects: "Pencil Factory", "The Pencil-animal", "The Pencil-man" and...
"New York Ieri e Oggi" - Il libro di Gianluca Rocchi
Quanta storia c'è dietro un monumento? Com'era cento anni fa la Statua della Libertà? Quanto è cambiata negli anni Madison Square? E Times Square? Che evoluzioni hanno avuto nel corso degli anni? Queste sono le domande a cui ha cercato di dare una risposta Gianluca Rocchi con il suo libro " New York- Ieri e Oggi". Un libro rivolto, come dice lo ste...
Annual brunch for the Garibaldi Meucci Museum a success
Staten Island, NY – Those attending the annual brunch for the Garibaldi Meucci Museum (GMM) were treated to a day of wonder, they were able to see the sites of Staten Island with its recovery efforts following hurricane Sandy. But most of all, it was an opportunity to be able to participate in an annual effort to help maintain, and preserve the fam...
Brooklyn. Il 36mo gala della Fiao
Scopo principale della serata è stato l'assegnazione di borse di studio a dieci studenti meritevoli che si accingono a frequentare l'Università il prossimo settembre. Questi giovani promettono di essere, non soltanto i portavoce ed orgoglio della comunità italo-americana ma soprattutto i leaders del futuro.La Federazione ringrazia tutti coloro che,...
ITV Cinema on Demand, la formula magica per vedere film italiani in America
di Beatrice Bondi ITV Cinema on Demand (www.itvcinema.net) è il primo portale di film e programmi in italiano per gli Stati Uniti. ITV nasce da un'idea del suo fondatore Flavio Arzilla, lunga esperienza come ingegnere alla RAI, che dopo tanti anni negli Stati Uniti sentiva la mancanza di vedere in tutta comodità un bel film in italiano. Pa...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Hosts Gregory Perillo Exhibition, 9/28
On Saturday, September 28 at 2 p.m., the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host an artist's opening reception for a very special exhibition, "From the Private Collection of Gregory Perillo." Internationally renowned, and one of Staten Island's most beloved artists, Mr. Perillo has chosen some of his personal favorite works to display in this show. ...
Five Questions for Philip DiNovo
Philip DiNovo: Was born and raised in Albany and currently resides there. He founded and headed up the Business Administration Department at SUNY Morrisville and taught Business Administration there for 32 years. DiNovo returned to the Capital District 14 years ago after he retired from teaching. He founded The American Italian Heritage As...
2014 Puglia Center of America Award Ceremony Honors Anthony Tamburri, Ornella Fado and Jamie Gigantiello
On the day of the first anniversary of the pontificate of the Holy Father Francis, The Puglia Center of America, leader in promoting the Puglia region of Italy and the Made in Italy in US, organized the 4th edition of its "Puglia Center of America Award", that took place at the elegant restaurant Etcetera Etcetera of Manhattan, in New York on March...
Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget
Ralph Fasanella (1914-1997) celebrated the common man and tackled complex issues of postwar America in colorful, socially-minded paintings. Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget celebrates the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth and brings together key works from a career spanning fifty-two years. Fasanella was born in the Bronx and grew up in the w...
Frank Lentricchia reads at the Italian American Writers Association May gathering
Join IAWA at the Cornelia Street Cafe for its monthly open reading, featuring Frank Lentricchia and Roberto Ragone. IAWA holds its Open Reading series every second Saturday of the month at two venues: Cornelia Street Café on odd months (July, Sept, Nov) and Sidewalk Café on even months (June, Aug, Oct.) Event kicks off with Open Mic readings of fiv...