A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Calogero in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (May 31st), my friends and I joined members of the Società San Calogero di Torretta in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the 53rd Annual Feast of San Calogero. Starting from the society's clubhouse on 20th Avenue, the procession made its way through the neighborhood to Saint Dominic's Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian. On 18th Avenue...
New Exhibit ‘Reframes’ the Italian Immigrant Experience
by Michael V. Cusenza A new photography exhibit organized by Queens College depicts how Italian immigrants refashioned themselves in early 20th Century New York. "Reframing Italian America" unveils 23 historical photographs selected from the Bernard Titowsky Collection. Consisting of more than 200 items, the collection b...
Frequenze italiane nella Grande Mela: nasce Radio Nuova York
di Giulia Catani Passeggiando per le strade di Manhattan, tra suoni, luci, persone, edifici, sirene, odori e milioni di abitazioni, si può provare un senso di disorientamento. Ma a volte è facile sentirsi a casa. E dalla settimana prossima, ci sarà un po' più di casa per gli italiani nella Grande Mela. Questa casa si nasconde al q...
Una tribù che canta: l'italiano delle canzoni
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI A conversation with Italian artist Lorenzo "Jovanotti" Cherubini and prof. Lorenzo Coveri (Universita' di Genova) on contemporary Italian song writing. Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy Read more...
The Heart and the Island: A Critical Study of Sicilian American Literature
March 3, 06:00 pm - 07:30 pmThe John D. Calandra Italian American Institute 25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036 In The Heart and the Island (SUNY Press, 2015), Chiara Mazzucchelli explores the bond between Sicilian American writers and the island of Sicily. Throughout the twentieth century, the sense of a distinct sicilian...
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Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia
Center for Italian Studies Conference at Stony Brook University. September 17, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia. Presenters include scholars, legislators and judges along with former Supreme Court associates who clerked for Justice Scalia, who, all together, from different perspectives, ...
'Babbalucci' features Italian cuisine in Harlem
There is nothing like pizza in New York. But in this week's "Neighborhood Eats" this pizza comes with a twist. "Babbalucci" is located at 331 Lenox Avenue in Harlem. "I got to see every aspect of the restaurant and gravitated toward the cooking side," Andrew Lo Presto's father owned pizzerias, so Andrew knows a thing or two...
Gei. Il Friendship Award all'avvocato James Periconi
È un principe del foro affermatosi in materia ambientale, nel tempo libero interpreta ruoli tetrali o cinematografici, ma soprattutto James Periconi è un bibliofilo leader mondiale delle pubblicazioni italoamericane, ora contenute in un catalogo a conclusione della mostra al celebrato Grolier Club.Ieri James Periconi ha ricevuto al Le Cirque il ric...
Bulgari toasts Serpenti collection
A 220-foot illuminated serpent coiled around the facade of Bulgari's Fifth Avenue flagship welcomed guests on Saturday night. The stunning Fabien Iliou installation was the first instance, of many, of the evening's reptilian motif at the store, where the jeweler toasted its Serpenti Collection, an exhibition on display from Feb. 9 to 28.
Eataly New York Celebrates Its 3rd Anniversary
Eataly, the Italian food and restaurant emporium opened by Mario Batali and Joe and Lidia Bastianich in New York City's Flatiron neighborhood in 2010, turned 3 years old on Aug. 31 and celebrated by transforming the space into a classical Italian food and wine festival, with more than 30 stands set up throughout the store to sell some of their most...
Porcelain Raft, un anomalo italiano a Williamsburg
di Piero Merola In Italia lo sanno in pochi, la critica specializzata della capitale ne ignora le gesta, ma dietro al nome del progetto indie newyorkese Porcelain Raft si nasconde un quarantenne nato proprio a Roma. Il compositore e polistrumentista Mauro Remiddi ha avuto una formazione classica, già a dieci anni iniziava a registrare in f...