New York: si prevede un grande successo per la degustazione dei vini dell'estate
Sta suscitando grandissimo interesse tra gli operatori del settore, i media e gli opinion leaders la degustazione dedicata ai vini dell'estate: "Wonderful Italian Wine for Summertime" che avrà come protagonisti, insieme ai vini bianchi, gli spumanti, i rosé, il Prosecco ed il Moscato. La manifestazione, alla sua seconda edizione, ha come o...
Pizza, Pasta and Room to Dance
by Fran Schumer Porta, the Neapolitan pizza restaurant and dance club in Asbury Park, is a good time. The real surprise is that you can eat well at Porta: Even its non-pizza dishes are better than those at more celebrated and expensive restaurants in the area. I ate at Porta on a crowded Saturday — the wait for walk-in customers a...
Nonprofit mounts push to transform Rex Hall into the Bronx's Lincoln Center
by Jennifer H. Cunningham A Bronx nonprofit has mounted a push to transform a historic banquet hall in Little Italy into an arts haven. The Belmont Society of Arts & Culture envisions E. 187th Street's Rex Hall as a cultural hub for Bronx residents, complete with cinema hall, theater space and arts programs. "It's a platform for...
See Tony Winners Laura Benanti and Shuler Hensley Along With Cheyenne Jackson in Encores!'s The Most Happy Fella
By Bethany Rickwald The New York City Center Encores! production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella played the first of its seven scheduled performances last night. The musical, which follows an Italian-American grape farmer living in Napa, California, and his long-distance love affair with a much younger woman living in San Francisc...
Omaggio - in sordina - al monumento "Mother Italy", la cerimonia annuale pressoché disertata dal pubblico
By Riccardo Chioni Si è svolta ieri al campus del Hunter College nella Upper East Side la cerimonia annuale che precede il Mother's Day, organizzata dal Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee of New York ai piedi della rappresentazione scultorea "Mother Italy", per rinnovare l'omaggio a tutte le mamme. Alla cerimonia ha partecipato il presidente...
New Rochelle Opera Presents L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) - June 19-22, 2014
New Rochelle Opera Company ushers in its 29th season with its first production of Gaetano Donizetti's L'ELISIR D'AMORE (The Elixir of Love) from June 19-22, 2014 in the Frank J. Auriana Theatre at the Ursuline School, 1345 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY. The production will be staged by Company co-founder and artistic director Camille Copp...
Quello che non sapevate sul boss italoamericano Lucky Luciano
Grazie alla digitalizzazione dei documenti del Dipartimento per la riabilitazione e correzione dello Stato di New York sono emersi nuovi dettagli sulla vita di uno dei boss mafiosi più famosi di tutti i tempi: l'italiano Salvatore Lucania, in arte Charles Lucky Luciano. Lucania arrivò negli Stati Uniti nel 1905 dopo avere lasciato la sua P...
Eataly, centomila persone alla settimana per una “full immersion” nell’italian food
Oltrepassata la porta a vetri che dalla 23esima strada consente l'accesso al grande magazzino il mondo si trasforma. Dalla straordinaria varietà di colori e nazionalità che caratterizza New York si passa infatti a un ambiente familiare, colmo di marchi storici, prodotti tipici regionali, grandi eccellenze nazionali: è il mondo di Eataly, oggi...
Downtown Italian Aims to Re-Create the Experience of West Village Spots at Home
After a random meeting through a mutual friend, chefs Gabe and Katherine Thompson hit it off -- as you may have surmised from the joint last name. Shortly after meeting Gabe, Katherine was approached by her former colleagues Joe Campanale and August Cardona; they were opening a restaurant and wanted her to be the executive chef. She had no...
Inside The Tenement Museum, A "No Photo" Zone
The Tenement Museum has a strict "no photo" policy, as they believe it takes away from the visitor experience—"We are trying to facilitate an interactive experience with our visitors. It really is what makes us unique," the Museum's Jon Pace told us. "All the tours we offer are led by an educator." That all changed last night, however. For one nig...
Italian Company Plans $15.5M Bronx Facility with City Aid
by Tobias Salinger An Italian company that makes high-end furniture, lighting, home accessories and jewelry would purchase and renovate a 50,000-square-foot vacant building in the Bronx with the help of city tax breaks under a plan officials with the New York City Industrial Development Agency will review next week. SICIS North Am...
The Psychological Challenges of Immigrant Life
This event is dedicated to an exploration of how the immigrant experiences may negatively impact mental health. The event will include members of the creative team for The Snow Orchid, including Valentina Fratti, and a small panel to discuss the "academic" side of the issue. This event will be co-sponored by ILICA and it will supply the re...