Guest column: Italian guest welcomed in Auburn
by Paul Saltarello Dr. Giuseppe Perrucci serves in the Carabinieri in Italy: The Italian national police force. He has been a member since 2006, serving on many missions and patrols, including airports in Rome and Milan, as part of an anti-terrorism team. Presently, his duties are in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. ...
Crusading Author To Speak At Poughkeepsie's Italian Center About Rushmore's Italian American Chief Carver Denied Credit By the Feds
Author Douglas J. Gladstone, whose controversial book argues that the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) is chiseling Mount Rushmore's Italian American chief carver out of posthumous credit, will talk about the issue before members of Noi Italiani D'Oggi (NIDO) at the Italian Center four weeks from tonight, on Th...
Si rinforza la presenza friulana a New York: Nasce il Fogolâr Furlan Big Apple
Il desiderio contagioso di "Friuli" nel mondo non si arresta. L'Assemblea dei soci dell'Ente Friuli nel Mondo ha espresso all'unanimità parere favorevole all'ingresso in famiglia del Fogolâr Furlan - Friuli Big Apple (New York – Usa) che si affianca alla storica presenza friulana della Famee Furlane, nata nel lontano 1929. A darne notizia...
New Bar August Laura Harnesses Italian Spirits In Carroll Gardens
The tagline for August Laura, a new cocktail bar opening tonight in Carroll Gardens, could be la famiglia. There's the name, a tip of the hat to co-owner Alyssa Sartor's grandfather; the glassware, much of which comes from Sartor's father's bar in New Jersey; and the story of Sartor and business partner Frankie Rodriguez, who's soon to become her l...
Grappa Valley: How one Brooklyn winery is challenging everything you know about grappa
Working out of a 19th-century shipping warehouse at the end of a pier in Brooklyn, Colin Alevras is busy tending to barrels of Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc at Red Hook Winery. Before greeting a midweek customer at the tasting counter, Alevras, the shop foreman, stops to check another barrel—but this one isn't filled with wine. It's filled with gra...
New York ricorda Federico Fellini
Lunedì sera New York ha ricordato Federico Fellini in una serata tributo al Pershing Square Signature Center organizzata dalla Venetian Heritage Foundation e sponsorizzata da Fendi. Gli attori Diane Lane e Edward Norton hanno messo in scena la vita di Federico Fellini interpretando dal vivo Caro Federico, una piece teatrale scritta da Ludovica Dami...
Brooklyn Italian-American Group honors founder of Caruso Museum
The Federation of Italian-American Organizations held its 36th annual fundraising gala at the El Caribe County Club on Sunday, April 7, and the dinner helped raise funds for the federation's new Italian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. One of the honorees was Cav. Uff. Aldo Mancusi, who has been the caretaker and founder of the Enrico Caruso Museum of...
In 32 mila in sella alla bici per la 36.ma edizione del tradizionale Five Boro Bike Tour con il Giro d'Italia
di Riccardo Chioni Si è appena conclusa la 36.ma edizione dello strapopolare Five Boro Bike Tour che ha visto la partecipazione di oltre 32 mila ciclisti e già si parla del 2014 con il Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia che ieri ha fatto l'esordio newyorkese. In quasi quaranta anni dal primo tour dei cinque quartieri della Big Apple, i ciclisti dilettan...
Borough President joins Italian consul general, Caruso grandson at Enrico Caruso Museum
By Nino Pantano To hear the Honorable Consul General of Italy Natalia Quintavalle cordially calling Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz "Marty" was music to our ears. Both Markowitz and Quintavalle, accompanied by her deputy, Lucia Pasqualini, were visiting the Enrico Caruso Museum of America for the first time on Monday, Oct. 7 Th...
Largo all'arte italiana
Il panorama culturale italiano a New York si arricchisce di una nuova istituzione. CIMA (Center for Italian Modern Art) ha annunciato che aprirà al pubblico al numero 421 di Broome Street il prossimo 22 Febbraio. Fondata nel 2013 da Laura Mattioli, curatrice, storica d'arte e collezionista, CIMA è una fondazione privata non profit dedicata...
Italian Futurism makes its way to New York
by Rose Minutaglio 2014 looks to be a promising year for the promotion of twentieth-century Italian art in New York City. This weekend the grand opening of two new Italian Futurist exhibitions intend to shed light on this often overlooked and misunderstood movement in Italian art. Both the Center for Italian Modern Art and the Guggenheim w...
Mario Batali's empire wants to strip name from Little Eataly food truck
by Robert Sheer It's the classic case of giant vs. not-so-giant. New York City-based Eataly, a 58,000-square-foot Italian-themed foodie mall co-owned by celebrity chef Mario Batali, is demanding that popular Indy food truck Little Eataly hand over its name. Indianapolis residents Chae and Rob Carmack — who said they put their...