Monsignor Ottavio Silvestri: Un grande sacerdote abruzzese a Brooklyn
By Geremia Mancini Monsignor Ottavio Silvestri, un grande sacerdote abruzzese. A lui migliaia e migliaia di bambini e di poveri emigranti italiani debbono tutto. La chiesa che realizzò divenne un punto di riferimento religioso, umano e soprattutto un "ricovero degli ultimi". Era per tutti "Papà Ottavio". Un grande uomo. Monsignor Ottavio Silvestr...
A deal well done: Del Frisco’s Grille lands at Brookfield Place
Del Frisco's Grille, a division of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, is coming to Brookfield Place, the latest in a series of trendy eateries to make a home at the Lower Manhattan complex. The bar and grill will take just over 7,500 square feet across two floors at 230 Vesey Street, the New York Post reported, with neighbors including Andalusian...
Strength in numbers! Williamsburgers old and new celebrate Giglio Feast
It is the one high-rise in Williamsburg that doesn't divide newcomers and old-timers. Thousands of Brooklynites gathered outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on N. Eighth Street on Sunday to watch 125 burly men carry a 80-foot tall, 4-ton tower on their shoulders as part of the annual Giglio Italian Feast. It is a 113-year-old trad...
Andrea Tempestini’s Mi Garba: a slice of Tuscany in NYC
By Beth Connolly Step into Mi Garba, just south of Union Square, and you will feel as though you have left New York City far behind. You are in Tuscany now, but you might not know it from looking around this Tuscan wine bar. You won't find any of the standard Italian restaurant tropes here. Instead, the space is sleek and modern. A long,...
Italian Academy showcases baroque music, talented musicians with concert
As the sweet music filled the highly decorated space, it felt like I was in a late-Renaissance salon. For the first recital in the Columbia Italian Academy's three-performance spring concert series, members of the Four Nations Ensemble skillfully presented four violin and cello sonatas from the first half of the 18th century. Within the ornate, bu...
Elezioni New York. I Clinton appoggiano de Blasio
Nella sua corsa verso la carica di primo cittadino di New York, il candidato democratico Bill de Blasio incassa il sostegno di Bill e Hillary Clinton, dopo aver avuto anche quello del governatore dello stato di New York e possibile candidato alla Casa Bianca Andrew Cuomo. "Bill de Blasio è amico" dell'ex presidente e dell'ex segretario di Stato ''d...
Robert Pinsky ospite della “Dante” di NY per la Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel mondo
É stata la Dante Alighieri di New York a invitare e portare lo scorso 16 ottobre Robert Pinsky alla Scuola Guglielmo Marconi di New York per la settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo e per le celebrazioni dell'anno della cultura italiana negli USA. Pinsky è uno dei maggiori poeti americani del nostro tempo. È stato nominato dal Congress...
From 'Rain Man' to a Taste of 'Honey,' Valeria Golino on Her Directorial Debut
by Scott Roxborough When famous actors take a stab at directing, the results tend to be a vanity project or a self-indulgent mess. So Honey, the directorial debut of Italian star Valeria Golino, is both a surprise and an unexpected delight. The drama, about a dedicated activist for assisted suicide, is mature and startlingly cinematic. Th...
The Friends of the USA Pavilion Milano 2015, the coalition responsible under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State for organizing the U.S. presence at the next world's fair, has announced a partnership with Uvet – a market leader in travel manageme
The Friends of the USA Pavilion Milano 2015, the coalition responsible under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State for organizing the U.S. presence at the next world's fair, has announced a partnership with Uvet – a market leader in travel management services in Italy. Through an agreement effective June 2014, Uvet will serve as the...
Italian American Culture and Literature of the United States
In the current academic year 2014-15, the Department of Humanistic Studies, in cooperation with the Department of Political and Social Sciences, will start at UniCal a series of scientific and didactic activities focused on Italian diasporas. The first activities are dedicated to the Italian American Culture and Literature of the United States. On...
Calandra Institute e Università della Calabria: attraversare l'oceano e abbattere le barriere con gli studi italoamericani
Gli studi italoamericani diventano un ponte tra l'Italia e l'America e da New York attraversano l'Atlantico per arrivare in Calabria. Un incontro che si concretizza in un accordo tra il John D. Calandra Italian American Institute del Queens College (CUNY) e l'Università della Calabria. A firmare l'accordo sono stati, lunedì 6 ottobre, nell...
Troy businesswoman opens bartenders institute, plans Italian American eatery
One Troy businesswoman is sharing her knowledge of being behind the bar with others, and she has another exciting endeavor in the works. Elda Abate, founder and owner of Star Bartenders Institute, is a Troy gal with a lot of energy, and she's sharing it throughout The Collar City. Read more Source: http://www.troyrec...