Italian Club of Staten Island to honor Sen. Diane Savino, the Nicotras at 'Dinner Dance' (Inside Out column) – April 10
The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation will host its annual "Dinner Dance" gala at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, in Nicotra's Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. To be honored during the evening's fare are State Sen. Diane Savino and hoteliers, Lois and Richard Nicotra. It's interesting to note that The Italian Club o...
Book Presentation: DANTE AND HETERODOXY
APRIL 28, 2015 (06:30 PM )Casa Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Dante and Heterodoxy. The Temptations of 13th Century Radical Thought(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014). Edited and with an introduction by Maria Luisa Ardizzone. Conclusion by Teodolinda Barolini Dante and Heterodoxy:...
Italian movies are back with "Unbroken"
Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m.Garibaldi-Meucci Museum | 420 Tompkins Avenue | Staten Island, NY 10305 Movies return to GMM with "Unbroken" Academy Award(R) winner Angelina Jolie directed and produced this epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, su...
Italian-American Day at Saratoga Race
The New York Racing Association, Inc. has invited the American Italian Heritage Association and Museum, again this year, to join them at Italian-American Day at Saratoga Race Course for, Italian-American Day, Wednesday, August 19th, 11:00-5:00. The day-long festivities will include Italian music, dance, entertainment, crafts and food in the Saratog...
Festive Columbus Day Parade
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz (fourth from l.) applauds as Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, the Grand Marshal of the Howard Beach Columbus Day Parade, cut the ribbon to start the 10th anniversary edition of the parade on Cross Bay Boulevard on Sunday, September 27. The event was a festive celebration of Italian culture and heritage and...
Eataly opening at 4 World Trade Center in 2016, reports say
By Melissa Kravitz Here's why Eataly is so big: It's full Secrets of Eataly: Free wine, imported live yeast and more. It looks as if the World Trade Center will be embracing the Italian part of the world a little bit more. Eataly will be opening a second New York Italian food emporium at 4 World Trade Center this spring, DNAinfo reported...
How Mario Batali Does Breakfast
by Nathan Reese Depending on who you ask, Chelsea's Maritime Hotel could be seen as proof of the architect Albert C. Ledner's inspired vision — or a monolithic monument to 1960s kitsch. Originally designed as a hiring hall for the National Maritime Union, the 11-story, porthole-adorned tower has since served as a shelter for...
Shakespeare and the Marionettes
When: Thursday, May 12, 2016 From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Organized by : IIC NY - Entrance : Free Conference/performance by Eugenio Monti Colla and Piero Corbella The theatre of figure at large and the Company Carlo Colla & Sons in a special way have always paid great attention to the Shakespearian dramas, which never fail...
Meet the New Italians of Architecture & Design
Quando: Giovedì 8 settembre 2016 - A partire dalle 6.00 p.m.Dove: Consolato Generale d'Italia, 690 Park Avenue - New York L'8 settembre si terrà presso il Consolato Generale d'Italia a New York l'ottavo appuntamento del ciclo di eventi "Meet the New Italians of New York". Dopo l'evento del 28 giugno focalizzato sul mondo delle Start Up,...
MEUCCI VS. BELL Who Invented the Telephone?
September 30 (Friday) 6:30 pm. MEUCCI VS. BELL: Who Invented the Telephone?. A presentation by Professor Louis Leonini on the life and work of Antonio Meucci, the overlooked original inventor of the telephone who first discovered how sound could travel on a copper wire when Alexander Graham Bell was just two years old. The presentati...
Buffalo Italian parish to build museum
The City of Buffalo is moving forward with their Lake Erie waterfront developments and as they proceed, Monsignor Fred R. Voorhes of St. Anthony's Church wishes to recognize the Italian heritage and ancestors who built the foundations of the City. St. Anthony of Padua parish, in downtown Buffalo behind City Hall, is taking steps to build a museum...
Call for papers - Annual Conference
MAFIAs: Realities and Representations of Organized Crime April 24-26, 2014 JOHN D. CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTEQueens College, City University of New York25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan The conference theme of "MAFIAs"--the first on the subject by this academic research institute--inte...