Italian American Writers Association Literary Reading
Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its Open Reading series every second Saturday of the month at the Cornelia Street Café. IAWA East is now held alternate months at Sidewalk Café, (August, October and December) and readings continue at Cornelia Street Café on odd months (September.) WHEN: June 8, Saturday, 5:30-7:30 pmWHERE: Sidew...
Great News: Lower Manhattan restaurants are well represented in the Italian Dine-Out!
Even greater news: You can get the deal of a lifetime at a number of the city's top Italian restaurants in downtown Manhattan neighborhoods such as East village, Noho, Tribeca and Financial District starting tomorrow, June 26th when the first ever Italian Dine-Out kicks off! We're talking delectable, authentic Italian food for incredible prices thr...
Italy's first electric motorbike makes 3D debut in NY
It sounds like a daydream - a sleek, powerful, state-of-the-art motorcycle with Formula 1 technology that plugs into the wall. But the battery is not the most surprising aspect of Italy's first electric street motorcycle - the Energica - poised to enter dealerships in 2015. Much of the body of the first working model was sculpted by a 3D-printing m...
Marche is Good: a Month-Long Celebration of Marche in New York
"Marche is Good" is the theme of a month-long series of events taking place in New York City throughout October highlighting Italy's Marche (Mar-kay) Region. Sponsored by the Regione Marche and Consulata Agroalimentare di Confindustria Marche, "Marche is Good" will present the culture, food, wines & sprits, design and fashion of one of Italy's...
Il partigiano "zio Peppino" racconta come è scampato all'eccidio di migliaia di militari italiani a Cefalonia
by Riccardo Chioni "Zio Peppino" è uno dei pochi sopravissuti all'eccidio di Cefalonia nell'agosto del 1943, è il partigiano che l'anno scorso ha fatto condannare il caporale tedesco Alfred Stork per aver fatto parte di un plotone d'esecuzione che fucilò gli ufficiali italiani della divisione Aqui. Il racconto di Giuseppe Benincasa si inserisce n...
The Real Little Italy
Little Italy, nested in between several culturally-rich neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan, is known for its multitude of Italian restaurants. However, the authenticity is questionable. In 2000 only 6% or 44 of the residents here were born in Italy, and in 2011 a census found that none of the residents in Little Italy were Italian-born. &nb...
In mostra le eccellenze della Puglia
Si è conclusa con successo la missione imprenditoriale delle oltre trenta imprese pugliesi che hanno partecipato alla 60a edizione del Fancy Food Show di New York, il più grande evento di food & beverage del Nord America svoltasi dal 29 giugno al 1° luglio. Organizzata da Giusi Malcangi, presidente del Consorzio Sapori Mediterranei di Bari - c...
Two Former Italian Soccer Stars Are Opening a Hotel Here
I was walking on Canal Street when I noticed that the funny little lot (219 Hudson) at the northwest corner of Canal and Hudson has plywood fencing around part of it. The permits posted are for the construction of a wooden fence, with no indication why such a fence would be necessary. Since that hideous electronic billboard is also dead, I assumed...
Defaced World War I Memorial in Brooklyn Is Rebuilt
First, in 1970, the honor rolls were stolen — bronze plaques listing the 106 fallen World War I soldiers from the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. Then, in 2000, a thief swiped the allegorical bronze figure at the center of the memorial. Thus the World War I monument, one of 122 across New York City's five boroughs in the parks...
This New York sommelier makes Italian wines personal with their stories
"I think that you understand wine makers when you meet them," says Lang, a sommelier and chef in New York. "When you sit down and taste the wine in the place that it's made with the person who made it, that's as good as it gets." When Lang first started traveling to Europe and meeting winemakers, he realized that he could see the winemaker...
Presepio Napoletano at the Italian American Museum with Anita Sanseverino and Lou Barella
You are cordially invited to attend a lecture and photo exhibit dedicated to the Presepio Napoletano (Neapolitan Nativity Scene) at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, December 4th. The evening's program will also feature a DVD based presentation with music and photos of Presepi taken by Anita Sanseverino throughout Naples and in the...
Al Greenwich Village riapre la storica libreria italiana Vanni
Se è vero che l'Italiano è ormai una delle lingue più studiate al mondo, i cittadini della Grande Mela amanti della lingua di Dante ne gioiranno non poco: riapre infatti Vanni, la più antica libreria statunitense dedicata al nostro idioma. E questo proprio mentre per le librerie indipendenti di New York l'anno passato è stato nefasto con l...