A pizza speakeasy in East Village
by Kerry Drew New York City has a pizza shop on pretty much every street corner. We're taking you inside a brand new pizza speakeasy called SRO in the East Village. To share his love of pizza, Chef Giulio Adriani opened SRO five months ago. There's no sign on the door. SRO is hidden inside another Italian restaurant on t...
International Prize Gradiva 2015 for Italian Poetry
October 22 (Thursday) 4:00 pm. International Prize Gradiva 2015 for Italian PoetryThis event is to celebrate the third International Poetry Prize, devoted to contemporary Italian poetry. President: Luigi Fontanella. Members of the International Jury: Alessandro Carrera, Milo De Angelis, Luigi Fontanella, Irene Marchegiani, Sylvia Morandina, El...
A New York la prossima tappa di Ceramics of Italy in Nord America
Dal 14 al 17 maggio 2016 Ceramics of Italy sarà presente ancora una volta con un padiglione multi brand presso lo Javits Center di New York, durante la fiera ICFF. Organizzata contestualmente al NYCxDESIGN, ICFF dà la possibilità a Ceramics of Italy di esporre una selezione delle ultime novità in fatto di ceramiche italiane sul mercato di New York....
Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 Awards Scholarships to Area Students
The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 awards scholarships at the end of each school year to students in Rockland County who have excelled in a particular area and demonstrate a strong ability to continue on to a successful college career. On May 18th they presented the following awards: Charter Member Award for Academic Excellence: Jo...
A Pasta Empire: Lidia Bastianich's Story
By Jade Scipioni She's a world renowned chef, but her path to the top wasn't always an easy one. Lidia Bastianich, Italian chef, author and restaurateur, thought her career was over in the early '80s when her first restaurant, Felidia, almost never opened. "We invested it all—our whole lives into the restaurant. And we almost didn't open...
Italians in America all'Italian American Museum
"Italians In America. Our Contribution": è il film documentario che sarà proiettato all'Italian American Museum domani, 9 agosto. Sin dai tempi del loro arrivo in messo ad Ellis Island, gli emigrati italiani hanno influenzato la cultura americana in vari modi. Il documentario narra i successi degni di nota compiuti dagli italo-americani in diversi...
If Christine Quinn wins City Hall, her smart but quiet wife, Kim Catullo, will be thrust into the limelight as the first lesbian First Lady of New York City
By Heidi Evans When a matchmaking friend of Kim Catullo, a Manhattan lawyer, wanted to set her up with City Councilwoman Christine Quinn, Catullo was polite but blunt:"No thanks," she said. For Catullo, a deeply shy and private person, the idea of dating a glad-handing politician was precisely what she wasn't interested in. Read more &n...
Andrea Bargnani talk of camp on first day for Knicks
The Knicks held their first training camp practice on Tuesday, with hopes of beginning a quest that'll ultimately end with them hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy. But before those visions of grandeur come to light, head coach Mike Woodson will need to get all the newcomers on board and figure out everyone's role. Perhaps the biggest piece...
Postcards of the Mezzogiorno: tradizione e modernità
By Beatrice Bondi Venerdì sera presso l'Italian American Museum di Mulberry Street, il fotogiornalista Joseph M. Calisi ha presentato una selezione di scatti della città di Bari e delle zone limitrofe, facendo un breve excursus storico sulla regione e mostrando le bellezze architettoniche, artistiche e naturali che la contraddistinguono. Calisi,...
Destiny USA to host 'Destina Italia' Fashion Showcase of new Italian outlets
Destiny USA will host its first Destina Italia Fashion Showcase on January 10. The event will feature international fashion trends available at the mall's new luxury outlets. On the runway, 14 women and eight men will model Italian apparel and accessories from both winter and spring fashion lines. Naturally, all items modeled in the show a...
Petition to save Rizzoli
Please follow the link below to sign a petition asking the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate 31 West 57th street, an individual and interior landmark. Click here to sign the petition to designate 31 West 57th Street as an Individual and Interior Landmark (Change.org) The Rizzoli Bookstore building is an icon of New Y...
Italian Art Gets Cozy Inside New SoHo Gallery
by Stephanie Simon When we think of great Italian art most people are familiar with the Italian renaissance, artists like Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Rafael. Well now 20th century art is having a renaissance of its own with the new Center for Italian Modern Art or CIMA. "The idea came from the experience I had in states that many p...