A Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco presidente di GE Europa il premio "Corporate Social Resopnsability" della FPA
di Riccardo Chioni L'eccellenza italiana sul podio della Foreign Policy Association, in occasione del World Leadership Forum Dinner al Pierre Hotel, che ha visto protagonista Ferdinando "Nani" Beccalli-Falco, presidente e Ceo di GE Europe e Ceo di GE Germany. All'ingegnere chimico laureatosi al Politecnico di Torino, Cavaliere del Lavoro,...
I sapori italiani del Village
L'antica tradizione dei sapori italiani di una volta rivive con il tour gastronomico del Greenwich Village di 'Foods of Ny Tours'. Una passeggiata tra le stradine del quartiere meglio conosciuto come 'Village' a Lower Manhattan, non lontano da Washington Square, una volta area rurale e ora traboccante di ristoranti e negozi di tendenza. Ben divers...
Local filmmaker John Maggio presents PBS’ ‘The Italian Americans’
By Alan Pergament The life of Buffalo filmmaker John Maggio is coming full circle before a national television audience. In 1973, Maggio, age 3, was holding the bongos in a photograph featuring eight family members that appeared in a Buffalo newspaper story headlined: "From Italy Came a Heritage." That photograph is the final...
Stolen statue, painting returned to Italian government in NY
Decades after being stolen in Italy, an ancient statuette and an 18th-century painting were returned to the country's government Tuesday after turning up in New York. The handover marked the latest case of U.S. authorities helping Italy and other countries reclaim what they see as cultural patrimony. Read more S...
Premi alle eccellenze italiane, il 15 aprile per i 40 anni del Gei
Le eccellenze italiane nel mondo saranno al centro delle celebrazioni per il quarantesimo anniversario della fondazione del Gei - Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, l'organizzazione che raccoglie i rappresentati delle principali entità italiane che operano negli Stati Uniti. Si tratterà di un evento di grandissimo rilievo e prestigio che si terrà...
Italian sculpture could shatter auction record
A sculpture by Italian artist Alberto Giacometti could break the record for the highest price ever paid for a sculpture at auction. The sculpture, "L'homme au doigt (Pointing Man)" is heading to auction May 11 at Christie's auction house in New York and expected to fetch an estimated $130 million. The bronze sculpture stands 5 feet, 1...
Contemporary Authors: Celebrating the Heritage by Mario Toglia
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 2:00pmWestchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 United States Mario Toglia, the son of Calitri-born immigrants, grew up in Brooklyn, NY and attended local Catholic schools, including Fordham University School of Education. He taught Romance languages in the New York City public school...
Get ready, New York City, Piccolo is coming to town November 18, 2015 | 0 Comments Get ready, New York City, Piccolo is coming to town
Christopher Papagni James Beard's former townhouse in the West Village has been a place to showcase culinary talent for over 30 years. An invitation to cook at this prestigious location is hard to come by and never taken lightly. Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez have been invited to cook at the James Beard House in New York City o...
Fifth Annual Slow Wine US Tour Culminates With New York Extravaganza
The 5th annual Slow Wine event in New York, held this year on February 3rd at NYC's Highline Ballroom, will commence with a joint press conference with the Italian Trade Commission to kick off VINO Italian Wine Week (12 p.m. – 1 p.m.) followed by a walk-around trade tasting (1 p.m. – 5 p.m.) and a consumer event in the evening (from 7 p.m. – 10:00)...
VMJ Esposito closes food market in West Brighton
By Pamela Silvestri VMJ Esposito of West Brighton closed down its retail operation on Tuesday, Feb. 9. A representative from the store told shoppers that the market will reopen in four to five weeks with a Costco-like format. VMJ Esposito vended produce, canned goods, dairy, fish, meats and other products in bulk. A rep said...
Next Italian restaurant adds flavor to Long Island City
Fast-rising Long Island City is getting a next generation Italian joint. Oro, a new construction restaurant at 41-17 Crescent St., is slated to open later this month from Vlado Celic and his son Mike Celic. Vlado came to New York from Croatia in 1986, and ran restaurant Appetito on W. 39th Street before this. Chef Tony Cacace will off...
Italian-Americans live longer thanks to this diet
It's 3 p.m. on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, and Filomena Magavero settles in for a late lunch inside the venerable Mario's, a favorite Italian restaurant on this strip of Old World butcher shops, fish stores and bakeries. She sips a gin martini ("Is there any other kind?" Magavero gamely asks), and orders filet of flounder oreganata. "Fish...