Trattoria 35 – Casual classy Italian
So this place is deep into Queens, and I mean really deep. It's so far that the subway doesn't go out there. In order to get into the neighbourhood of Bayside you have to either (a) drive, (b) take the Long Island Rail Road, or (c) take a bus. All of which would deter most New Yorkers from visiting this upper middle class area along the border of L...
Maestro D’Arte Francesco Santoro’s Renaissance art classes and lectures are in full swing!
NOIAW member and Maestro D'Arte Francesco Santoro's Renaissance art classes and lectures are in full swing for the third Summer in New York City! This year's art class in Greenwich Village has an excellent group of students – some returning and some new. The returning students have shown their dedication and enthusiasm for this master-apprentice s...
Caffe Nero opens in Brookline Village
By Jenna Fisher Brookline Village just got another coffee shop. With Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts on one side and KooKoo and Middle Gray on the other, a London-based, family-owned chain of coffee houses just landed in Brookline Village in a storefront that has sat empty for the past few months. Visitors were treated to a free...
Bollicine Italiane negli USA: lo spumante Italiano domina il mercato USA
Un'analisi dei 10 marchi di vino spumante più venduti negli USA conferma che le bollicine italiane continuano a dominare questo mercato in espansione. È quanto rilevato dall'Ufficio Ice di New York. Nel 2011, le spedizioni di spumanti verso gli Stati Uniti sono aumentate del 19.7%, raggiungendo 7,65 milioni di casse. Secondo Impact Databank, 5 del...
Carnegie Hall Holiday Chorus Concert
If you're searching for holiday spirit, look no further. The St. Cecilia Chorus of New York (established in 1906) performs a holiday concert "Mangia! Holiday Music with the Flavor of Italy." The program features Vivaldi's "Gloria" and the "heavenly but underperformed" music of Peter Mennin's "The Christmas Story," Isabella Leonarda's "Three Motets,...
Italian Dine-Out May Be Over, but Authentic Italian Dining is Still at your Fingertips!
Even though Italian Dine-Out has come to end for the summer, we hope you all embraced this 11 day adventure and enjoyed your various Italian summer getaways in NYC. Many of you got to taste the cuisine of Piemonte without having to board an airplane as you dined locally at Barbetta. Some of you got to explore mouth-watering Sicilian dishes...
Columbus Day parade returns
Cross Bay Boulevard will once again play host to a Columbus Day parade next weekend for the first time in two years. The annual event, celebrating the neighborhood's Italian-American heritage and contributions made by Italian-Americans in society. The parade kicks off at noon on Sunday, Sept. 29 and will march along Cross Bay Boulevard....
A New York "Il Cortile Welcomes Sister Italy" Commedia all'insegna della Cucina Italiana
Il Cortile Welcomes Sister Italy On Thursday November 7, 2013 at 7 pm, Il Cortile Restaurant, "The 38 year Mulberry Street Legend" at 125 Mulberry Street, New York City, presents a night dedicated to authentically traditional old style cuisine from Puglia, as featured in the successful comedic film, Sister Italy. A screening of the film will accom...
Painting in Italy During the Risorgimento Presented at Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, 4/22
On Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Staten Island Museum Art Curator Robert Bunkin will present "I Macchiaioli: Painting in Italy During the Risorgimento." I Macchiaioli was a group of painters working in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century, including such painters as Giovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, Giuseppe Abbati, Vito D'Anc...
Meet Laurie Fabiano, Author of Best-Selling Novel Elizabeth Street
Laurie Fabiano's dramatic tale of survival against the odds in New York City's rough and tumble tenements at the turn of the twentieth century is based on her own family history. The novel's protagonist, Giovanna, immerses herself in the shadowy world of extortion and murder to fight the Black Hand, a precursor to the mafia. Join the Staten Island...
Aesthetics of fonts and paper. A special lecture by an Italian letterpress-printer - November 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm
An event in partnership with the Tallone publishing house. Featuring a Q&A with Elisa and Eleonora Tallone Screening of: Il mestiere del libro [The Book Handicraft] (2007, 31 min.) In Italian with English subtitles In the digital age, the visual and tactile delights experienced by reading books set by hand in type...
Lavazza Expands “Buongiorno” Advertsing Campaign To U.S.
After doubling investments in 2013, Lavazza, Italy's Favorite Coffee, is proud to announce that The Italians Are Coming to the U.S. With an amplified 2014/2015 strategy, Lavazza launched their integrated Buongiorno campaign to expand marketing and promotional efforts in North America to grow the brand's reach exponentially and secure the U.S. as th...