INTERNATIONAL FOOD TASTING EVENT Honoring Prof/CAV Philip J. DiNovo, Thursday, March 26th
The Hon. Vice Consul Comm. Stefano Acunto will be traveling to Albany on Thursday March 26th to be in attendance at TASTES of the World on behalf of the Consul General of Italy and representing the Italian Government. His role is to assist ICCR in honoring Professor/CAV Philip J. DiNovo, President/Director of the American Italian Heritage Associati...
Actor Tony Lo Bianco Delivers New York City History to Italy
Tony Lo Bianco has played plenty of toughs — but the good-guy actor is turning pussycat as he heads to Italy to stage his one-man show about beloved New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. "[La Guardia] was a man of and for the people and everything he did was for the human race," Lo Bianco said Thursday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsma...
Italian teacher needed
ITALIAN TEACHER NEEDED FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN AND TODDLERS CLASSES Must be fluent in Italian. Italian certification preferred. Please send resume by email to info@wiccny.org Westchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope PlaceTuckahoe, New York 10707914-771-8700wiccny.org
Quando l'immigrazione sale sul ring: alla Gleason’s Gym la prima edizione dell'Italian American Boxing Awards
L'Italian American Boxing Awards, evento che rappresenta il perfetto mix tra sport e cultura ideato e organizzato da New York Italians, ANPS USA e Fordham University, domenica sera ha visto la sua prima edizione nella storica palestra di New York Gleason's Gym. Nel 1937 l'italiano Peter Robert Gagliardi inglesizzò il suo nome in Bobby Gleason, per...
La bici pieghevole che fa rinascere la Graziella conquista New York
Il richiamo alla mitica Graziella è abbastanza esplicito: una bicicletta piccola, pieghevole, con grande cura per ogni dettaglio, dalla sella al campanello. Un oggetto comodo per chi vive in grandi città e ha bisogno di una due ruote piccola che occupi poco spazio, in modo da poter essere portata in appartamento o in ufficio per non correre il risc...
La cultura italiana secondo Giorgio van Straten. Intervista al nuovo direttore dell'Istituto di New York
Ha appena preso servizio e dice di non avere un "programma e una lista di cose da fare" ma di idee su come promuovere la cultura italiana sembra averne diverse. Il nuovo direttore dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, Giorgio van Straten, ha preso possesso della sua scrivania al terzo piano della palazzina di Park Avenue a metà lu...
Opening Night at the 2015 Santa Rosalia Feast in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Yesterday kicked off the 2015 Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. A neighborhood staple for 40 years, the celebration features nightly entertainment, games, rides, and plenty of delicious food. The festivities continue until Sunday, August 30th. Enjoy the many amusements, but please don't forget the true reason for the celebration and...
Mini Italian Film Festival!
Grab a glass of wine and relax with the Greater New York Region for its first mini Italian film festival! Courtesy of the award-winning television channel Eurochannel, four short films by Italian filmmakers will be screened in Italian with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a guided conversation and time for networking. L...
That's Amore! Lady Gaga's Father's Italian Restaurant Hosts Beautiful Proposal
by Matthew Scott Donnelly The specials this week at Joanne Trattoria, a New York City restaurant owned by Lady Gaga's father, Joe Germanotta? A traditional spaghetti and meatball dinner, herb roasted chicken and marriaaaaaaaaaaaage! This morning (November 30), Lady Gaga shared a video of YouTubing duo WhenSheMetShe (better known as Al...
Exploring the 19th-Century Rooms (and Ruins) of the Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum offered one of its rare "Snapshot" tours last night, allowing visitors to not only walk intoevery apartment on all five floors of the great old 1863building, but also take pictures throughout, breaking theinstitution's usual "no-photos" rule. The cost was $30, it included an excellent spread from Russ & Daughters and Economy...
Fabio Luisi, Opera’s Grand Maestro, Shows No Signs of Stopping
by Wayne Lawson The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, directed by Richard Eyre with Kristine Opolais in the title role, which premieres on February 12, will be conducted by Fabio Luisi, the lean, elegant Italian who for the last decade has been steadily delivering great sound from the pit. Enlisted by...
Pele was the face of the Cosmos, but in many ways Chinaglia was their real star
Ah, the 1970s! When all lads had long hair, sideburns and wore flared trousers. Oh and treated disco dancefloors like John Travolta did in Saturday Night Fever to the sounds of the Bee Gees. Those first two sentences are of course all factually incorrect but either way the '70s was an interesting time if you were a soccer fan in the US du...