Learning Italian at the Metropolitan Opera
By Fred Plotkin I am writing this on a quick work trip that has me immersed in Italian conversation but, for the purposes of this article, my mind is back home in New York. Specifically at the Metropolitan Opera House. The first four operas of the Met season were Anna Bolena, Otello, Il Trovatore and Turandot. All operas had two t...
Errigo's restaurant opens in Stapleton: 'Our goal here is upscale Italian'
Here it is at brand new Errigo's in Stapleton: Pappardelle Bolognese topped with a sprig of crisp-fried oregano. And, that bowl of steaming pasta could come to a table alongside a pleasantly singed, thin-crusted pizza topped with puckered pepperoni. "Our goal her is upscale Italian food," maintained consulting executive chef Sean Chudoba,...
Un premio per il miglior piatto di pasta di New York
Ai nastri di partenza la competizione ideata dal Pastificio Di Martino per promuovere la cultura italiana della pasta: New York 19 maggio e 24/25 giugno 2016. Promuovere la cultura della cucina italiana nel mondo e sostenere l'impegno dei cuochi italiani: con questo doppio ambizioso obiettivo il Pastificio Di Martino di Gragnano ha ideato...
How One Business Is Feeding Connections and Community
Whether hosting a 747 Club dinner in his 300-square-foot Upper West Side apartment, Murphy bed tucked into the wall, or al fresco in Times Square, Chris Schembra seems most comfortable managing many moving parts. From a co-working space in Midtown Manhattan, the 29-year-old speaker, connector and producer operates his growing empire with a staff o...
Nuovi voli Delta Airlines tra Roma e New York
NEW YORK- Buone notizie per chi vuole andare a New York. Delta Air Lines riprenderà i suoi voli da sabato 23 marzo, con volo diretto nonstop dall'aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino a New York-Jfk in codeshare con Alitalia. Il volo stagionale, che si aggiunge a quello giornaliero per Atlanta, offre tante coincidenze per numerose destinazioni negli Stati Un...
“New York? La mia seconda casa”
di Francesca Tarantino Incontriamo Roberto Bolle - Étoile presso il Teatro alla Scala di Milano dal 2004 e Principal Dancer presso l'American Ballet Theatre di New York dal 2009- indaffaratissimo con la stagione ballettistica del Metropolitan Opera House, ed in procinto di rappresentare l'Italia il prossimo Settembre con il suo spettacolo-...
Pizzetteria Brunetti Brings Flavorful Neopolitan Pizza To The West Village
Father and son duo Michael and Jason Brunetti opened their Neopolitan pizza joint Pizzetteria Brunetti on Long Island in 2009, turning out a dozen pies in a tiny space in the town of Westhampton Beach. This week they opened their second location in the West Village with an expanded selection of pizzas and other light dishes in a space on Jane and H...
How Italian are You? Let Your Voice be Heard in a New Research Project
Dr. Rosemary Serra, a leading research sociologist from the University of Trieste in Italy, has come to New York as a visiting research scholar at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, City University of New York, to investigate the status of Italian American identity within the greater New York area. The tool...
Arturo DiModica and His Charging Bull
By Giovanni di Napoli Since beginning this exercise in ethnic self-awareness I've intermittently written about New York City's public monuments by Sicilian Americans, specifically the works of Anthony de Francisci and Pietro Montana. However, no discussion of Sicilian-American sculptors would be complete without mentioning Arturo...
Teeing Up for Education
Sign up now for NIAF's 10th Annual New York Golf Tournament on Monday, August 11, at the Old Westbury Golf & Country Club in Old Westbury, N.Y. The tournament benefits the Foundation's scholarship and educational programs for the New York area. Registration and breakfast at 10:30 a.m. Foursome packages include shotgun start at noon; co...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to Host NOT IN A TUSCAN VILLAGE Speaker, 9/13
On Saturday, September 13 at 2 pm, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will present a very special guest speaker. Nancy Petralia, along with her husband John, is author of "Not in a Tuscan Villa," which is currently a bestseller in the travel book section on Amazon.com. The book tells the real-life story of this middle-aged American couple who wen...
Young Italians and the arts: a talk with curator Massimiliano Gioni
by Silvia Simonetti Artistic director of the New Museum in New York since 2007 and of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan since 2003, among other professional experiences and projects, Massimiliano Gioni was the youngest curator ever of the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Living between the U.S. and Italy - where he was born in...