Donazioni e talenti
Questa sera a New York ci sarà un esperimento "transatlantico": invece delle solite celebrities, alla cena mondana in cravatta nera organizzata da «La Fondazione» alla Morgan Library, John Elkann, uno dei premiati, ha deciso di invitare al suo tavolo solo giovani talenti italiani. Dodici promesse della nostra cultura che si stanno affermando allo s...
Special Presentation: Present Day Italy
Financial crisis, falling population, third world immigration, these are some of the issues that Professor Louis Leonini will address in his lecture. How did Italy go from a war-torn, poverty stricken country in 1945, which was primarily agricultural, to a modern success story in the 1960s through the 1980s? What was the role of the politi...
A City’s Simple Joy
If there was ever a perfect warm-weather, holiday-weekend city sport, bocce may be it. It requires only a set of bocce balls, which are traditionally made of metal but come in a plastic version these days, and a flat, rectangular space to use as the court. The rules are complicated enough to keep the game interesting, but the skill is simp...
Arturo Di Modica’s Cavallo in SoHo
While enjoying a night on the town with some friends, we stumbled upon famed Sicilian American artist Arturo Di Modica's Cavallo. Best known for his sculpture Charging Bull (in Bowling Green), the towering stainless steel bronco stands outside Cipriani's Restaurant on 376 W Broadway (between Broome and Spring Streets) in Lower Manhattan....
Museum Premieres “Charging Bull” Documentary and Displays Replica Sculpture
On the evening of December 3, the Museum hosted the first showing of a new documentary film, "Lucky Balls," commemorating the 25th year that the "Charging Bull" sculpture by Arturo Di Modica has been at Bowling Green Park in New York City. Over the years, the sculpture has become one of the most popular attractions in Lower Manhattan and o...
Abruzzese Christmas in New York
I was fortunate as a child to experience many old world traditions from Abruzzo. My family arrived later to the United States than most Italian Americans. My father came here in 1956 and my mother followed him in 1958. My sisters and I were born in New York. However, our home was a step back into time, a time of simplicity and of old world...
L’Italia prende forma a New York. Intervista a Gaetano Pesce e Federico Materazzi
L'unicità del design italiano, che trova le sue radici nella tradizione del made in Italy, sta sempre più conquistando un posto di rilievo nel mercato americano. Innovazione, creatività, artigianalità sono alla base di un modo di fare business che mette al centro qualità e ispirazione. Dall'arredamento all'arte decorativa, queste caratteri...
Decameron + La Mandragola
KIT- Kairos Italy Theater, the Italian company in New York, presents two Italian masterpieces, The Mandragola (The Mandrake root) by Nicolo' Machiavelli and three novels of the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, in repertory at Bernie Wohl Center (647 Columbus Avenue) from April 9 to April 12. THE DECAMERON By Giovanni BoccaccioApril 9,...
Incredible Stories by italytime - May 15th & 16th PM - NYC
by Vittorio Capotorto and Francesco Pagano It all started in December 2013. Our Team had very little money, but also a lot of great friends, some extraordinary artistic material and one bold ambition: to create the first permanent 'Casa Teatrale Italiana' in NYC, where the best of Italian Theater and the power of live performances wou...
Italian Hours
by Alec Wilkinson "Countless times I walked past these windows with the curtains drawn," Alessandro Cassin said. "It seemed so unlikely that there would be anything behind them anymore." Cassin is the director of publishing for Centro Primo Levi, which promotes the historical study of Italian Jews. He is from Florence and moved to...
2016 Scholarship Handbook
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Calandra Institute's 2016 College Scholarship Handbook. This directory provides information on well over one hundred scholarships available to Italian American students and students of Italian studies. Please be advised that the Calandra Institute does not provide additional scholarship inf...
Announcing a Major New Italian Educational and Cultural Center in New York
La Scuola d'Italia, the 38-year-old independent, bi-lingual Pre-K through 12 private school, has acquired a building at 432 west 58th Street from the Mount Sinai Health System, to consolidate its two locations enabling the school to expand from 300 to up to 700 students from nursery, pre K through 12 from September 2016. Renovations will i...