Book Presentation and Signing
September 19 (Saturday) 2:00 pm. Author Dr. David Mercaldo will present his latest book The Other Italians. The book is an historical view of a major component of the Italian and Italian American culture dealing with the historical legacy of the Roman Catholic Church and its new millennia transitions. Dr. Mercaldo has authored several books, w...
Sommelier Talk: Renzo Rapacioli of Barbetta
Few, if any, sommeliers working today have witnessed—and contributed to—the evolution of fine wining and dining in America as much as Renzo Rapacioli in his five-decade career. From his family bistro in the small Italian town of San Michele, Rapacioli, 72, would go on to manage the wine programs at some of the most illustrious restaurants in New Yo...
The National Organization of Italian American Women Honors Alisyn Camerota and Jeanne Mariani Sullivan April 16 at the St. Regis New York
The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), the only national organization for women of Italian ancestry, celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a Luncheon and Silent Auction at the St. Regis New York on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 11:30 AM and honors two accomplished Italian American women: Alisyn Camerota is a CNN anchor and co-ho...
Così faran tutti or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE
COSI' FARAN TUTTI or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE Seductive sisters, brazen soldiers, a meddling maid, and a self-proclaimed master of the science of love provide the power play of Cosi faran tutti (or They'll All Do It). What really happened in the days leading up to Mozart's and da Ponte's Cosi fan tutte? What y...
Silicon Alley: some recipes for Italy?
New York tech startups are the most vibrant and growing industry in the city. The startup community is a story of entrepreneurs creating successful companies and reinvesting their time and money into the next generation; it is the story of academia, investors, corporations and the local government coming together to feed the tech ecosystem; and it...
True Modern Italian, With a Splash of New York City
By Nadia Ghattas A Voce means a voice in Italian. It speaks of fine cuisine, impeccable service, and exquisite design. A Voce creates an exciting dining experience for its guests—true modern Italian, with a splash of New York City. This Michelin-rated restaurant is owned by the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation. The setting is exquisite...
Mostre, "Le Spiral Life" di Giusy D'Arrigo a New York
Simboli ancestrali per arrivare al centro dell'anima: sono le 'vite a spirale' dell'artista siciliana Giusy D'Arrigo, dal 3 ottobre allestite in una sua mostra personale a New York. Si tratta di 73 opere, tutte di grandi dimensioni, altorilievi astratti in cui i diversi materiali si fondono tra di loro come gigantesche installazioni. Prese...
Italian Two Ways
As the name suggests, Olana, which opened two months ago among the sooty gray office buildings along lower Madison Avenue, is a place of lofty, even romantic, ambitions. The restaurant is named for the Hudson River home of the nineteenth-century landscape painter Frederic Church, and so the windowless room is decorated with murals, some of them bac...
MOMA - Marco Bellocchio: A Retrospective
The remarkable career of Marco Bellocchio, director of an impressive number of features, documentaries, and shorts for both television and cinema, has encompassed a wide range of genres and subjects. Yet his work remains distinctive and personal, reflecting his uncompromising views and artistic ambition. During his 50-year career Bellocchi...
Bando per l'assunzione di due impregati a contratto temporaneo al Consolato Generale d'Italia in New York
Il Consolato Generale d'Italia in New York ha indetto una procedura di selezione per l'assunzione di due impregati a contratto temporaneo (6 mesi) da adibire ai servizi di Assistente Amministrativo. L'avviso di assunzione ed il facsimile della domanda di ammissione al colloquio sono disponibili sul sito web del Consolalo Generale d'Italia: www.con...
Growing Up in the Coney Island Slums, Here Italian Americans Called Italians “Guineas”
In 1969, my father Angelo and mother Onorina bought a house in Coney Island. My parents had come over to the United States just ten years before, but then we'd returned to spend four of those years in Italy. I still had the traces of an accent from my first language, the dialect spoken in Vallemaio, a village of 600 people in the mountains...
Tutta la famiglia: una mostra racconta i siciliani del Massachusetts
by Maria Antonella Mannino Sembra poter condensare in sé l'idea di una sorta di sicilianità ubiqua ed universale, l'immagine dal titolo Frank, scattata dal fotografo Paul Cary Goldberg, parte della serie Tutta La Famiglia: a Photographic Exhibition of Community Life in Gloucester, Massachusetts, esposta fino al 9 gennaio al John D. Calandra Italia...