Le verità (a volte scomode) di Emma Bonino
By Maurita Cardone Domenica 22 settembre il ministro Emma Bonino, a New York per partecipare all'assemblea generale dell'Onu, ha incontrato la comunità italiana al Consolato Generale. Nel corso del ricevimento, il ministro ha illustrato gli impegni e gli obiettivi del suo Ministero, ha chiacchierato con gli ospiti, stretto decine di mani, rivisto...
ArtsLab OnStage to Present VOICES OF ITALY, 10/19
ArtsLab OnStage (http://www.ArtsLabOnstageNYC.com) will present a special evening of Italian theatre entitled Voices of Italy at New York City Center (131 W. 55th Street) on October 19 at 8:00 PM, featuring a preview of T'Ammore, "The Spirit of Naples" and Belcanto, "The Luciano Pavarotti Heritage". This event will demonstrate the influence of Ital...
Dante Scholarship Continues to Provide for Italian/American Fisher Students
by Krista Pilla The Italian Women's Civic Club (IWCC) has been giving scholarships to students at local colleges for the past 90 years. This year was no different, as three St. John Fisher College students are the recipients of the Dante Scholarship. The three recipients are: Dina Berardi, Juliane Barbato (Didas) and Patti VanAuker. The scholarsh...
CNN's Fareed Zakaria to Moderate 2nd Annual Int'l. Business Summit organized by The Italian Business & Investment Initiative
Friday, February 28, 2014 – NYC: "Europe: A Museum or an Investment Opportunity; A summit organized by Italy". Fareed Zakaria hosts CNN's flagship foreign affairs show, is Editor-at-Large of TIME Magazine, a Washington Post columnist, and a New York Times bestselling author. Esquire Magazine called him "the most influential foreign p...
Italian Glass, for Your Bidding
by Eve M. Khan One of the most comprehensive collections of 20th-century Italian glass is on view in New York just as it is being dispersed. As a preview for a sale next Tuesday in Chicago, Wright auction house has packed its Manhattan showroom at 980 Madison Avenue with glass vessels and sculptures consigned by the photo stylist and art d...
Italian-American leaders criticize Republican Rob Astorino's 'mafia' remark
Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino angered Italian-American leaders Monday by comparing Gov. Cuomo's handling of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission to the actions of a mafia boss. Astorino used the mafia comparison to mock Cuomo's argument that his administration only gave "advice" the Moreland Commission and did not inter...
Dianne Hales Presents MONA LISA: A LIFE DISCOVERED at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, 9/11
On Thursday, September 11 at 7 p.m. award-winning author Dianne Hales will present her latest book,"Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered" at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. Every year, 9 million visitors to the Louvre visit a gallery in which one small portrait-the lone painting on an immense wall-sits inside a bulletproof glass case, further protect...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series Featuring Antonio D’Alfonso & Richard Vetere – December 13, 2014
Italian American Writers Association Literary Reading (www.iawa.net). Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the month. IAWA East is held even months at Sidewalk Café and IAWA West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months. WHEN: Saturday, December 13, 5:30-7:30pm WHERE: Side...
Strepitosa vittoria pugilistica di Floriano
Il Webster Hall, situato nell’East Village della Grande Mela, è il più grande nightclub degli Stati Uniti, con una superficie interna di oltre tremilacinquecento metri quadrati. Risalente al 1866, è uno spazio famoso anche per I concerti e gli eventi sportive di grande risonanza internazionale. La sera del 22 gennaio di quest’anno, nonosta...
The MILANO of Giuseppe Verdi - A Lecture & DVD Presentation by Lou Barrella
October 15 (Thursday) 6:30 pmThe city of Milan was an important location during the life of Giuseppe Verdi, however not without its contradictions. The Conservatory of Music which bears his name denied him entry as a young student. After five early opera premieres, he shunned La Scala for 36 years. Yet, Casa Ricordi, the famous publishing house, di...
The Unveiling of the Nativity of Mercy (Part 1)
By Giovanni di Napoli "The Nativity of Mercy" was officially unveiled Tuesday night at Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's Little Italy in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and beginning of Pope Francis' Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. Commissioned by Monsignor Donald Sakano, the Neapolitan presepio was cr...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series — January 9, 2016–Featuring Maria Giura & Peter Marra
WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleeker WHEN: Saturday, January 9, 2016 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm WHO: An excerpt from Maria Giura's memoir-in-progress was published in the Paterson Literary Review. Another excerpt won the Penelope Niven Creative Non-Fiction Honorable Mention from the Center for Women Writers at Salem College. Her work ha...