Fourth Annual Campagnolo Gran Fondo New York, the World’s Most International Cycling Race, Rolls into New York City on May 18
Thousands of cyclists to compete on 100-and 50-mile race course options through NY and NJ; Cycling Champions Stephen Roche and Nelson Vails to take part in race and festivities; Fourth Annual NYC Bike Expo welcomes visitors May 16-17. The New York Metropolitan region's premier cycling event, the fourth annual Campagnolo Gran Fondo New York...
Dolores DeLuce reads from My Life, a Four Letter Word: Confessions of a Counter Culture Diva
Thursday, October 9 Dolores DeLuce, "a five-foot diva in six-inch heels," takes us on the bumpy ride from a bleak New Jersey childhood through her escape to the refuge of the tumultuous post-Stonewall days in 1970s Los Angeles and gay San Francisco. After giving birth to a mixed-race daughter and being rejected by her Italian-American family, DeLu...
Victoria Fine Foods is Awarded Five Scovie Awards
Victoria Fine Foods (VFF), the #1 slow kettle cooked pasta sauce manufacturer in the US, announced today that they have been awarded five Scovie Awards. The awards given to recognize the world's leading spicy foods, honored Victoria in three different categories including taste, product label design, and logo. Among more than 850 submitted...
Italy to be Partner Country Sponsor of Summer Fancy Food Show
Italian food is the most popular international cuisine in the U.S. This summer, Italy will bring its best in classic specialty food and on-trend new products from all regions of the country to the Summer Fancy Food Show. This marks the first time the show organizer, the Specialty Food Association, has engaged a partner country sponsor for...
IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival NY
Date: Monday, May 04, 2015 - Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Hours: www.inscenany.com o chiamate 646-850-7056 Venue: New York, NY Organized by: KIT-Kairos Italy Theater Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, presents the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 f...
Radio Free Montone: Fortunato’s Fortress Is Gone
By John Montone Fortunato's fortress is gone. My grandfather or nonno, Fortunato Missaggia, built his house brick-by-brick in the early 1950s. It was a place, he once explained, to keep those he loved away from those he wanted nothing to do with. Friends and certain family members in...undesirables out. He was almost 50 when he built it. Wor...
9th Annual Congers- Valley Cottage Rotary Club‘s Italian Festival
The Congers- Valley Cottage Rotary will be presenting Sunday September 27 the 9th Annual Italian Festival at Congers Station Park from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Families and friends will have the chance to indulge in their favorite Italian meals such as homemade pastas, meatballs, zeppoles, calzones, and more. Families can bond together and enjoy live...
Italy Amcham’s CEO Simone Crolla received the prestigious GEI friendship award
Simone Crolla, Italy Amcham's CEO, attended the annual presentation of the GEI, Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, an association of representatives from the main Italian business and financial concerns operating in the United States, and Italian leaders in the professions, in industrial design and international affairs. In this occasion he received the pr...
Save Venice Inc. Announces Distinguished New Leadership
Save Venice Inc, the American organization that has raised more than $25 million to restore hundreds of work of art and architecture in Venice, Italy, is pleased to announce Dr. Frederick Ilchman and Richard J. Almeida as new chairman and president, respectively. "After a unanimous election, the Board of Directors is delighted that Frederi...
These Days, John Baldessari Cribs From the Masters
Having taught many generations of Los Angeles artists, John Baldessari proudly displays a few of their creations on the walls of his large studio in Venice. One piece, by Analia Saban, consists of white paper cleverly made to look like a stained gym towel. Its wry humor is in the Baldessari vein. But fans of this famously off-kilter, bound...
Native Italian chef to rescue tourist-trapped Little Italy
Manhattan's Little Italy is moving beyond its tourist-trap joints drenched in red sauce. Capri Ristorante, slated to open later this month at 145 Mulberry St., is the first stateside eatery from genuine Italian chef Franco Aliberti, who has appeared on cooking shows in his native country. Capri comes on the heels of Aunt Jake's, a well-re...
In Usa inizia l’anno del Piemonte
I prossimi dodici mesi saranno l'anno del Piemonte, negli Stati Uniti. Un'occasione per promuoverlo e farlo conoscere sotto tutti gli aspetti, dal turismo alla cucina, dalla tecnologia all'arte. Questo perché la National Italian American Foundation ha scelto il Piemonte come «Region of Honor» del 2016, impegnandosi ad organizzare insieme eventi dur...