Italian Dressmaker Luisa Beccaria Comes to Town, Lifts Spirits With Clouds of Tulle
On a day of freezing rain—why isn't this snow? Snow is pretty!—with despair pouring from the television set, it is fascinating to take a break from bitter reality and stop in for tea at the presentation by Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria. The event, held in a mansion on the Upper East Side, two blocks from the 86th Street subway station b...
Giorno della Memoria 2013: The Italian Shoah: Beyond National Mythology
At Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò In collaboration with the Primo Levi Center With:Franklin Hugh Adler, Macalester CollegeSusan Zuccotti, author of The Italians and the HolocaustFederico Finchelstein, The New School Moderated by:Natalia Indrimi, Primo Levi Center The new two volume box set The History of the Shoah in Italy completes and updates t...
Italian American Review accepting article submissions
The Italian American Review is currently accepting article submissions addressing the history and culture of Italian Americans, as well as other aspects of the Italian diaspora. The journal embraces a wide range of professional concerns and theoretical orientations in the social sciences and in cultural studies. The journal entertains articles abou...
See GEPPETTO at HERE in NYC June 13-30!
Concrete Temple Theatre presents GEPPETTO Geppetto meshes two of our favorite stories, Pinocchio and The Old Man And The Sea,to tell a heart-breaking and hilarious tale of prosthetics and aging.It contemplates resilience in the face of change and loss. HERE145 Sixth Ave. - New York, NY(enter on Dominick Street, one block south of S...
Parm heads to Upper West Side for summer launch
Holy, cannoli! The Upper West Side is getting its very own Parm, Side Dish has learned.For the uninitiated, that's the old school Italian-American "soul food" eatery from the Major Food Group trio of Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick. Parm launched on Mulberry Street in 2011 and now has an outpost at Yankee Stadium and another opening...
Franca Valeri's play using a "Tosca" backdrop is sharp, current.
The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright. Valeri employs the plot line, main characte...
Tradition in Italy continues at Etna's in Gates
Nuccio Scuderi emigrated from Italy to the United States with a solid background in baking and a desire to be his own boss. He achieved that when he opened Etna Pastry Shoppe on Lyell Avenue in Gates 36 years ago. The bakery has been going strong since, with a loyal clientele flocking to Etna for the cannoli, pastries, cakes, coo...
"A Taste of Sicily: Healthy Eating Italian Style" by Fiorella DiCarlo
You are cordially invited to attend a special presentation by Fiorella DiCarlo RD, CDN titled, "A Taste of Sicily: Healthy Eating Italian Style" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, August 7th. Fiorella is a Registered Dietitian in private practice in New York City and born in Naples, Italy. She is also founder of a food blog called...
Grande festa per il 75° anniversario Orsogna Mutual Aid Society di New York
Nonno Antonio Tenaglia taglia il traguardo dei 100 anni nel giorno in cui a New York si festeggia il 75° anniversario della fondazione dell'Orsogna Mutual Aid Society. E nella sala "Ricardo's By The Bridge" di Astoria, diventata per una sera "Casa Orsogna", tutti in coro gli augurano "Buon compleanno". Un augurio speciale che arriva anche...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Vito Martire in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (June 14th), my friends and I made our way to the Congrega San Vito di Ciminna clubhouse (7712 18th Ave.) in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the Festa di San Vito Martire. Blessed with beautiful weather, the procession wended its way through the neighborhood to Saint Dominic's Church. Before celebrating Mass in Italian with Father Martino, we...
NOIAW Congratulates the Winners of the 2015 Il Leone di San Marco Awards!
This year's honorees include Actor Robert Davi who will be accepting the award for Performing Arts, Felix Cavaliere (of the Rascals), who will receive the award in Music, and Dr. Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA, CEO of the Concorde Medical Group, who will accept the award in Medicine, Tom Belfiore, Chief Security Officer for the Port Authority of NY and N...
DANTE MARATHON - The Inferno: A Continuous Reading
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Hours: 6pm to midnight Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth, (1265-1321), the Italian Cultural Institute wishes to honor Italy's greatest poet by holding a continuous reading of the Divine Comedy's first Cantica, the...