2013 Year of Italian Culture Opening Exhibition New York City
JOIN USOpening Poster ExhibitionITALIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, INC.CELEBRATES ANNUAL THEMETUESDAY, March 12, 2013 at 7pmCalandra Institute of CUNY, at25 West 43rd Street, 17th FlrNew York, NY The President/Chair and Board of Directors of the IHCC-NY, Inc. have announced the first in a series of events for 2013: Year of Itali...
Circo’s Chef Alfio Shares His Award-Winning Pesto Secrets
by Amelia Pang There's a misconception that pesto should have a strong garlic flavor. But, Chef Alfio Longo, executive chef of Circo Restaurant, feels pesto is best with just a light touch of garlic. "In order to appreciate the richness of the Italian extra olive oil, you can't use too much of any of the ingredients," Longo said. "It's about...
E' morto Saby D'Amico, l'americano di Pesaro
Ieri è morto negli Stati Uniti, a Port Washington, nello stato di New York, all'età di 94 anni Sabatino, Saby, D'Amico che da molti amici veniva definito pesarese, o meglio pantanese, d'America o americano di Pesaro. Saby era a nato a Jessup in Pennsylvania da famiglia di migranti italiani attirati dal lavoro nelle ricche miniere di carbon...
Cooking up a Mario Batali tour
The Mario Batali Greenwich Village Food Tour, launching on Sept. 16, will offer more than tasty morsels at the famed chef's eateries. Walks of New York inked an exclusive deal with the chef 18 months ago, and its guides are well versed about his culinary philosophy. The $64 outing stops at Otto before the popular pizzeria opens for lunch, and at L...
An Evening of Sicilian Folk & Roots Music - October 10, 8pm
Come celebrate Italian heritage with this unique evening of traditional and contemporary Sicilian folk music fused with other world music traditions. Michela Musolino is an internationally-acclaimed folk singer specializing in traditional and contemporary Sicilian music. Her first CD, Songs of the Trinacria has been widely broadcasted thro...
Rome Through Richmondtown celebrates all aspects of Italian culture
Historic Richmondtown was painted red, white and green for the first annual Rome Through Richmondtown festival on Staten Island. The festival was presented by Borough President James Oddo and served as the replacement for the annual Columbus Parade, which had seen an attendance drop in recent years. Oddo went the way of a festival to exten...
The Italian Americans: una storia americana
Se siete in America, il 17 e il 24 febbraio sera non prendete impegni: c'è un pezzo della vostra storia in prima visione TV. Diviso in quattro episodi, due per serata, dalle 9.00 alle 11.00 ET, andrà in onda su PBS The Italian Americans, l'atteso documentario di John Maggio tratto dall'omonimo libro di Maria Laurino e narrato dalla voce di...
Our American Days - March 10, 2015 at 6:00 pm
A Documentary by Chiara Barbo e Andrea Magnani, produced by Pilgrim Film with the endorsement of the Embassy of Italy in the USA. Durata 35 minuti. Through a collection of interviews and archival footage, Our American Days tells the story of life in Trieste during the Allied Military Government (1945-1954). Read more Sour...
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Oratorio Society of NY & Manhattan School of Music to Present Verdi's REQUIEM, 3/26
For the first time ever, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in collaboration with the Oratorio Society of New York and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony and Symphonic Chorus, will present a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Under the artistic direct...
Le Beatrici
The Italian American Museum presents Presents: LE BEATRICI. Live monologue performance by Margherita Peluso, Stella Pecollo and Clara Francesca Pagone. Translated by Laurence Strangio and Margherita Peluso. Co-produced with Stefano Benni. Music by Juho Karjalainen. Thursday, June 25th, 6:30PM You are cordially invi...
Syracuse Opera production unravels story of POW's homecoming
By Melinda Johnson Syracuse Opera opens its season with "Glory Denied," by composer Tom Cipullo. The contemporary opera is based on the book "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War," by Tom Philpott. After being held in captivity in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973, Floyd "Jim" Thompson discovered...
CFDA Program Pairs U.S. Designers with Italian Artisans
By Kristen Heinzinger What's bringing designers Gigi Burris and Ryan Roche, the CFDA, and Italian artisans together? The designers have been tapped to experience Italian craftsmanship at its purest as part of The Fabric Program, a partnership between textile trade fair Milano Unica and the CFDA. The initiative will give the two fi...