Columbian Lawyers celebrate Italian Heritage at Tiro-A-Segno
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn commemorated its annual Italian Heritage event at Tiro-A-Segno on Tuesday, Oct. 17. October, which marked Italian Heritage Month, brought a special ambiance to this gathering. The event spotlighted the flavors of Abruzzo, Italy, the region where the Association's President Yolanda Gaudagnoli's parents h...
Rita Monte brings rhythm to the World of Poets festival
After being uprooted from her life in Italy in 1968, Rita Monte turned to poetry to express how she felt about leaving her home country, which led her to a world of like-minded poets. Monte, Baldwin resident, wrote her first poem called “Italia” upon arriving from Italy at age 12. From there, she has won several poetry contests with some of her wor...
The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947)
Discover Sicilian Puppet Theater with Jo Ann Cavallo on Wednesday, November 15 at Columbus Citizens Foundation (8 East 69th Street, New York, NY). Professor Cavallo, Chair of the Italian Department at Columbia University will guide an exploration of Sicilian puppet theater, a beloved working-class tradition that thrived for over a century. Cavallo'...
Giants fans celebrate new quarterback’s name
The New York Giants dug deep into their quarterback depth chart Sunday and gave rise to an instant New York folk hero. Tommy DeVito, a 25-year-old rookie who played at Syracuse and Illinois, made his NFL debut after Tyrod Taylor suffered a rib injury in the first half against the New York Jets. (Taylor was starting in place of Daniel Jones, who’s s...
Fellows of Politecnico di Milano Celebrates Italian Heritage Month in New York
In celebration of Italian Heritage Month, Fellows of Politecnico di Milano US (FPM US) recently hosted a series of events and activities in the United States. This nonprofit organization, with a focus on supporting and promoting the vision of Politecnico di Milano, marked its mission for the first time, showcasing its commitment to diversity, equit...
From Italy, Balloon Museum debuts in New York with immersive contemporary art exhibition "Let's Fly"
After repeated successes in Europe, the Balloon Museum has opened the immersive contemporary art exhibition "Let's Fly" in New York City. The Balloon Museum is a project of Italian excellence, involving renowned international artists creators of inflatable art. The exhibition has received the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the support of...
‘Rocky’ star Burt Young remembered as local hero in hometown Corona
The Museum of the Moving Image is planning on screening Burt Young films in the coming weeks in tribute to the Oscar nominated actor who died earlier this month in Los Angeles at the age of 83. Young was born and raised in Corona and rocketed to fame playing Paulie Pinnino, the curmudgeonly corner-man in Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” in 1976, a role...
Massimo Bottura, Italy's busiest chef, takes America
On an especially congested fall afternoon in New York, Massimo Bottura, Italy’s most famous avant-garde chef, is stuck in gridlock en route to his new project in Harlem. He’d spent the morning at the United Nations, meeting with government ministers as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Environment Program. “It was crazy being there with [Volodymyr] Zel...
The Italian-American Restaurant In New York With Food So Good You'll Ask For Seconds... And Thirds
Want some filling food with an atmosphere that is just as good as what’s on the plate? Looking for authentic and timeless meals that make you want to ask for seconds—or even thirds? Looking for reliable flavor from dishes that are as good today as they were many decades ago? Then check out DeStefano’s Olde Erie, a restaurant in Middletown, New York...
The Honorable Christian Di Sanzo receives the award dedicated to Enrico Caruso in New York on the 150th anniversary of his birth
The Hon. Christian Di Sanzo, elected to the North and Central American Repartition, received at the IIC in New York the Caruso Tribute Award Prize, organized by Melos International and dedicated to Enrico Caruso, in recognition of his work for the dissemination of Italian culture in North America, with special emphasis on the younger generation. Th...
Teatro alla Scala's 2023-2024 season and new projects unveiled in New York and Washington
Washington DC and New York were the two stops in the U.S. in the series of international presentations of Teatro alla Scala's 2023-2024 Season-which will open on Dec. 7 with Verdi's Don Carlo conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Lluís Pasqual, LaScala.tv's 2023-2024 programming, and the newly established "Teatro alla Scala Association of A...
John Vecchio Tells The Story Of Mariano Lucca And Columbus Day
This week’s guest, John Vecchio, is Executive Director Emeritus of the Centro Culturale Italiano di Buffalo. He starts by telling us about this center and what it took to create it during Covid. In the show’s second half, Vecchio tells the origin story of Columbus Day and the irony of President Harrison’s attempt to use it to apologize to Italian-A...