VII edizione "Giornate dell'emigrazione" - L'ASMEF a New York
Verrà presentata domani a Napoli la Missione Internazionale 2013 che impegnerà l'ASMEF - Associazione Mezzogiorno E Futuro presieduta da Salvo Iavarone - a New York dal 10 al 17 ottobre in occasione del Columbus Day. La missione, promossa nell'ambito della VIII edizione della rassegna "Giornate dell'Emigrazione", sarà anche occasione per p...
Bill de Blasio victory celebrated in small Italian town with family ties
Celebratory corks were popped in the southern Italian town of Sant' Agata de' Goti to toast Italian-American Bill de Blasio's landslide victory in the Big Apple's mayoral race. De Blasio's maternal grandfather hailed from the town near Naples almost a century ago, and he still has cousins there today. Dozens of people gathered in the town's former...
La rivoluzione bilingue. Studiare (anche) in Italiano a New York si può
di Maurita Cardone Sono lontani i tempi in cui gli immigrati italiani che arrivavano in America dovevano cercare di integrarsi anche a spese della propria identità culturale. Oggi i nuovi immigrati sono giovani, con un grado di istruzione generalmente alto, e non hanno intenzione di vergognarsi delle proprie origini né di recidere il legam...
Italy to Promote Southern Houses
As part of a comprehensive effort by Italy's Ministry for Economic Development (MSE) and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) to give more international exposure to small- and medium-sized companies in the country's south, ITA's publishing taskforce is organizing Voices from the South, an initiative aimed at bringing more attention to the region's pu...
Gatti-Casazza and the golden age of Metropolitan Opera
Introduced by Peter Gelb, General manager, Metropolitan Opera with the participation of Esward Smaldone, Director, Aaron Copland school of music. Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1869-1940) who was born in Udine, Italy was the beneficiary of extensive education at major universities as well Genoa's Naval School of Engineering. He left the world of engineering...
How the New York City Meatball Helped Build Italian-American Cuisine
The Turkish have kofte; the Brazilians almôndegas. Polish cooks make pulpety, the Swedes do kottbuller, and the Greeks fry keftedes. And you can find them all in New York City. They're all meatballs. But nine times out of ten, when we talk about meatballs in New York, we're only referring to one. It's coated in red sauce and sits over brea...
L'italiano che a New York trova casa agli europei
La sua vita sembra il copione di Sliding Doors. Una di quelle vite che ha preso una direzione per una decisione ripensata all'ultimo momento. Decisione rivelatasi, poi, determinante e vincente per il suo futuro. Dietro però c'è il fato, il destino. Quello che i greci chiamavano "tuke" a cui nessuno può sottrarsi, nel bene e nel male. Come non si è...
Altamura Center for the Arts announces 2015 season
The Altamura Center for the Arts, located on Winter Clove Road, has been a treasure trove of exciting and dynamic performances these past 15 years. And 2015 is no exception. The Center was founded by world renowned opera soprano, and her husband Leonard Altamura in 2000, with the purpose of promoting understanding among world people through the st...
Adele Assante Carlson: Agnoli story resonates with many
The front-page article on the Agnoli family and their celebration of St. Mary's Feast brought back wonderful memories of my own and I'm sure resonated with many others in Rhode Island, a state with the highest percentage of Italian-Americans in the country. As a third generation Italian-American who grew up in Barrington, I would note that Holy An...
Screening: BEFORE NEOREALISM World Premiere
OCTOBER 02, 2015. 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Before Neorealism: Italy's Forgotten Cinema (2015, 56 min.) Directed by David Morea. Produced by Alberto Zambenedetti. Followed by a Q&A with the director and producer. Before Neorealism: Italy...
Brunello Cucinelli: Feeling Bullish About U.S. Business
Brunello Cucinelli's love affair with America is in full swing. He was the guest of honor Wednesday night at a cocktail party and dinner thrown by the Hirshleifer family at their newBrunello Cucinelli boutique at the Americana Manhasset. Before the party, WWD sat down with Cucinelli, and through an interpreter, spoke about his whirlwind five-d...
Six Great Italian Wines Shine at Charity Tasting
That was the choice of Cindy and Steve, the winning bidders for a wine tasting I had donated to a silent auction at the Answer The Call charity gala to benefit the families of New York police and firefighters who die in the line of duty and, with the help of some generous importers, this is what I gave them. Italian wines have improved out...