7th Annual Italian Feast & Carnival in Tappan, NY
This festive celebration of all things Italian, which is hosted by Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Blauvelt Sons of Italy, takes place Sept 15-18 at Masonic Park in Tappan, NY. The festival, which attracts thousands of people from around the tri-state area, features plenty of Italian food, as well as live entertainment and Dreamland Amusements midw...
Sebastian Leone, Borough President Who Championed Brooklyn, Dies at 91
Sebastian Leone, who as borough president in the 1970s worked to raise Brooklyn's profile long before its current renaissance, died on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn. He was 91. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his wife, Helene Leone, said. Mr. Leone, a Democrat, was borough president from 1970 to 1976, when Brooklyn did not enjoy the r...
Ninth Annual New Italian Film Festival Weekend
Start Date: 11/9/2012 Start Time: 7:00 PMEnd Date: 11/9/2012 End Time: 11:00 PMThis event recurs on a custom schedule. Click here to see the series dates.Event Description The Center for Italian Studies will screen five recently produced Italian films subtitled in English with remarks and Q&A sessions conducted by Festival Director, Professor...
Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Will Screen '8 Decades of Italian Cinema' 4/19 Read more about Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Will Screen '8 Decades of Italian Cinema' 4/19 by broadwayworld.com
"8 Decades of Italian Cinema" will launch in New York City on April 19th at Dan Talbot's Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Dan Talbot is the legendary founder of New Yorker Films and champion of Italian films in the United States. The series will begin with Roberto Rossellini's OPEN CITY made in 1945. How appropriate is that, considering this film had its fi...
Il Consolato Generale a New York va a Rochester
Si informano i connazionali che il 10 e l'11 maggio 2013 è prevista una missione consolare a Rochester per la raccolta delle impronte digitali per il rilascio dei nuovi passaporti biometrici con l'obiettivo di agevolare l'ottenimento del passaporto da parte dei connazionali residenti nelle aree più distanti da Manhattan. Tutti i connazionali inter...
New State President Elected!
At the 107th Annual State Convention of the Grand Lodge of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America, held at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center, Callicoon, New York, Joseph F. Rondinelli, was elected by acclamation as the 31st State President of the New York Grand Lodge. Totally committed to the Order Sons of Italy in America, President...
Italian brand opens permanent space in U.S.
Tessitura Toscana Telerie (TTT), the Italian bedding and table linens maker, is opening its first permanent showroom in New York at 230 5th Avenue, suite 1915. But don't call it a showroom.Claudia Parati, general manager, said the company, known for its private label as well as its own brand, is calling it The Lab. "We consider it a creative labor...
Esploratori emigranti cittadini: Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia ospiti dell'Italian American Museum
"Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience From the Collections of the Library of Congress" ("Esploratori Emigranti Cittadini: Storia per immagini dell'esperienza italo-americana tratta dalle collezioni della Library of Congress"): titola così il volume di Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia che sarà pres...
Reclaiming vanished Albany neighborhood
by Paul Grondahl More than 50 years on, the anger rises in their voices and belies a deep distrust over the official version of why 3,500 families, predominantly Italian immigrants, watched their houses, shops, restaurants, churches and way of life destroyed to make way for the South Mall. The accepted narrative was that the urban cor...
Tarantella Rhythms & Steps by Alessandra Belloni
This Sunday - October 5th - 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.Italian American Museum Presents RHYTHM IS THE CURE: A Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop Featuring the tarantella rhythms and steps Conducted by Alessandra BelloniREMO Signature Series Artistwww.alessandrabelloni.com www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni Message from Museum Presiden...
Il ristorante della settimana. "Casa Basso" di Westhampton, Long Island
di Matilde Cannavò Casa Basso, a Westhampton, non è semplicemente un ristorante, ma un pezzo di storia con una ripetitività quasi ciclica. Aperto nel 1928 da una coppia di genovesi, Luigi e Angelina Basso, nel 1957 il ristorante viene venduto dagli stessi proprietari, ormai in età di pensionamento, a Valerio Mondini di Villanova, provincia...
Cortina sbarca a New York con il Festival Dino Ciani
di Beatrice Bondi Cortina approda a New York e incontra il pubblico americano, per presentare le sue bellezze naturali, già patrimonio UNESCO, che unite a un immenso capitale di cultura, moda, musica e spettacolo, hanno contribuito ad eleggere e confermare Cortina "regina delle Dolomiti". L'evento, nato dalla collaborazione tra Cortina Tu...