‘Crazy for Italian Food’ based on Italian-American experience
by Roberta Saddan Although the farm-to-table concept may be one of the hottest trends today, it was the only way to eat in the New York City of the 1930s. For the many immigrant families in a new world, the dinner table was the center of family life. Cookbook author Joe Famularo shares the details of his childhood in Crazy fo...
First Look: The Iconic Caffe Dante Reopens as Dante
by Kelly Dobkin The gist: AvroKO's Linden Pride worked closely with Caffe Dante's previous owners to restore this legendary space to a new-found glory. Reopening as Dante, the storied Greenwich Village space has been given a facelift as well as brand new menus. The space: Maintaining much of the old-world feel of the 100-year old...
Outdoor Screening of Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) at Casa Belvedere, Staten Island, New York
Wednesday, July 8th: Il Gattopardo (1963) "The Leopard" - Directed by Luchino Visconti - Drama/Romance - Not Rated - 187 Minutes - In Italian with English subtitles As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social c...
MakeUp in New York: A special focus on Italy
During the whole afternoon of next September 9, the conference room of MakeUp in New York (Penn Plaza Pavilion, on 9 and 10 September 2015) will be in the colours of Italy. "It is only natural when you know what the entire make-up sector owes to the industry of this country," comment the organisers. Economically, according to the report re...
Art & Artists of the Renaissance: Botticelli
December 11. 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, NY Members $15, Non-Members $25 Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, responsible for creating the indelible images of "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera", was also an excellent portraitist and artis...
A Caravaggesque masterpiece with a long Italian history goes on the block (again) in New York
by Morina Mojana When in 1989 I issued the first monograph (to this day the only one) on Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) -- the French Caravaggesque painter who was one of the best followers of the Italian master's style -- his painting "Christ mocked and crowned with thorns" had been acquired by art dealer Giacomo Algranti and was part o...
Parmesan Pete's Launches Little Pete’s Italian Food Truc
Parmesan Pete's, an award-winning Italian restaurant created by chef and owner Peter Della Rocca, is now serving up a little bite of Brooklyn—on the go—with the launch of Little Pete's Italian food truck. Little Pete's offers up four generations of Brooklyn-style cooking, including traditional sandwiches; meatball and chicken Parmesan; sau...
Celebrate on September 8th the 13th Annual Festa for the Sicilian Black Madonna del Tindari
Il Comitato per il Ripristino della Festa della Madonna Nera cordially invites you to the Twelfth Annual Festa in Honor of the Sicilian Black Madonna del Tindari. Thursday, September 8, 2016, 6PM at the Phoenix Bar, located at the former site of her devotion, 447 East 13th Street, off of Avenue A, Manhattan For the past...
40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, October 9
Preparations for the 40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade are progressing. Parade organizers announced the grand marshal and honorary grand marshal for the annual celebration of community and Italian pride. When the parade steps off this year at noon on Sunday, October 9 and marches along Morris Park Avenue from White Plains to Willi...
Gli chef italiani a New York, con il mestolo dalla parte del manico
Se la cucina è una componente fondamentale della nostra identità e della nostra cultura, allora i nostri grandi chef e ristoratori possono a tutti gli effetti essere considerati ambasciatori d'Italia nel mondo. E se a dirlo è il Console generale d'Italia a New York, non può che essere vero. Francesco Genuardi ha introdotto così l'appuntamento di ie...
1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event
December 9 (Friday) 6:30 pm. 1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: Members: $45; Non-Members: $55. Contact: Patrizia Calce 914-771-8700 ext. 109 Join as the Holiday Season is celebrated for the opening of Presepio Napoleta...
Italy and US: strategy for joint acedemic collaborations
During 2013, the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, the Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU) presents a series of events - meetings and conferences - that will show the results of the ten years of the H2CU activity in the US while outlining the strategy for future collaborations.