Dante Ferretti protagonista di una mostra al MoMA
Il Museum of Modern Art di New York continua a celebrare i protagonisti del cinema italiano. Dopo il tributo a Pier Paolo Pasolini lo scorso anno, il tempio dell'arte contemporanea di Manhattan ha deciso di rendere omaggio alla carriera di Dante Ferretti, scenografo italiano che nell'ultimo mezzo secolo ha lavorato ad oltre 50 pellicole, collaboran...
11-12 The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City
Looking at the historic Italian-American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy o...
Tracing the Evolution of Stereotypes of Italian-Americans as Lovers of Food & Sex
In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, NIDO (Noi Italiani D'Oggi) and Arts Mid-Hudson (formerly Dutchess County Arts Council) Folk Arts Program present "Linguini and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture," a lecture presentation by Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D., tracing the evolution of stereotypes of Italian-Americans as lo...
Nasce Sport Plus, il mensile di America Oggi
Con una tiratura di 12.500 copie, è nato ieri il primo numero del mensile 'Sport Plus', edito dal Gruppo Editoriale Oggi, che già pubblica il quotidiano 'America Oggi', l'unico in lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. 'Sport Plus' sarà in edicola il secondo martedì di ogni mese, con la missione di offrire storie e approfondimenti sulla realtà sportiva...
New York scopre Schifano
Finalmente anche New York scopre Mario Schifano, uno dei più grandi artisti italiani della seconda metà del Novecento e una delle personalità più interessanti dell'arte europea degli anni Cinquanta, Sessanta e Settanta. La galleria Luxembourg & Dayan organizza una bella personale dedicata all'artista italiano, la prima a New York e neg...
Local Sons of Italy lodge and Bronx Rotarians deliver 3,000 toys this holiday season to children
by Patrick Rocchio A heartwarming toy drive combined the generous efforts of two charitable organizations once again this year to spread holiday cheer to children. The Rotary Club of the Bronx and the Uguaglianza North East Bronx Sons of Italy Lodge #83, bought and distributed toys to children at five schools for special needs kids an...
AP names Sanminiatelli as evening global news manager
Maria Sanminiatelli, a senior Associated Press editor with extensive international and U.S. experience, has been appointed to lead the AP's Nerve Center during the U.S. evening period. The Nerve Center, located in New York, coordinates the news organization's worldwide coverage in text, broadcast, photos and interactives. Sanminiatelli wil...
Staten Islander named executive director of Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy
The Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), an international non-profit organization empowering war refugee and migrant youth, recently welcomed Staten Islander Gabriele Delmonaco as its new executive director. Delmonaco, who lives in New Brighton with his family, moved to the borough in 2001 from Rome. He said of his choice to move to the...
New York City judge accused of making anti-Italian remarks
A New York City judge who once blasted the head of a judicial committee as racist is now being accused of lobbing anti-Italian remarks himself. The New York Post reports that Supreme Court Judge Duane Hart asked during a January property-dispute hearing whether Italian-born plaintiff Maurizio Oppedisano had mob ties. One of four...
Renzo Piano
by Mark Di Suvero Manhattan is currently undergoing a construction boom so extensive that not since the skyscraper rush of the 1920s has the city's skyline been faced with the potential for so much massive transformation. But we are living in a new Gilded Age, and not surprisingly, most of the pencil-thin, sky-high constructions r...
Italian-American night June 22nd at Eisenhower Park!
As part of the Nassau County Parks' International Music Nights Concert Series, which provides residents an opportunity to experience the broad range of cultures that Nassau County has to offer free of charge, Italian-American night will be presented on June 22, 2015. The concert is presented at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, an outdoor theatre...
Geneva Sons of Italy to present 'A Passport to Italy'
The Sons of Italy-Geneva Lodge No. 2397 and Hobart and William Smith Colleges will present "A Passport to Italy: An Evening of Food, Wine and Culture" from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St., Geneva. The event will include mandolin and accordion music, four travelogues, wine and food tastings and Italian refreshme...