Most people know Valerie Bertinelli as a Golden Globe-winning actress who co-starred on "One Day at a Time" in the 1970s and more recently on "Hot in Cleveland." But these days, she's more likely to be sauteing garlic in her kitchen than walking a red carpet at a premiere. Bertinelli is the host of "Valerie's Home Cooking" and co-host of "Kids Baki...
READ MOREWhen: Monday, October 23, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago - Entrance : Free Winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy's preeminent prize for fiction, "Ferocity" is a cinematic suspense novel that also addresses vital social questions, a combination of Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" and Jonathan Franzen's "Freedo...
READ MORETuesday, Oct. 17th @ 7:00 PM. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Ave, SI, NY 10301. CASANOVA: The World of a Sedcutive Genius. A book presentation with Author, Laurence Bergreen. Come discover, with author, Laurence Bergreen, the definitive biography of the impoverished child, abandoned by his parents, who became the famous writer, notorious libertine, and...
READ MORERompe gli argini. Attraversa mondi. Si inserisce tra culture diverse. Supera l’oceano. Ma ritrova sempre la strada. Con sofferenza e meraviglia. Con incanto e lucidità. Uno scrigno che custodisce tutto. I profumi speziati di Harlem. Gli odori del Sud. I suoni dei dialetti. Il sudore della fatica. Tre protagonisti e un’autrice che, come una perfetta...
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend a book reading and signing for "Out of Rushmore's Shadow: The Luigi Del Bianco Story" by Award-Winning Actor, Singer, and Storyteller Lou Del Bianco on Monday, October 9th at 3:00 PM. For reservations please call the Museum at 212.965.9000, send an email to ItalianAmericanMuseum@gmail.com...
READ MOREOctober 12 (Thursday) 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Book Presentation: La Dolce Vita University. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: free; suggested donation $10. Contact: 914-771-8700 info@wiccny.org A special evening for anyone already in amore with Italy and its remarkably rich cultural gifts. Carla Gambesci...
READ MOREThere are many talented Italian Americans among the most important American writers of this century and of the last one. Helen Barolini, Gay Talese, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Don DeLillo, Mario Puzo, John Fante are just a few names of great Italian writers we admire and love. Today we are very happy and proud to welcome on We the Italians one of the m...
READ MOREFriday, October 6, 2017 | 6:30pm - Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, Opera Plaza, San Francisco. This event is organized by Cinema Italia SF in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute. RSVP to amelia.antonucci@gmail.com Dr. Pasquale Nestico was born in Isca, Calabria, a small town on the Ionian Sea. A bricklayer first and...
READ MOREOctober 5 (Thursday) 6:30 pm. "The Mystique of Every Italian Gal" - The Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street, (at the corner of Grand St.), Manhattan. Admission: $10 suggested donation; open to the public. Contact: cathybrown1059@gmail.com or 718-938-1789 Authors Catherine Gigante-Brown (Volossal Publishing) and Dolores DeLuce (Double Deli...
READ MOREYou grew up in New York City, your mom is a famous cookbook editor, and your dad is a talented home cook, right? “My parents definitely played into my career choice! My mother and father were always cooking. They generally didn’t cook together: Dad would make traditional Italian-American and Chinese food as a hobby, and my mother was all about the ...
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