FEBRUARY 11, 2016 - 06:00 PM - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011. In collaboration with Primo Levi Center and the NYU Department of Italian Studies: If Only I Were That Warrior (2015, Documentary, 72 min.). In ENGLISH. Written and directed by Valerio Ciriaci. Produced by Isaak Lipt...

By Alfonso Guerriero Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, the renowned chef, restaurateur, author, television personality and pioneer who introduced and educated Americans to authentic Italian regional cuisine, met me at her Upper East Side restaurant Felidia on 58th Street for an afternoon chat about her immigrant experience and success in an industry th...

October is National Pasta Month, celebrating one of America's favorite foods. De Cecco is America's favorite imported Italian pasta, perfect for every table. Leading chefs the world over choose De Cecco because they know the secret to superior pasta creations – the De Cecco difference! To mark the occasion, De Cecco debunks myths and offers little...

No art more than cinema has helped to shape the relationship between Italy and the United States. Cinema has been for the relationship between the two countries a fundamental vehicle of cultural exchange, an imaginative means of historical and social description, and a very strong device of communication and mutual influence. Cinema is also one of...

by Daniel Geiger   A pair of real estate investors sees opportunity in fast changing Little Italy. A partnership led by Ira Fishman and Nathan Halegua, executives at the real estate firm EVO Real Estate Group, have acquired a 12,000-square-foot retail condo at 132 Mulberry St. for $17.5 million. The space, which is located a block north of...

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will hold its annual New York Gala on April 3, 2014, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The evening's honorees include Joseph Brancato, managing principal at the global design firm Gensler; Carmine Di Sibio, global managing partner—Client Services at EY; Mary Ann Esposito, renowned chef and tel...

"Pensate a fumetti misti a fotografie di grandi attori e attrici degli anni '50 e '60 in Italia, strettamente intrecciati e dedicati a storie d'amore strazianti.   Ne deriva il fotoromanzo, un genere tutto italiano che ha goduto di enorme popolarità in Italia del dopoguerra e può ancora contare su un devoto - anche se ridotto - numero di let...

La cultura italiana arriva a New York sotto varie forme, lo si è visto durante la seconda edizione dell'Italian International Dance Festival, dove artisti e coreografi italiani si sono esibiti al fianco di quelli americani. Il Gran Galà, nato dall'idea dei ballerini Antonio Fini e Tabata Caldironi, ospita diverse realtà del mondo della danza. In f...

During this past October, my partner, Michael Carosone, and I were invited to give a talk at a community college in downtown Manhattan, on our experiences around being gay and Italian American, in order to celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month.   I wanted to share the transcribe of my talk since it has been my agenda to bring vi...

June 6 (Saturday) 1:00 pmMario Lanza Society of New York Annual DinnerA gala afternoon with special invited guests, sopranos Elaine Malbin and Zhanna Alkhazova and accompanist David Maiullo. Recordings of Ms. Malbin and Mr. Lanza will also be played. Sponsored by Mario Lanza Society of New York. Patsy's Restaurant - 236 W 56th Street, Ma...