The self-taught artist Ralph Fasanella (1914-97), born in the Bronx to Italian immigrants, believed that painting could be a form of labor advocacy. He worked as an ice delivery man, a truck driver, a gas station owner and a union organizer, all the while developing his colorful and detailed scenes of working-class life (as in "Family Supper," whic...
READ MOREJazz, folk, blues and swing notes will entertain you all night while the chef serves up some delicious and authentic Italian food. Olivia Foschi's Italian Swing Trio, led by the talented Italian-American singer Olivia Foschi will play a live jazz session. Olivia Foschi has become an iconic voice in the New York jazz scene. Her debut album...
READ MOREHomi, il salone degli stili di vita organizzato da Fiera Milano, allarga le frontiere della sua attività internazionale e, dopo il successo della prima edizione russa che si è tenuta il 14 ottobre a Mosca, presenta il 4 dicembre a Miami, alla stampa internazionale, la sua prima edizione negli Stati Uniti. L'appuntamento è dal 16 al 19 maggio 2015...
READ MOREThe demographics of once-predominantly Italian Bay Ridge may have changed over the decades, but on the micro level, Italians still rule the Ridge. A Weill Cornell Medical College study of bacteria in city subway stations released on Feb. 5 found half of Bay Ridge's stations are crawling with Enterococcus italicus, a bacteria used to make I...
READ MOREby Steve Cuozzo Design is destiny. Santina is a glass-box folly so festive, it nudges timid diners outside their predictable-Italian comfort boxes. Chilies! Yogurt! Scorching red-pepper rings on top of lubriciously olive-oiled, black-and-white anchovies! Santina, from Major Food Group partners Mario Carbone (who's in charge of Santina's k...
READ MOREDecember 7, 06:00 pm - 07:30 pmJohn D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY)25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY Frank Polizzi will provide an overview of his new book of sonnets, A New Life with Bianca, highlighting the important influences on this project. There will be a video with music that illuminates Michael McCurdy's engravings, including th...
READ MOREGiovedì 14 Marzo 201318.30 A 20.00 Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus113 W 60th St. 113 W 60th St., Room 526 5th Floor, New York, NY (map) Dear Friends, NEW YORK ITALIANS is very happy to invite you to: "The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me" March 14 at 6:30 PM at Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus 113 W 60th S...
READ MOREÈ il simbolo di tutte le madri di ogni nazionalità che hanno mandato i loro figli in una nazione di immigrati e qui ieri, ai piedi del poderoso monumento intitolato "Mother Italy" nella Upper East Side si è svolta la consueta cerimonia che ha visto come ospite speciale il vice console generale Laura Aghilarre. L'annuale tributo alle madri è organi...
READ MOREBy Riccardo Chioni L'incrocio fra Mulberry e Grand Street è un brulichio di gente nel fine settimana, in gran parte turisti che si fermanoin mezzo alla strada, si guardano intorno e scattano foto, prima di proseguire la passeggiata a Little Italy diventata zona pedonale tra bancarelle di ambulanti e tavoli di ristoranti. A questo angolo trafficat...
READ MOREToday, Marco Bicego announces it will debut their first shop-in-shop with Bloomingdale's at the retailer's 59th street flagship location in New York City. Since the launch of his eponymous jewelry line in 2000, Marco Bicego has redefined the phrase everyday luxury through hand-crafted 18kt yellow gold designs that have become instantly rec...
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