Italian director Mario Martone said that his latest film Nostalgia is very similar to his 1995 film L’amore molesto (Troubling Love). During a panel discussion at Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event, Martone explained the connection between adapting Elena Ferrante’s first novel L’amore molesto and Ermanno Rea’s book Nostalgia for the big scr...

November 1 2022 Italian American Reputation Lab in New York, NY

In the latter half of the 19th century, Manhattan and Brooklyn became centers of everyday life for thousands of Italian immigrants entering the United States. Their numbers started off small — the 1860 federal census showed just 1,067 Italian-born people living in New York City and Brooklyn — but grew quickly by the end of the century, almost tripl...

Tino’s Artisan Pizza Co. is an artisanal Pizzeria and Italian restaurant that focuses on using organic, local, and sustainable ingredients, from owners Tino Procaccini, Dominick Natoli, and Andréa Di Meglio. Tino’s is famous for their pizzas, made with unbleached, unbromated flour, hand-stretched to 12-inches round, and feature a signature crispy, ...

Hollywood star, Bette Davis’ eternal rival, Joan Crawford, argued that the most important thing for a woman, after her talent, was her hairdresser. You may not be completely in agreement with this order of priorities, but there is no doubt that by now the one who plays the role of hair stylist has become an indispensable beauty accomplice for the e...

When: Wednesday, November 09, 2022 From 6:00 pm To 7:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura - NY - Entrance : Free - Book presentation and conference by Joseph Luzzi Professor of Comparative Literature Faculty Member, Italian Studies Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty....

Get those stretchy pants ready: Eataly has signed a lease to open in the base of 200 Lafayette St. in downtown Manhattan. The eatery — which operates as a combination Italian grocery and a high-end dining destination, with eat-in options as well as gourmet grab-and-go foods — will occupy the ground and lower levels totaling 18,353 square feet, indu...

The steakhouse, an American institution, is almost synonymous with Charlie Palmer, one of the most highly regarded American chefs and a pioneer of progressive American cooking. Now Palmer has created a new concept dining with AperiBar, a chic Italianesque restaurant and cocktail bar which just opened near Times Square, opposite Bryant Park on the g...

The Seventh Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World - a weeklong celebration promoting Italian cuisine - is an initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with other agencies such as the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Cultural Institutes abroad. Showcasing Italy and the Italian taste with no borders, the Week of I...

In order to promote the endless possibilities of pairing Italian wine with Italian, international and local cuisines, the Italian Trade Agency announces the Dining with Bacchus tour, a series of educational events in 6 cities across the US throughout the month of November. The events, to be executed in some of America’s most authentic and iconic re...