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Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute686 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10065 Organized by: ICI The exhibition will present Italian string instruments coming from four different cities, and made from the 17th to the 20th century. In particular, the only surviving violin made by Giovanni Pietro Caspani in 1657 will...

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Growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in the Corona section of Queens, Peter Gaudio lionized the actors who brought to the silver screen the wiseguys he knew in real life — the De Niros, Pacinos and Stallones who instilled in him a sense of pride for his heritage. "You see them and you say to yourself, I have something inside of me that I...

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The Italian Cultural Institute presents: In a Dark Wood -What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love, by Joseph Luzzi Introduction by Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat of NYU with the participation of writers: André Aciman and Alexander Stille   Wednesday, May 27 - 6PMItalian Cultural Institute - 6...

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by Michael Calia   In everything he does, Chazz Palminteri wants to tell you a story. Whether he's pitching vodka or telling you about his new restaurant, or even describing the acting talents of Tom Hardy, the 63-year-old actor, writer and director frames it as a narrative. But if there's one story he will always be known for, it's "A Bronx...

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December 8 (Tuesday) 8:00 pm. Alessandra Belloni Artistic Director & I Giullari di Piazza, Italian Folk Music, Theater and Dance. A special fund raiser in honor of I Giullari di Piazza's 35th Anniversary. Presenting by popular demand excerpts from "LA CANTATA DEI PASTORI" A Neapolitan Renaissance Christmas concert featuring: La Befana...

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Twenty-four university students who reside in the Tri-State area have received National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Scholarships.   Seventeen students in New York include: Tzintzun Aguilar Izzo of Colton;Thomas Alia and Joseph Bronzo of Staten Island; Alessandra Angelino ofKatonah; Nina Angileri of Middletown; Alice Bongiorno of East...

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Chi tra i giovani registi italiani non ha sognato di volare nella Grande Mela per far conoscere i propri lavori a critici ed esperti cinematografici a stelle e strisce? La possibilità di farlo arriva dall'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York che, per il secondo anno, ha indetto il premio "Giovani Registi Italiani". Il concorso, suddiviso in q...

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Raise the rents, take the cannoli: Little Italy is disappearing.The downtown neighborhood — long a haven for immigrant families from the old country — was once threatened by an ever-expanding Chinatown. But now the fatal blow is being delivered by the gentrifiers.Young professionals, expensive lofts and boutique shops are all moving in. Brooks Brot...

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di Maurita Cardone   Con l'Italia ancora in una crisi di cui solo il forzato ottimismo della politica vede una prossima fine, sono sempre di più le aziende e le istituzioni che guardano all'estero. E gli USA e New York sono in cima alla lista dell'appetibilità dei mercati esteri, soprattutto per il made in Italy di qualità che da questa pa...

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Broadway is one of the most famous and sparkling iconographic representations of the American leadership in the world. It is "the myth" for every actor, screenwriter, director, choreographer: for anyone who dreams of being part of the show business. In Broadway, Italy is not very much represented: unlike other areas in which Italian Americans have...

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