"8 Decades of Italian Cinema" will launch in New York City on April 19th at Dan Talbot's Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Dan Talbot is the legendary founder of New Yorker Films and champion of Italian films in the United States. The series will begin with Roberto Rossellini's OPEN CITY made in 1945. How appropriate is that, considering this film had its fi...

Si informano i connazionali che il 10 e l'11 maggio 2013 è prevista una missione consolare a Rochester per la raccolta delle impronte digitali per il rilascio dei nuovi passaporti biometrici con l'obiettivo di agevolare l'ottenimento del passaporto da parte dei connazionali residenti nelle aree più distanti da Manhattan. Tutti i connazionali inter...

At the 107th Annual State Convention of the Grand Lodge of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America, held at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center, Callicoon, New York, Joseph F. Rondinelli, was elected by acclamation as the 31st State President of the New York Grand Lodge. Totally committed to the Order Sons of Italy in America, President...

The Italians are coming – but these particular Italians are bringing music, not, as in that TV car commercial, the latest model FIAT.   Hit Week, the international festival of contemporary Italian music, returns to North America in October with a series of concerts in Miami, New York, Toronto and Los Angeles.   Read more   Sour...

Tessitura Toscana Telerie (TTT), the Italian bedding and table linens maker, is opening its first permanent showroom in New York at 230 5th Avenue, suite 1915. But don't call it a showroom.Claudia Parati, general manager, said the company, known for its private label as well as its own brand, is calling it The Lab. "We consider it a creative labor...

"Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience From the Collections of the Library of Congress" ("Esploratori Emigranti Cittadini: Storia per immagini dell'esperienza italo-americana tratta dalle collezioni della Library of Congress"): titola così il volume di Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia che sarà pres...

'Buongiorno papà' di Edoardo Leo, film sui quarantenni single in Italia, interpretato da Raul Bova, vince il 23/o Nice Festival in Usa, la manifestazione che porta il cinema italiano emergente all'estero, assegnato dal pubblico americano. Il Festival si è svolto a New York e a San Francisco dall'11 al 17 novembre.   Il film sarà proiettato n...

This Sunday - October 5th - 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.Italian American Museum Presents RHYTHM IS THE CURE: A Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop Featuring the tarantella rhythms and steps   Conducted by Alessandra BelloniREMO Signature Series Artistwww.alessandrabelloni.com www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni Message from Museum Presiden...

di Matilde Cannavò   Casa Basso, a Westhampton, non è semplicemente un ristorante, ma un pezzo di storia con una ripetitività quasi ciclica. Aperto nel 1928 da una coppia di genovesi, Luigi e Angelina Basso, nel 1957 il ristorante viene venduto dagli stessi proprietari, ormai in età di pensionamento, a Valerio Mondini di Villanova, provincia...

Pope Francis is likely to visit more East Coast cities than just Philadelphia when he travels to the U.S. in September, the Vatican's secretary of state said Tuesday.   Pope Francis announced his trip to the United States on Nov. 17 in an address to members of the "Humanum Conference." During his visit, the pontiff will participate in the Se...