Sam Rotolo believed strongly that nobody, not even a teacher, should try to take away a child's dignity. Even when that child had to face discipline for breaking a rule at Batavia Junior High School, of which Rotolo was principal for 23 years. "There's a saying that says, 'Kids don't care how much you know, they want to know how much...
READ MOREDate: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICIReserve Panelist:Giovanna Borradori (Vassar College) e Achille Varzi (Columbia Uni.) "Thinking and Imagination" makes a fundamental contribution to the understanding of the image as a new cultural environment and as the place w...
READ MOREDecember 12 10:30 am — 12:00 pm - Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, NY - Members $15, Non-Members $25 Acqua alta refers to the higher than normal water levels that invade the city of Venice and cause the lagoon's salt water to overflow the edges of the canals and flood the streets. Those who love Venice are, of...
READ MOREBilancio positivo per il Programma "Trentino. Taste of Dolomites" che dal 6 al 12 maggio scorsi ha visto nove aziende vitivinicole trentine partecipare a New York ad un ricco programma di eventi, incontri business to business, seminari degustazione e azioni di promozione presso alcuni templi della ristorazione italiana nella Grande Mela. I...
READ MORE2013 will be the 4th annual Peekskill Italian Feast.It will be a 3 day event: Friday Aug 16th 5PM till 11PM, Saturday Aug 17th 12 Noon till 11PM and Sunday Aug 18th 12 Noon till 9PM. Fun for the whole family. In the past 3 years, the Peekskill feast has attracted 25000 people annually; everybody is Italian for the 3 days! Th...
READ MOREBy Riccardo Chioni Una "Pausa di Luce" a SoHo per un progetto lanciato da due società ambasciatrici dell'eccellenza italiana nel mondo. È un "pezzo iconico" della Poltrona Frau prodotto dal 1919 ed è stato presentato alla stampa giovedì a Wooster Street. È il modello della poltrona chiamato "Pausa di Luce", prodotto in numero limitato.L'occa...
READ MOREdi Natascia Lorusso Riccardo Costa ha 37 anni e un appetito insaziabile di cibo, di film e di vita. Fin dalla tenera età aveva le idee chiare su quale fosse la sua destinazione e professione: diventare un celebre regista e sceneggiatore. Dall'età di 5 anni sogna di sfondare nel cinema, conquistare Hollywood e guadagnarsi l'Oscar come migli...
READ MOREBrooklyn prosecutors have filed court papers to seize an ancient Roman sarcophagus that had been illegally excavated in Italy more than 30 years ago. The marble sculpture, depicting a sleeping woman, turned up last May at an exhibition at the Park Ave. Armory in Manhattan where a Switzerland-based antiquities dealer had valued the sarcophagus lid...
READ MOREHe was born Giuseppe (Joseph) Palattella, but he would become "DON 1, M.A.F.IA." The Italian-American teen from Queens helped put the borough and the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (BMT) subway lines on the 1970s graffiti map. Decades later, a new book hopes to rediscover that legacy. One of his fans, Louie, "KR.ONE," Gasparro, brings back to...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #35 2014 June, 18Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: A very famous painting from the Italian Renaissance has just landed in New York, where it will be until July 20: it is the portrait of a woman celebrated as "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino. Dated 1533, the painting is one of four femal...
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