The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for en Plein Air Imagery of Central Park. Solo exhibition by Annamarie Trombetta - Friday, February 20, 2015 - 6:30 P.M. Refreshments will be served R.S.V.P. 212.965.9000 info@ItalianAmericanMuseum.org Celebrating the influence of the Italian Macchiaioli (Risorgime...
READ MOREThe Italian Specialization at the Graduate Center (CUNY) is happy to invite you to the lecture by Prof. Vincent (University of Manchester) entitled "Dialect meets standard: the literary and linguistic history of Milan." The lecture will take place on Friday, March 27 from 4.00-6.00 pm in the Comparative Literature Department, Room 4116. Th...
READ MOREA New York lo si era già visto nei panni di un Marinetti provocatore e affabulatore. Ora torna con un Leonardo da Vinci che, in lingua rinascimentale, si fa intervistare da artisti e scienziati. Il milanese Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, regista, attore e drammaturgo sembra avere una passione per quelle intersezioni tra arte, scienza, tecnica e indus...
READ MOREJoe Piscopo rose to fame in the early 1980s when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live and began delivering his spot-on impersonations of Frank Sinatra, David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lewis, Andy Rooney and many more celebrities. Now he's a morning host for AM 970 The Answer, a news and talk radio station based in New York, an...
READ MOREAmbasciatore del Gusto Foodscovery, Alessandro Frassica porta i sapori italiani anche oltreoceano. Non è la prima volta che i panini di Ino arrivano in America, ma questa volta a ospitarlo è la nota Sullivan Streen Bakery di Soho. Come si prepara il perfetto panino? A svelarlo al pubblico newyorkese – che di panini se ne intende – son...
READ MOREby Mark Sommer Ristorante Lombardo is still there. So are Romeo & Juliet's and Johnny's Meats. Caruso's Italian Imports, under new ownership, sports a new red, green and white awning. But many Italian businesses are gone, among them Il Fiorentino Restaurant, Garangelo's Cafe and Lunetta's Restaurant. In their place? ...
READ MOREBy Morgan Winsor Each September, people gather at festivals in major cities across the United States to celebrate the annual Feast of San Gennaro with music, entertainment, parades and a variety of delicacies. But the celebration's origins can be traced back to the early 20th century in the Little Italy section of Manhattan in New York Cit...
READ MOREBy Susie Davidson Powell Tucked in a nondescript building on an unassuming Schenectady street, Cella Bistro is hardly the most illustrious of settings. But after nine years in business, the Cella family has built up a loyal following, as fond of the owners as they are of chef-owner Michael Cella's eclectic take on Italian food. In return,...
READ MOREGrants are available for the purchase of educational material for Italian programs in public and private schools (grades PreK through 12th) of the Tristate area. The maximum amount of each grant is $3000 per school. Please note: schools that already received a grant for the 2015-16 academic year cannot apply for this grant ONLY NEW S...
READ MOREby Rafer Guzman It sounds like the start of an old joke: A Jewish Long Islander and an Italian-American actor walk onto a movie set . . . Actually, it's a fair description of the making of "Friends and Romans," a new comedy about chronically typecast Italian-American actors who decide to showcase their talents by putting on a Shakespe...
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