THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC
When: Thursday, February 16, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York In collaboration with : La Serenissima/Carnegie Hall - Entrance : Free In talks that explore La Serenissima’s social, cultural, and political history, bestselling Italian historian and novelist Alessandro Barbero views Venice’s relationship wit...
Save the Date: Italy and the Euro-Mediterranean Migrant Crisis (April 26 and 27, 2017)
Italy and the Euro-Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: National Reception, Lived Experiences, E.U. Pressures. Columbia University, Wednesday, April 26, 2017; Montclair State University, Thursday, April 27, 2017 The Euro-Mediterranean migrant crisis prompted by the turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East continues to be discussed with increasing frequ...
Announcing the Spring 2017 "Documented Italians" Film & Video Series
Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 6pm The Barese Ice Men of New York (2015), 80 min. Carlo Magaletti, dir. The Barese Icemen of New York follows the story of the Italian immigrants from the region of Apulia who from the 1920s to the 1960s dominated the making and delivery of ice in New York City. Interviews with former icemen and their families as well...
The Met Breuer opens first major retrospective in the United States of Marisa Merz
In January 2017, The Met Breuer presents the first major retrospective in the United States of the Italian painter, sculptor, and installation artist Marisa Merz (born Turin, Italy, 1926). Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space brings together five decades of work to explore Merz’s prodigious talent and influence. The exhibition features her early e...
Chef Cesare Casella on how anyone can cook like an Italian
Italian food. You either love it or you really love it. From all the cuisines of the world, Italian is the one that makes people smile. It makes you feel the comfort of home in every spoonful and every bite. It gives you a hug and reminds you that life is for living. And for recognizing that the simplest things often bring the greatest joy. Authent...
In Honor Of the Italian Immigrants Who Came To The United States of America
In Honor Of the Italian Immigrants Who Came To The United States of America: Our 31St Annual St. Joseph Celebration. Thursday, March 16th. The business meeting will start at 7:00pm, followed by Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo's presentation with slides of "St. Joseph Traditions." We will have the traditional St. Joseph Table and this year we will serve...
We are Cooking at Eataly NYC!
I am so happy and honored to announce that on Saturday, March 23, 2013, I will be teaching a Cooking Class at La Scuola di Eataly in NYC... yes, in the Lidia Bastianich Temple! During the class, Nonna Romana and I will demonstrate a traditional Pugliese menu "Primavera in Puglia" using the freshest ingredients in season and with total respect of ou...
Book Presentation: Maurizio Molinari's GOVERNO OMBRA. America's Secret Files on Italy During the Years of Lead
Book Presentation of: Governo OmbraI documenti segreti degli USA sull'Italia degli Anni di piombo(Rizzoli, 2012) byMaurizio Molinari The author in conversation with:Umberto Gentiloni, historian, Sapienza Università di RomaRichard Gardner, former United States Ambassador to Italy, Professor Emeritus, Columbia UniversityJoseph LaPalombara, Yale Un...
Seeking U.S. investors: spring symposium 2013, DEMO DAY
European financial crisis leaves secondary relevance to innovative and new ideas, usually casting promising entrepreneurs without capital to grow their businesses. This is why many European native start-ups increasingly look at U.S. as an attractive pole to obtain investments and new markets.This scenario leaves room for Italian organizations to fi...
Erene, la voce che ha risvegliato l’italianità a NY
di Maurizio Molinari E' una voce torinese a risvegliare il patriottismo degli italiani di New York. In pochi conoscono la cantautrice Erene Mastrangeli quando a fine aprile sale sul podio del transatlantico "Poesia" ancorato al Pier 88 per il gala della "Italy-America Chamber of Commerce" in onore della baronessa-filantropa Mariuccia Zaril...
Announcing the 68th Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mass and Procession, Staten Island, NY
Saint Adalbert's Church - 337 Morningstar Road Staten Island, NY 10303 - (718) 442-8476 7 PM Outdoor Rosary (weather permitting) 8 PM Solemn Cantata Mass in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel followed by candlelight procession with the statue of the Madonna throughout the streets of Elm Park Staten Island. The statue...
Start up stories of innovators
Maria Teresa Cometto (journalist and author of "Tech and the City") Riccardo Luna (journalist and author of "Cambiamo tutto" ) Riccardo Viale (moderator, director of the Italian Cultural Institute) Introduction by Riccardo Lattanzi (professor at NYU and co-chairman of the NY Chapter of the Italian Scientists and Scholar in North America Foundation)...