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Promossa dall'Italian American Legal Defense Fund, si terrà il prossimo 27 marzo dalle 8.30 alle 15.00 al D'Angelo Center della St. John's University a New York la conferenza su "Gli italo-americani e la discriminazione nell'istruzione superiore". Obiettivo della conferenza ripercorrere la storia della comunità italo – americana e delle discrimina...

The New York Mets Italian Heritage at City Field!   New York Italians members will be eligible for discounted tickets. A portion of the tickets proceeds will also go to support the New York Italians mission! Thank you New York Mets!   Please email [email protected] for details.

Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, chefs and owners of the New York City restaurants Frankies Spuntino and Prime Meats, among others, have been credited with sparking the recent revival of Italian-American cooking.   Now, with their expanded line of Italian products, they're bringing some of the ingredients they use in their restaurants...

L'Italian American American dà appuntamento domani 3 aprile alle 18.30 per una serata dedicata al teatro. In programma la lettura della pièce scritta e diretta da Dennis Loiacono "The Innocence of Maria", sulla storia di Maria Barbella, prima donna condannata a morte sulla sedia elettrica. Il 26 aprile 1895 un'emigrata italiana di Lower East Side...

Fred Bollaci, CEO and President of Fred Bollaci Enterprises http://www.fredbollacienterprises.com, the definitive international authority on gourmet 'La Dolce Vita' living, has signed two Southampton, New York-based gourmet hot spots as new 'Golden Palate Partners,' it was announced today. Bollaci, who is passionate about seeking out the world's b...

Lucio Fontana e Piero Manzoni due esponenti della cultura italiana nel mondo che affiancarono da vicino le sperimentazioni del Gruppo Zero nato in Germania.   Le loro opere le troviano infatti nella mostra che aprirà i battenti a New York per iniziativa del Gugghneim dal 10 ottobre 2014 al 7 gennaio 2015, dal titolo " ZERO: Countdown to Tomo...

The Philharmonic's 2014-15 season is opening on September 16 with "La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema." Presented in collaboration with Sugarmusic, the concert will be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert; feature violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Renée Fleming, and singer/songwriter/actor Josh Groban; and include video projection combinin...

The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents a book talk and signing with author Mimi Aloia - Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @ 7 PM Q & A with the author will take place after the presentation. Copies of the book will be available and can be autographed.   Suggested Donation: $20 pp. (Cash, check or credit card...

A Long Island man booted from his job as a deputy finance commissioner for the Town of North Hempstead announced Wednesday that he is preparing to sue the municipality because, he says, he was fired for being Italian.   Angelo Ferrara, 66, has filed a notice of claim and complaint with the state's Division of Human Rights alleging the town d...

by Glenda Gephart   The Schuyler County Italian American Festival is looking for new ideas and new volunteers. The festival, in its 36th year in 2015, has set this year's dates for Friday, July 31, and Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2.   Louis Perazzini of Watkins Glen, 2015 committee president, said in a news release that the g...

Bartenura Moscato is hitting the streets of New York and handing out thousands of specially grown blue roses that match its iconic blue bottle this Thursday and Friday (2/12 and 2/13) as a thank you for making Bartenura Moscato the best-selling Italian Moscato in America.   Locations where Bartenura will be handing out roses throughout the d...

by Elisabetta Grasso   A resent research has demonstrated that positive cognitive gains are associated with learning a second language in childhood. Starting from this particular statement the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum has decided to initiate a STEM bilingual program for children between two and a half and four years old in a true bilingu...