Round table "Marconi and his intuitions" - November 20, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Born in Bologna, Italy in 1874, died in Rome in 1937, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi did the groundbreaking work necessary for all future radio technology. Through his experiments in wireless telegraphy, Marconi developed the first effective system of radio communication. In 1899, he founded the Marconi Telegraph C...
Gioachino Rossini’s Barbiere Di Siviglia at Tilles Center - Friday, April 17, 2015 at 6:45pm
Gioachino Rossini's comedic opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) will be performed by New York City's Dicapo Opera Theatre (Michael Capasso, General Director) in Italian with English supertitles and with a full orchestra. The Barber of Seville was the first opera to be sung in Italian in New York City in 1825. The event begins a...
GEZA incontra Marc Thorpe, un nuovo ponte tra Italia e America a Soho
di Daniela Tanzj e Andrea Bentivegna In un periodo in cui il Bel paese sta faticosamente cercando di tirarsi fuori dal pantano di una crisi non più solo economica ma anche morale, fa ben sperare vedere che proprio dal design, antico vanto del nostro paese, arrivino incoraggianti segni di rinascita visto che proprio in questo ambito si vann...
Italian American Museum says evictions aren't hypocrisy, just business
by Ben Fisher New York's rapid redevelopment is bound to cause fights over evictions, rents and gentrification. But for sheer unfortunate irony, it's hard to top the ongoing saga of the Italian American Museum in Little Italy. In the last week, the museum has evicted two tenants of the Lower East Side enclave, both the very embodiment...
A Look at the 2015 Festa Della Madonna Dell'Arco in Ridgewood, Queens
Sunday, April 12th, dozens of pilgrims and fujenti (devotees of the Madonna of the Arch) gathered at St. Matthias Church in Ridgewwod, Queens for the Third Annual Festa Della Madonna Dell'Arco. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Vincent Miceli, followed by a short procession around the parish to the nearby Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Cent...
‘A Queen For A Day’ Starring Vincent Pastore Opens At St. Clement’s Theater
Set in an abandoned warehouse in New Jersey, Michael Ricigliano Jr.'s new play, Queen for a Day, is a story about organized crime, family, loyalty, and love. The play follows mafia member Giovanni "Nino" Cinquimani (David Proval) as he agrees to meet with prosecutor Patricia Cole (Portia) for a "queen for the day" or proffer agreement under the gui...
Dancing of the Giglio & The Feast of Saint Anthony
Bronx Little Italy. Arthue Avenue & East 187th St, The Bronx 10458The Feast of Saint Anthony starts on Wednesday, June 10th and goes thru Sunday, June 14th. The Dancing of the Giglio is Saturday, June 13 from 4-6pm and the Procession is Sunday, June 14th at 5pm. The feast will be full of games, rides, raffles, amusements and of course food...
Bittersweet Move
By Giovanni di Napoli Last Monday morning (July 27th) I joined members of the Craco Society and Saint Rocco Society of Potenza at St. Joseph's Church in Chinatown for the big move to Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's historic Little Italy. Sadly, after nearly 90 years, St. Joseph's will be shutting its doors as part of the latest w...
Italian Conductors in New York series: Riccardo Frizza in conversation with Harvey Sachs
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016 Hours: 6pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI Reserve Award-winning Italian maestro Riccardo Frizza is a galvanic presence on the podium, inspiring performances as exhilarating as they are expressive. Championed by Alberto Zedda, Bruno Cagli, and Gian Carlo Menotti, he...
Rosita and Angela Missoni Talk Family & Fashion History with Fern Mallis
Last night, Fern Mallis hosted the matriarchs of the Missoni empire, Rosita and her daughter Angela Missoni, for a 92Y Talk. Rosita, well into her 80s, is now less involved with the brand, but her mark is permanent. Here, the abridged Missoni story, as told to Mallis by the two strong-willed women behind one of the most enduring fashion brands aliv...
NYC installation takes visitors on panoramic tour of Italy
If visiting Italy isn't on your agenda, a 360-degree video installation in New York City of the country's magnificent landmarks may whet your appetite. Called "Panorama," the wrap-around screen went up in Grand Central Terminal this week. Visitors enter an oval room-like structure in the terminal's Vanderbilt Hall where they're enveloped...
World’s best chef to open a restaurant in the Bronx
Massimo Bottura, the man behind Osteria Francescana—the world's best restaurant, according to last month's announcement of the San Pellegrino 2016 World's 50 Best Restaurants list—plans to bring is considerable culinary clout to New York next year—specifically, the Bronx. Bottura's not only renowned for his Modena, Italy, restaurant, but a...