The following iconic establishments — some old, some new — have helped shape New Yorker’s adoration of pizza. From old-timers like John’s of Bleecker Street to hip, neighborhood-defining spots like Roberta’s, here’s a collection of 25 restaurants spanning all five boroughs that every pizza-loving New Yorker should visit at least once. For a look at...

Come è ormai consuetudine da undici anni a questa parte, in quel di Coney Island, anche questo Columbus Day weekend si è tenuto Il Festival della Canzone Italiana a New York.L’evento, organizzato ogni anno dall’Associazione Culturale Italiana di New York, si è tenuto all’interno dello storico Master Theater: un teatro che, all’interno della relativ...

Jacopo da Pontormo (1494–1557) was one of the most extraordinary painters and draftsmen of sixteenth-century Florence. By the end of the 1520s, he had created one of his most moving and groundbreaking works, the Visitation. For the first time, this masterpiece of Mannerist art is traveling to the United States as the focus of the exhibition Pontorm...

Aceto Balsamico di Modena PGI (Balsamic Vinegar of Modena) will be the protagonist of a series of events and important collaborations with U.S. partners throughout the month of October, as part of the project ‘Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, The Original’ funded by the EU. “More than a year after the start of the American project – explains the directo...

Tuesday October 16 2018. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY. 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036. In the posthumously published Missing Madonnas, the late poet Gil Fagiani writes with lyricism and humor about the absurdities of life, from mythical Madonnas to nonnas to urban addictio...

C''è molta Puglia negli Usa e c''è molto degli Usa in Puglia: le relazioni non sono solo economiche e commerciali ma anche culturali e turistiche. Per questo, la delegazione istituzionale della Regione Puglia in missione a New York ha voluto dare grande spazio agli incontri con imprenditori e operatori italoamericani di tutti i principali settori....

The 82nd Annual Awards Dinner for the Elmhurst-based Italian Charities of America (ICA), was held at the Roma View Restaurant in Howard Beach. (L. to r.) ICA President Domenic Giampino; Italian American Community Service Award recipient, Director of Special Programs of the Italian Genealogical Group Mario Toglia; Italian American Leadership Award r...

Last Friday 14th of September the latest annual Boston Consulting Group (BCG) SEDA report was presented at the Hudson Yards, New York. It is the Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) that refers to a country’s ability to transform economic wealth into well-being for its citizens. For Italy there are some good news. The SEDA report rank...

Italian chocolatier Venchi is opening its first standalone retail location in New York City after inking a lease for 3,000 square feet at 861 Broadway near Union Square. Venchi signed a 10-year deal for its space at the base of the four-story mixed-use building between East 17th and East 18th Streets, according to a press release from Newmark Knigh...

It is with a great pleasure that we are announcing the first edition of the literary competition Premio Tommaso Cerase.  The competition is free and open to students between the age of 8 and 12 years. There are two sections—prose and poetry, and students are welcome to submit works composed in the mode they favor. The material must be in Italian an...