Busto del Bernini, si mobilitano gli Stati Uniti
di Giancarlo Scarpa E' custodito in una grande scatola di legno dove nessuno lo può vedere né tantomeno toccare. Nemmeno se la Galleria Estense riaprisse domani. Così, per poterlo esporre di nuovo, è partita un'autentica petizione mondiale; una mobilitazione che unisce Modena e gli Stati Uniti. E' questo l'obiettivo dell'iniziativa di racc...
Postcards of the Mezzogiorno at the IAM
Friday, December 13th (6:30pm) - Suggested donation of $10 per person Photo essay by International Transportation Photojournalist Joseph M. Calisi Joseph M. Calisi retraced places visited in his youth to capture the sun-splashed beauty of a region rarely seen by tourists. This photographic essay of Puglia, features the beauty of Sout...
Italian Art Center to Open in Manhattan in February
A new foundation to promote Italian modern and contemporary art plans to open its doors to the public in SoHo in February. For its inaugural exhibition, the foundation, called the Center for Italian Modern Art and located at 421 Broome Street, will feature work of the Futurist artist and designer Fortunato Depero, who once lived in New York. ...
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 26, 2015 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036 On March 25, 1911, just before closing time, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, killing 146 people, mostly young Italian and Jewish immigrant women. The tragedy devastated fami...
Laura Caparrotti: When Doing Italian Theatre Becomes a Mission
Laura Caparrotti tells her story seated on a rooftop between Broadway and 5th Avenue with the enchanting, flawless voice that could only belong to a theatre actress. Born in Rome, she got her degree in Theatre History before going on to work with artists such Dario Fo, Annie Girardot, Elsa Wolliaston. Then, after about ten years, she decided that I...
Little Italy’s Revered Photographer
By Ralph Gardner Jr. "I'm going to tell you a little about this camera," Dom Quartuccio said. "This is the period when I went to high school." Mr. Quartuccio is a 91-year-old commercial photographer whose work is on display at the Italian American Museum on Mulberry Street through Nov. 29. He developed a love for photography...
Still time to catch MOMA’s Pietrangeli retrospective
by Jeannine Guilyard The Museum of Modern Art's current film series "Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective" is in its final days, so if you're in New York City this week, it's still not too late to catch one of these Italian classics on the big screen. Born in Rome, Pietrangeli first studied medicine but fate took over when he assisted...
Join us this Thurs/Fri May 19 + 20: Giorgio Morandi Study Days
The Center for Italian Modern Art invites you to join us for the Giorgio Morandi Study Days this Thursday and Friday, May 19 + 20! We have a rich program of talks planned, with experts from Italy and the U.S. Hear about recent scientific studies of Morandi's technique; about Morandi's collectors in the 1930s; about Morandi's fortunes in the US...
A Look at the 5th Annual Traditional Pilgrimage at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in East Harlem
By Giovanni di Napoli Scores of pilgrims from around the tri-state area gathered at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in East Harlem, New York on Saturday, July 23rd for the 5th Annual Traditional Pilgrimage. In reverence and humility, many of the participants entered the church on their knees and discalced. Some presented altar flowers to the glory...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy 68th Annual Spring Ball Raises over $600,000
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy a non-profit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets of Italy, is thrilled to announce that it raised over $600,000 at its 68th Annual Spring Ball on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at The Pierre Hotel. The funds will be used for BGTI's innovative youth development program where young...
A Look at the 6th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Corona, Queens
By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday, I made my way to Corona, Queens for the 6th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, an intimate celebration with plenty of delicious food, fun games and live entertainment. Warmly welcomed, I met many good-hearted and friendly people. I especially enjoyed talking to some of the older participants who glowi...
Italian-Americans Return to East Harlem So That St. Anthony’s Tower Can Rise Again
Among the items raised on Sunday at a festival in East Harlem — aside, of course, from the giglio, an 83-foot-tall wooden tower built in honor of St. Anthony of Padua — was a question of moral geography: Do New Yorkers actually have to live in a neighborhood to claim it as their own? The overwhelming answer, at least according to the members of th...