Giampaolo Seguso distingue la 22.ma generazione della dinastia di Murano con le sue poesie su vetro
di Riccardo Chioni Le sue opere sono esposte in 107 musei intorno al mondo, la sua è la 22.ma generazione di una dinastia di vetrai di Murano fondata nel 1397: si tratta dell'artista, poeta e filosofo Giampaolo Seguso al quale l'Istituto di Cultura di Park Avenue giovedì ha dedicato un incontro. Erano presenti il console generale Natalia...
Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art announces installation of Giuseppe Penone's Ideas of Stone
Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art announces a new sculptural installation for fall 2013 by renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone, consisting of three monumental, 40-foot tall bronze trees. Ideas of Stone, featuring Penone's signature manipulation of the trees' natural forms, will interact with Madison Square Park's lush landscape to...
Guido Mattioni, Learnitaly e la cultura italiana a New York
by Piero Armenti Che Learnitaly stia tentando un'impresa coraggiosa, quella di dare voce alla cultura italiana nel mondo, è fuori di dubbio: non solo la scuola di New York, ma tante altre sedi stanno spuntando ovunque, creando una meravigliosa rete di italianità. Un'iniziativa capitanata da Massimo Veccia, che ha deciso di investi...
Giuliani Slams de Blasio, Says He Has ‘Real Disagreements’ With Mayor’s Policy
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday, saying he has some "real disagreements" with the man now occupying his former desk at City Hall. As CBS 2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, de Blasio has been in office about 85 days – two weeks shy of the 100-day mark. But that is enough time for Giuliani to make a jud...
Una storia italiana senza pasta né mafia ma con una (invadente) mamma
By Ludovica Martella La Little Italy di Downtown Manhattan che conosciamo oggi non è esattamente quella che avevano vissuto le prime generazioni di italiani sbarcati nella Grande Mela ai primi del novecento. Anzi, è completamente diversa. Uno dei pochi edifici che mantiene ancora vive le origini degli italo-americani di questo quartiere è...
Italian A Day – Joe Marvullo
Renowned photographer Joe Marvullo is widely recognized as a leader in the ever-changing realm of images and design. His styles were both highly charged with color dynamics in his well-concentrated studies of destinations and in his more subtle romantic atmospherics of moods with a feeling of place in exotic locales. Born in the Bronx, in...
Can Any Part of Little Italy Be Saved? Columbia Planning Students Hear One Local Perspective
Victor Papa arrived clutching a cup of coffee from Veselka and came bearing gifts from the Doughnut Plant. The grizzled veteran of the Lower East Side gentrification wars brought something else to an urban planning lecture at Columbia University a few weeks ago: some strong opinions about the future of Little Italy. At least a few of the students g...
The Newsstand, a novel
Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305, United StatesJohn Anselmo, Joe Zarba, and Francesco Bonavita PhD, present their book "The Newsstand", a novel about teenagers coming of age in the '60s on the tough streets of New York City's Little Italy. The Newsstand, a novel by JJ Anselm...
Antonio Meucci Young Inventors’ Competition
Thanks to a generous grant from Time Warner Cable and The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, the Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition was a great success on June 15, 2015, hosted at Staten Island Tech High School. Well attended by students, families, a representative from Senator Lanza's office, Congressman Vito Fossella (as a parent) who spo...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Rocco in Astoria, Queens
Saturday afternoon (August 29th), I joined members of the Societá Gioventú Quagliettana in Astoria, Queens for the Feast of San Rocco. This year's celebration marked the Golden Anniversary of the society's beautiful statue, imported from Naples 50 years ago. Joining the Quaglietta Society on their special day were Nicola Trombetta (Preside...
Dolci, Te e Canzoni per Natale: A Christmas High Tea with NOIAW Staten Island on 12/2
Wednesday, December 2, 2015. 4:30-6:30pm. Private Residence - Ward Hill, Staten Island (Address will be provided to guests one week prior to the event.) Members: $5 | Non-Members: $15. Spaces are limited. Gentlemen are always welcome! Join us for a delectable yuletide tea at an elegant private residence on Ward Hil...
Lecture: BERNINI: IMPRESARIO
FEBRUARY 22, 2016. 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 This event is part of BERNINI IN PARIS: Italian Guests in the Sun King's Court (Feb. 22 - Mar. 3). Click here for complete schedule of events. Organized in collaboration with Salon Sanctuary Concerts. A lecture by Fran...