Book Presentation: The Italians of New York, A History of Great Achievements
Start Date: 11/13/2012 Start Time: 4:00 PMEnd Date: 11/13/2012 Event DescriptionWith Maurizio Molinari (pictured), author of the book and journalist of La Stampa, and Professor Vincenzo Pascale, Rutgers University. All are invited. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies.Location Information:West Campus - Frank Me...
Giuseppe Verdi Commemorative Ceremony
On Sunday, October 6th, at 12:30 pm, a group of Verdi lovers, and members of the Italian American Community will meet at Verdi Square, 72 St., between, Amsterdam & Broadway, to sing "VaPensiero" from Verdi's Nabucco. The crowd will then march to Christ and St. Stephens Church, 120 West 69th, where the commemorative ceremony will conclu...
Poetry and the City: MILO DE ANGELIS: Milan Was Asphalt
Giovedì 11 aprile 2013 - 19.00 in EDT Book presentation ofTheme of Farewell and After-Poems(University of Chicago Press, 2013) by Milo De Angelis
A Look at the 2014 Festa di Sant’Antonio, SoHo, New York
By Giovanni di Napoli Friday, my friends and I attended the Festa di Sant'Antonio at the beautiful Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua in SoHo, New York (154 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012). Arriving early, we mingled with parishioners and members of the clergy before heading into the church basement to see the wonderful selection...
Honor Christopher Columbus
The public is invited to honor Christopher Columbus the discover of America on Monday, October 13 at 11:00 am at the American Italian Heritage Museum, 1227 Central Ave., Albany, NY. The event includes a program to honor Columbus, followed by a movie of his life and a reception. The museum will be open 11 am to 2 pm and no admission will be...
Efasce: nella metropolitana di New York i mosaici di Stefano Miotto
Trentotto stazioni della metropolitana di New York sono "firmate" con i suoi mosaici, così come gli aeroporti di Seattle, Orlando e il Ronald Reagan di Washington DC. La mano è quella di Stefano Miotto, una eccellenza "a stelle e strisce", nato nel cuore degli Stati Uniti ma con radici salde nel Friuli occidentale che ha portato oltre oceano una ab...
Saudade - a photographic art exhibit by Patricio Tasisto
by Susan Jensen Patricio Tasisto's photographic art exhibit introduced me to a word and concept missing from English. Saudade – pronounced "Saugh-dah-jey" is a word unique to Portuguese. It means a deep yearning for a loved one who is absent or dead, or longing for something profound that is missing in one's life. What an important a...
NOIAW Member Camilla Trinchieri Releases New Novel
Join NOIAW member and author, Camilla Trinchieri on June 14th at 7:00 PM as she speaks about her new novel, Seeking Alice, at Barnes & Noble on 150 East 86th Street. The event is free and open to the public! About Seeking AliceA haunting story of the disintegration of an American and Italian family caught in Europe during World War II....
What retirement? Alessandra Ferri returns to Juliet _ at 53
There are those who, upon retiring from an eventful career, sigh with relief and sink contentedly into the new rhythms of a life unfettered by deadlines and pressure. And then there are people like ballerina Alessandra Ferri, who retired from American Ballet Theatre in 2007 and soon found herself waking up in the morning and asking: "Who am I?...
Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese Support Landmarking 239 Elizabeth Street in Little Italy and so Should You
What follows is a selection from a "Request for Evaluation" sent to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last week to calendar 239 Elizabeth Street for landmarking. Author of the pitch, building resident Beth Joy Knutsen-Papaleo, even received letters of endorsement from Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese. "I am dead sick of tasteless devel...
What to Eat at the San Gennaro Feast
The 90th Annual Feast of San Gennaro will be held September 15-25, 2016 in Little Italy—the lower Manhattan neighborhood that served as the first home in America for countless Italian immigrants who came in search of a better life in the early part of the 20th century. The lively street festival, which is filled with lots of yummy Italian...
Arturo Di Modica, autore del "Charging Bull"
«Arturo Di Modica, il sogno italo-americano». E' il titolo della conferenza culturale scelta dal Lions di Vittoria per far conoscere ancora meglio un vittoriese illustre noto in tutto il mondo come l'autore del «Charging Bull», che a New York è il simbolo della borsa e dell'economia mondiale. L'iniziativa è stata realizzata dal presidente del Lions...