Lecture: Of Cold Hands, Blind Eyes, and White Hair: Physical and Psychological Aging in the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi
April 2 (Monday) 6:30 pm. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - New York University - 24 West 12th Street, Manhattan. Lecture: Of Cold Hands, Blind Eyes, and White Hair: Physical and Psychological Aging in the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi. Francesco Izzo, University of Southampton, co-director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies at NYU, explores the...
American Painters in Italy: From Copley to Sargent
Since the founding of the United States, American painters have been attracted to the celebrated art, ancient ruins, and picturesque scenery of Italy. This exhibition of works from the Museum's collection features watercolors, drawings, and sketchbooks by eighteen American artists who traveled to and were inspired by Italy from the late eighteenth...
Secreto Southern Kitchen To Replace Fiorello’s Italian Bistro In Brookhaven
Alpharetta's Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar is heading ITP. The "contemporary southern" eatery mid-spring will open its second location in-town, according to a press release Wednesday. Secreto's new outpost will be situated in Brookhaven's Brookleigh Marketplace shopping center, at 3575 Durden Drive, in the former Fiorello’s Italian Bistro space. O...
What keeps these Italian island dwellers so long-lived? Great food
Giovanni Scanu starts his days among chickens, goats, banana sage and zucchini, tending the vibrant 11,000 square foot vegetable garden at Cala di Volpe. It’s a storied luxury resort on Sardinia, an island surrounded by pristine waters 120 miles west of mainland Italy. Often, 73-year-old Scanu plucks a handful of strawberries or a bouquet of basil...
Viva L’Italiano is Revived on Campus
Everyone is welcome again to indulge in some gelato, learn some Italian, or just have a few laughs at the CSI club Viva L’Italiano on Thursday afternoons. President of the club Viva L’Italiano of CSI, Samantha Massey, plans to resurrect this club from once being canceled, to a growing and active club. “We want to create a better awareness for the...
Influence of Renaissance Prints on Maiolica and Bronze Explored at the National Gallery of Art, April 1–August 5, 2018
The first exhibition of its kind in the United States, Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, brings together some 90 objects to highlight the impact of Renaissance prints on maiolica and bronze plaquettes. Accompanied by a publication that provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of the phenomenon—from the r...
Longtime Santa Rosa grocer Ray Lazzini dies at 89
Ray Lazzini lived all his life in Santa Rosa, and nearly all his life he sold folks groceries and served his famous polenta stew to oftentimes hundreds of people at feeds that raised money for causes throughout the community. Lazzini and his wife, Kathy, had operated their family grocery store, Ray’s Food Center at Dutton and Hearn avenues, for 50...
Mama Mia menu features authentic family recipes from Macedonia in downtown Baraboo
If not for its reputation, you might walk right past Baraboo’s long-standing authentic Italian restaurant.Tucked away near the corner of 3rd and Oak streets in downtown Baraboo sits Mama Mia Fine Italian Cuisine & Pizzeria. The unassuming Italian eatery serves a variety of dishes ranging from pizza to stromboli, calzones and seafood, and all of its...
The Creative World of Alberto Savinio (part 2)
When: Monday, April 09, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : IIC In collaboration with : CIMA - Entrance : Free The second event presents Alberto Savinio’s Vita dell’ Uomo, that premiered in 1951 at Milan’s La Scala Theatre, in a production designed by the author himself. Although intended as...
Always room for Sinatra at Italian American Club
It has been many years since Ol’ Blue Eyes graced the stage in Las Vegas and 23 years since his last live performance at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California. Many of us still miss that man. We miss his dulcet tones, the way he captured an audience from the very first note, taking them to great heights with “Fly Me...
Cibus 2018: the future of food
Parma is the capital of Italian food, and the whole Italian food production and retail chain is to meet from 7 to 10 May for the 19th edition of Cibus trade show – organized by Fiere di Parma and Federalimentare. The fair will propose not only new products for the market, but also analyze future scenarios of production and distribution during confe...
Alessandro Bava - Habitable Art
After World War II, the view of Milan from Monte Stella—the artificial hill made out of rubble from the allied bombing designed by and dedicated to the wife of Piero Bottoni—was quite sad. These were the years of the ricostruzione, the material and metaphorical reconstruction of Italy after fascism; the opportunity to hurry Italy into the future, i...