President Guarasci announces 2019 retirement
An announcement from President Richard Guarasci: As we begin this spring semester, I am reflecting on the remarkable 21 years I have spent with you at Wagner, particularly these last 16 as president. Working with and for you has meant so much to me, both personally and professionally. Like you, I have so loved seeing our beloved Wagner College flou...
Post War to Postmodern Italy Inspires Design
When: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free Judith Gura, author of the recently published book Postmodern Design Complete, and Marianne Lamonaca, Senior Curator/Associate Director of the Gallery at Bard Graduate Center, will discuss the most radica...
Making history: Genesee County Historian’s Office featured on state website
Genesee County is making history. Starting this month and lasting until early May, Genesee County Historian Michael Eula will be featured on “Meet the Historian” on the Office of State History/The New York State Museum website. Four times a year, a historian will be chosen throughout the state in order to be featured. “It’s really for the county,”...
Bulldozer Group to open high-end Italian eatery in Midtown
International hospitality company Bulldozer Group has leased a 5,000-square-foot space at 129 W. 52nd St., where the company intends to create a high-end Italian restaurant. Tom Caliendo and Daniel DePasquale of Winick Realty Group represented the tenant, while the retail owners, Christopher Okada, David Ho and Francis Leung of Okada & Co., represe...
Cycling community mourns passing of mentor, benefactor Mengoni
The North American cycling community mourns the passing of longtime mentor and benefactor to cyclists Fred Mengoni. The Italian-American died February 2. He was 94. His love for cycling extended across decades, and was instrumental in kick-starting careers of several top-level pros as well as provided early funding for what eventually became USA Cy...
Opera Accessible to All at the Macerata Festival (IIC, New York - Feb. 7)
Organized collaboratively by the MIA (Marchigiani in America) association and the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (Montclair State University), the event will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York (686 Park Ave.) on Wed. Feb. 7 at 6pm. Light refreshments will follow (sponsored by the Macerata Opera Festival)...
New York Islanders Italian Heritage Night
Barclays Center - 620 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, New York 11217. Sun, Feb 11, 7:00 PM. Join the New York Islanders for Italian Heritage Night on Sunday, February 11th when the Islanders face off against the Calgary Flames. All participants that purchase a special ticket will receive an exclusive New York Islanders Italian Please note, you must purchase...
Day of Remembrance (Thurs, 2/8/18)
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend: Giorno Del Ricordo (Day of Remembrance). A recital featuring live music and reading from the book entitled "That One Tin Trumpet of the Eastern Italian Border". Presented by Mario Fragiacomo (Trumpet, Flugelhorn and Live Electronics) and Luisa Brencella (Narrator). Historical presentation...
Exclusive: The Italian masters meet Brooklyn hipsters in the twisted slasher, Psychotic!
There are few bigger influences on modern horror than 1960s Giallo films. Without Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci and countless others, there would be no American slasher genre. Brooklyn filmmakers Maxwell Frey and Derek Gibbons are open about the genre's influence on their work, and you can see shades of the Italian masters (along with plen...
Alberto Savinio al cinema di New York
Il Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) di New York è ospita sino al 23 giugno la prima mostra da oltre vent’anni negli Stati Uniti sulle opere di Alberto Savinio (1891–1952). Lodato dal poeta e critico Guillaume Apollinaire come "genio multiforme del Rinascimento moderno", Savinio non fu solo un eccezionale artista visivo e un attivo membro dell’...
Gabriele Ciampi, un “cervello italiano in prestito” ai Grammy di New York
La prima destinazione americana fu la California, nel 2012, quando su suggerimento di quella che sarebbe diventata sua moglie si trasferì a studiare alla UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Dopodiché, il maestro Gabriele Ciampi si è egregiamente ambientato sul suolo americano, al punto da rimanere a vivere sulla Costa Ovest. Non ama però d...
What Does the Future Hold for New York City’s Columbus Statue?
It looks like Christopher Columbus can stay put. For now. Earlier this month, New York City’s Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers announced that the 76-foot monument to Columbus can remain at the traffic circle at the southwest corner of Central Park, despite protests from groups claiming to speak for Native Americans. For both...