Marco Bicego personal appearance at Bloomingdales - October 21, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Please join Bloomingdale's in welcoming Marco Bicego, Italian jewelry designer as he presents his latest collections. Since the launch of his eponymous jewelry line in 2000, Marco Bicego has redefined the phrase "timeless luxury." Hand-engraved by second-generation craftsmen in Vicenza, Italy, the iconic gold by Marco Bicego is both striki...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Unveils 15th-Century Statue Restored After It Shattered
by Jessica Dawson It was one of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's greatest embarrassments: On a Sunday evening in 2002, the pedestal housing Adam, a 15th-century marble statue, gave way, sending the 770-pound nude crashing to the ground. "It's the worst thing that can happen in a museum," said Luke Syson, the Met's head curator of...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series Featuring Amy Barone & Al Tacconelli – March 14, 2015
Italian American Writers Association Literary Reading (www.iawa.net). Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the month. IAWA East is held even months at Sidewalk Café and IAWA West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months. WHEN: Saturday, March 14th, 5:45-7:45pm — Event kicks...
The Multilingual Classroom: An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages
The Multilingual Classroom. An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages Italian Language Resource Laboratory. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street - New York, NY 10036 Saturday, 18 April 2015 Schools and college classrooms in the U.S. are increasingly multilingual. In order to bene...
Overhauling La Guardia, an Airport With a Historical Name but a Tarnished Image
By David W. Dunlap Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has declared that the $4 billion rebuilding planned at La Guardia Airport in Queens will amount to replacing the airport "in its entirety." So is it time, after 76 years, to replace the name, too? Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, whic...
Lidia Bastianich chef del Papa a New York «Gli preparerò un piatto piemontese in onore delle sue origini»
di Alessandra Dal Monte La prima cosa che le è venuta in mente, quando il nunzio apostolico degli Stati Uniti le ha chiesto di cucinare per Papa Francesco durante la sua visita a New York (24-26 settembre), è stata di preparare delle bistecche argentine. Ma la richiesta arrivata da Roma è stata perentoria: piatti semplici e leggeri. Sopra...
Southampton School Board May Vote To Change Name Of Columbus Day
By Alisha Steindecker Students in the Southampton School District might observe "Indigenous Day" instead of Columbus Day next year, if officials follow through on a proposal to change the name of the school holiday that is observed on the second Monday in October. Members of the Shinnecock Nation Youth Council officially will petition the...
Tasting Rome: The Joy of the Cultural Minestrone
Culinarians, history buffs and photography enthusiasts came together at the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò on April 21 for the release of Tasting Rome: Fresh flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City, published on March 29, 2016 by Clarkson Potter Publishers, on the occasion of Rome's 2769th birthday. Co-author and photographer Kr...
Some See the Verrazano Bridge. Others See a Big Typo
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons The name graces one of New York City's engineering marvels. It stares out from scores of local road signs. It is all but synonymous with a steep toll. And it might have been misspelled all along. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island, was named after an Italian explorer. There is j...
La Puglia protagonista a New York
Con oltre 500 aziende del settore, anche quest'anno l'Italia si conferma grande protagonista del "Summer Fancy Food Show" di New York, una delle manifestazioni fieristiche internazionali più prestigiose del settore Food and Drink. L'evento fieristico americano, giunto alla sua 62esima edizione, si terrà come sempre al Jacob Javits Center...
Review: Modern on the Rails Brings Italian to a 19th-Century Station
Westchester County has some evocative old train stations, and the 19th-century brick beauty in Mamaroneck is among the loveliest. Unused for travel for years, it opened last October as the setting for Modern on the Rails, a new outpost of the beloved Modern restaurant in New Rochelle. Enter the restaurant and you will immediately feel a se...
Troy Treasures: Italian flavor part of city’s heritage
When I was a young child, I assumed everyone in Troy was Italian. Heck, I thought the whole world was paisan. And why wouldn't I? My two neighborhoods growing up were filled with names that ended in vowels. My life started at 7 Havermans Ave., surrounded by my cousins, the Brunos, Clementes, Pitanellos, Montellos, Sorrentos and Ciccar...