Italian eatery serving up fried dough opens on McDougal St.
By Jennifer Gould Fried dough is a favorite of many cultures, from America's sweet donut to the versatile churro that dominates simple fast food options from Spain and Portugal to the South of France. The Italian version is a panzerotto. The fried dough specialty has a new haven at 124 McDougal St., with the opening of Mr. Panzerotto.&nbs...
Italian-Americans outraged over Mayor's plans for Columbus Circle art project
Hey, show a little respect for Christopher Columbus! Italian-American activists are outraged over a new plan to place an art installation around the statue of the explorer that stands in Manhattan's Columbus Circle. The planned installation, by Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi, is supposed to give New Yorkers a new perspective on Chris by enclosing hi...
Two Tenors & a Lady
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, located on Staten Island, N.Y., offers a wide variety of educational and cultural events. This month, its calendar includes a Christmas Concert and Reception—a Staten Island Sandy Relief Benefit featuring "Two Tenors & a Lady" with VETRO tenors Christopher Macchio, Elio Scaccio and soprano Mari...
Altamura Center For The Arts
Inter-Cities Performing Arts is a New Jersey/New York-based, philanthropic arts company founded for the purpose of improving ethnic, social, professional, and cultural relations throughout the world. It grew out of the Altamura School for the Fine and Performing Arts, which served many students with financial needs in and near in Union City, NJ. It...
IAM presents the traditions of Saint Joseph
The Italian American Museum will present, "The Traditions of St. Joseph" on Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 PM, a talk and pastry-making demonstration that will examine the centuries-old celebrations that honor the patron saint of Italy. IAM president Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa will offer a historical perspective of St. Joseph's Day, and the evening'...
Massimo Vignelli, a Visionary Designer Who Untangled the Subway, Dies at 83
Massimo Vignelli, an acclaimed graphic designer who gave shape to his spare, Modernist vision in book covers and shopping bags, furniture and corporate logos, even a church and a New York City subway map that enchanted aesthetes and baffled straphangers, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. His death, after a long illness,...
Tumulto futurista a New York
di Gloria Schiavi Sono stata inondata di parole, suggestioni, frasi troncate e destrutturate, in quella stanza senza luci o macchinazioni sceniche che riproducessero la dinamicità e il movimento suggeriti dal titolo dell'evento Gran serata futurista. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, regista e attore unico, l'uomo monocromatico in bianco e ner...
A Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco presidente di GE Europa il premio "Corporate Social Resopnsability" della FPA
di Riccardo Chioni L'eccellenza italiana sul podio della Foreign Policy Association, in occasione del World Leadership Forum Dinner al Pierre Hotel, che ha visto protagonista Ferdinando "Nani" Beccalli-Falco, presidente e Ceo di GE Europe e Ceo di GE Germany. All'ingegnere chimico laureatosi al Politecnico di Torino, Cavaliere del Lavoro,...
I sapori italiani del Village
L'antica tradizione dei sapori italiani di una volta rivive con il tour gastronomico del Greenwich Village di 'Foods of Ny Tours'. Una passeggiata tra le stradine del quartiere meglio conosciuto come 'Village' a Lower Manhattan, non lontano da Washington Square, una volta area rurale e ora traboccante di ristoranti e negozi di tendenza. Ben divers...
Local filmmaker John Maggio presents PBS’ ‘The Italian Americans’
By Alan Pergament The life of Buffalo filmmaker John Maggio is coming full circle before a national television audience. In 1973, Maggio, age 3, was holding the bongos in a photograph featuring eight family members that appeared in a Buffalo newspaper story headlined: "From Italy Came a Heritage." That photograph is the final...
Stolen statue, painting returned to Italian government in NY
Decades after being stolen in Italy, an ancient statuette and an 18th-century painting were returned to the country's government Tuesday after turning up in New York. The handover marked the latest case of U.S. authorities helping Italy and other countries reclaim what they see as cultural patrimony. Read more S...
Premi alle eccellenze italiane, il 15 aprile per i 40 anni del Gei
Le eccellenze italiane nel mondo saranno al centro delle celebrazioni per il quarantesimo anniversario della fondazione del Gei - Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, l'organizzazione che raccoglie i rappresentati delle principali entità italiane che operano negli Stati Uniti. Si tratterà di un evento di grandissimo rilievo e prestigio che si terrà...