La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic
On Friday, October 28 at 2:30PM the Consulate General of Italy in New York (690 Park Avenue) will host a press conference for La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic. The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, His Excellency Armando Varricchio, and the Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall, Mr. Clive Gillins...
Italian American Educators Poets & Writers Piazza at Hofstra
Award-winning poet Louisa Calio directs and hosts the Association of Italian-American Educators Poets & Writers Piazza at Hofstra's 21st Italian Experience, Sponsored by Arba Sicula, at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center and Theater, Hofstra University on Sunday, September 15, 2013 from 12: noon – 5:00pm. Readings by: John Barrale, Gaetano Cip...
Italian-American Women of Staten Island to host annual Women in History Luncheon
The Italian-American Women of Staten Island will stage their annual Women in History Luncheon on Sunday, March 2, at noon, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. Vienna Profeta, the senior vice president of development at Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville, is the honoree. Read more Source: http:/...
The Greats! A New Photo Exhibit on Display at Casa Belvedere
More than 100 sports memorabilia photos, every one signed by the athlete, are part of a unique exhibit, a first on Staten Island, that chronicle the rich history of Italian Americans in the world of sports spanning the 20th Century. There are household names, for sure, but many even the most diehard sports enthusiast might not recognize. T...
From Venice With Love - filming television special
by Giada Valenti Thursday, March 19 - 8 PMMadison Theatre, Rockville Centre, NY Come and join me for the filming of my show From Venice With Love as a television special to air on PBS this summer. I will be performing with a 26 piece orchestra conducted by the incredible Chris Walden composer-arranger. Music producer is Grammy Award winne...
Built with Faith: Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 6pmJoseph Sciorra, Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY For more than a century, Italian-American Catholics in New York City have developed a varied repertoire of devotional art and architecture to create sacred spaces in their homes and neighborhoods, spaces outside of but in relationship to the consecrated halls of loc...
Ciao Napoli Author & Culture Night at Casa Belvedere Wed. 5/20/15
Ciao Napoli. A Scrapbook of Wandering in NaplesAuthored by Antoinette Carone, Photographs by Jim Mauro Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 7:00 PM When Antoinette Carone and her husband hatched a plan to relocate to Naples, Italy, they had no inkling that every trip to the market would be a sojourn dating back as far as 2500 years....
Mangia! Bravo Italiano Festival Kicks Off Friday With Plenty Of Food
The 31st Annual Bravo Italiano Festival kicks off Friday. At the Italian American Club in Watertown, volunteers are busy whipping up more than 600 meals. They're cooking up plenty of pasta and sauce. Usually the event is held at the Fairgrounds Arena, but with the work going on, there they're moving the event in-house. "We're ho...
Katerina Ristorante to bring authentic Italian cuisine to Great Neck
Cary Rosner said most Italian restaurants do not offer real Italian cuisine."When you go out to a restaurant, you're not being served Italian food, you're being served an Americanized version of Italian food," Rosner said. "Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I believe it has veered so far right that it's time to bring simplicity back to I...
Così l'hi-tech italiano trova i fondi negli Usa
AAA tecnologia italiana cerca investimenti americani. Con tre parole chiave con cui, l'Italia si è presentata all'elite del business americano, in un summit dal titolo esplicito: "Influence, relevance and growth" (influenza, rilevanza e crescita). Opera di Fernando Napolitano - già amministratore delegato di Booz Allen Hamilton in Italia,...
John Cristiano to lead Goshen parade as grand marshal
Heroes are everywhere, if we look hard enough. The honor of being grand marshal for Monday's Memorial Day parade in Goshen has been bestowed on John B. Cristiano, 87, of Goshen, N.Y. Cristiano immigrated with his family from Castlegrande, Italy, in 1947. His father had been crossing the Atlantic to earn money in the United States to send h...
Arthur Avenue Celebrates Ferragosto
By Kathryn Roberts It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. As a nation mourned the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an aroma of spices and sweets drifted down Arthur Avenue Sunday for the 19th consecutive year at the annual Ferragosto Festival. Tourists, neighborhood locals and students navigated through crowde...