The Italian American Museum presents: Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana). Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles). Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren and The Clause (La Clausola), Live "Monologue" Performance (English). Script by Aldo...
READ MOREA Brooklyn-born photojournalist will debut a photo exhibit at the Italian American Museum in Manhattan on Friday. Janine Coyne's "Napoli" exhibit features 15 snapshots of everyday streetscapes taken in and around Naples. "It's a beautiful city," said Coyne, 64. "It's so rich in architecture, yet there is poverty. But the people are very proud...
READ MOREL'Italian American American dà appuntamento domani 3 aprile alle 18.30 per una serata dedicata al teatro. In programma la lettura della pièce scritta e diretta da Dennis Loiacono "The Innocence of Maria", sulla storia di Maria Barbella, prima donna condannata a morte sulla sedia elettrica. Il 26 aprile 1895 un'emigrata italiana di Lower East Side...
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum is seeking to establish contact with immigrants who made the journey to America aboard the Giuseppe Verdi passenger ship from 1915 to 1928. Passengers who were on board the ship as young children would likely be in their late 80's and 90's today. Many settled in the greater New York City area, and may have remained here....
READ MOREItalian American Museum Presents SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE Divorzio all'Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) - Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles) - Directed by Pietro Germi - Starring Marcello Mastroianni and L'Uomo del Sud (The Man From the South) "Man From the South" "Because I'm m...
READ MOREby Ben Fisher New York's rapid redevelopment is bound to cause fights over evictions, rents and gentrification. But for sheer unfortunate irony, it's hard to top the ongoing saga of the Italian American Museum in Little Italy. In the last week, the museum has evicted two tenants of the Lower East Side enclave, both the very embodiment...
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for en Plein Air Imagery of Central Park. Solo exhibition by Annamarie Trombetta - Friday, February 20, 2015 - 6:30 P.M. Refreshments will be served R.S.V.P. 212.965.9000 [email protected] Celebrating the influence of the Italian Macchiaioli (Risorgime...
READ MORENearly every Italian town has a Presepe but after the events of 9/11, New York received its very own. Named "Il Presepe della Pace" (The Nativity of Peace), craftsmen at the famed Ferrigno workshop in Naples created this 18th century style Presepe that represents everyday Neapolitan life symbolically surrounding the Holy Family. Naples has been th...
READ MOREby Serena Solomon The Italian American Museum has put its home up for sale — but the cultural institution isn't going anywhere. The three buildings at 185-189 Grand St., which contain the museum as well as residential units and storefronts, recently hit the market for $13 million, with the condition that the museum remain on site. &n...
READ MOREby Georgia Kral Every year, Italians and revelers from all over the world head to Little Italy in New York City for the Feast of San Gennaro. This year's festival kicks off at 4 p.m. on Sept 11. Two million people are expected to attend, and you should be one of them. Here's why:It's an annual tradition since 1926This is an o...
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