Several student members of the William Floyd High School Foreign Language Honor Society (FLHS) had the opportunity to expand their understanding of Italian culture during a recent field trip to the Italian American Museum located in New York City’s Little Italy. The historic museum, located on the corner of Mulberry and Grand Street in Lower Manhat...

The Italian American Museum and the Brooklyn Velodrome Vintage Wheelmen cordially invite you to attend a book presentation by author Aili McConnon for "Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation", a non-fiction work by Aili McConnon & Andres McConnon; and a screening of the documentary film "Assisi 1943...

Si è conclusa il 5 giugno l’esperienza formativa di 14 docenti americani appartenenti alla Scuola d’Italia “G. Marconi” di New York, che hanno studiato italiano online attraverso i corsi di lingua ICoN, Consorzio di Università italiane che opera in convenzione con il ministero degli Affari Esteri. La scuola italiana “G. Marconi” (http://lascuoladit...

When an all-Italian passion becomes export success: Oleificio Zucchi continues its conquest of the USA market as one of the stars of Summer Fancy Food 2017, North America's biggest exhibition for food buyers, to be held at the Javits Center in New York from June 25-27. Zucchi, which specializes in the production of expertly blended extra virgin oli...

On Monday, Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello joined his colleagues in welcoming the students who were awarded the New York State Conference of Italian-American Legislators' academic and athletic scholarships. "I congratulate the winners of these awards for their hard work in both the classroom and on the athletic field," Morinello said. "With the ris...

Up until recently, the Negroni was one of those cocktails that time had simply forgotten thanks to such bar fare as Lemon Drops, Fuzzy Navels, and Long Island Ice Tea. But just as those once-popular drinks from the ’90s and ’00s have faded, old classics have reemerged, timeless cocktails like the Old Fashioned, Manhattan, and, yes, the Negroni, a b...

Prezioso cervello per qualche anno in fuga all’estero – il tempo di dimostrare al mondo accademico statunitense di che pasta è fatta la spesso ingiustamente bistrattata formazione scolastica italiana – ma adesso fortunatamente tornato in patria: «Voglio stare vicino alla mia famiglia, credo che anche l’Italia sappia offrire grandi opportunità a chi...

Il cinema italiano continua ad essere grande protagonista a New York. Sabato, alla Casa Italiana della New York University, ha avuto luogo un interessante appuntamento con i registi e gli attori della rassegna cinematografica Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. Non era semplice, in una sette giorni dai ritmi così intensi e serrati, riuscire a riunire i...

“Let’s Wake Up, Italics!“ will take place on Wednesday, June 7th, at 5.30 pm at the Consulate General of Italy, 690, Park Avenue, New York NY 10065. “A wake-up call” are the words that open Piero Bassetti’s latest discussion of his notion of Italics and Italicity in his book, Let’s Wake Up, Italics! A Manifesto for a Glocal Future, which is the Eng...

“Sold out”, con sala gremita da quasi 400 persone, giovedi sera al Lincoln Center, all’inaugurazione del festival Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. Una grande partecipazione che ha visto come protagonista, per la prima serata, la pellicola Indivisibili (Indivisible), di Edoardo De Angelis. Un film che racconta della crescita e delle vicissitudini di...