Since opening the 2016 - 2017 season last September, New York City Opera has reestablished itself as a vital part of New York City's cultural landscape, delivering new productions, New York premieres and sold-out performances. The season opened with a critically acclaimed double bill of Leoncavallo'sPagliacci and Rachmaninoff's Aleko bringing the l...

Fashion students at Kent State have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the fashion capitals of the world, while also pursuing their degree through education abroad programs in New York City and Florence, Italy. Cooper Robar, a sophomore fashion design major, said he decided to study in Florence during the Fall 2017 term because of the city’s...

Il Piemonte è tante cose, ma per molto tempo è stato soprattutto un segreto ben custodito. Solo negli ultimi anni ha iniziato ad accogliere turisti, che ora camminano per le vie di Torino, vanno in cerca di tartufi nelle Langhe e sciano sulle montagne piemontesi scoprendo una regione ricca di bellezze. Proprio per far conoscere meglio il Piemonte s...

In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we talk with Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. Tamburri dives into his career and what inspired him to pursue Italian and Italian American studies, and why he feels...

A wine seminar I attended in New York recently, focused on Barolo and Barbaresco. The Master Class instructor was Ian D’Agata, the director of the Rome-based International Wine Academy that he started in 2002. For over 25 years D’Agata has written about wine and is the 2007 recipient of the prestigious award for “Best Young Italian Wine Journalist....

Mercoledì 22 Febbraio, all’interno della sezione “documentari italiani”, il Calandra Institute ha presentato The Barese Icemen of New York, un’opera di Carlo Magaletti del 2015 che per essere realizzata ha richiesto dieci milioni di dollari e dieci anni, ci confessa il produttore del film John Mustaro. Il documentario racconta la storia degli immig...

The new Broadway musical A Bronx Tale celebrated its 100th performance on March 1. Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show, written by Chazz Palminteri, is based on his acclaimed solo show and subsequent 1993 film of the same name. A Bronx Tale is set against the backdrop of racial strife an...

They don’t normally call Utica greens Utica greens in Utica. “Somebody calls here and says they want Utica greens, I tell them we don’t have those,” said Sal Borruso, owner of the Chesterfield Restaurant in this city of 60,000 in central New York. In 1988, Chesterfield’s began serving the hearty dish of escarole, fried prosciutto, hot cherry pepper...

Earlier this month, I had my long-awaited visit to the Italian Consulate in New York as part of my process for applying for Italian Dual Citizenship. It was a trip that I'd waited almost three years for and came more than a year after I completed my last piece of research on my great-grandfather, Calogero (in the picture below).  Although it was a...

A un anno di distanza dal suo debutto, il ciclo di incontri Meet the New Italians of New York, promosso dal Consolato Generale d’Italia guidato dal Console Generale Francesco Genuardi, è tornato lo scorso 21 febbraio nella Grande Mela con il primo appuntamento del 2017. Il progetto, concepito come punto di riferimento per le nuove generazioni che i...