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Friday, December 13th (6:30pm) - Suggested donation of $10 per person Photo essay by International Transportation Photojournalist Joseph M. Calisi   Joseph M. Calisi retraced places visited in his youth to capture the sun-splashed beauty of a region rarely seen by tourists. This photographic essay of Puglia, features the beauty of Sout...

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A new foundation to promote Italian modern and contemporary art plans to open its doors to the public in SoHo in February. For its inaugural exhibition, the foundation, called the Center for Italian Modern Art and located at 421 Broome Street, will feature work of the Futurist artist and designer Fortunato Depero, who once lived in New York.  ...

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It looks like a newly introduced delicacy of pizza served in cones is here to stay. Just six months after making its American debut with a corporate-owned location in New Jersey, Kono Pizza, a quick-service franchise that sells pizza in a unique cone-shaped crust filled with fresh, Italian ingredients, has announced the signing of multiple franchis...

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Quando ho deciso di intraprendere questo viaggio tra i locali italiani a New York, mi sono chiesta a cosa potessero essere interessati i lettori di America Oggi. Ad una mera recensione che parlasse in maniera tecnica dei piatti e del locale?   No, non gli italiani, non gli italiani che ovunque siano trapiantati e vivano, conservano il gusto...

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Near the end of the 19th century, Italian-America cuisine was invented by housewives from regions like Campania, Apulia, and Sicily who arrived in America to find many of the ingredients they were accustomed to cooking with simply not available.   Cured pig products, fresh herbs like rosemary and sage, capers, foraged mushrooms, canned Itali...

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by Anthony J. Tanburri   Cari Amici, I am pleased to announce the reconstitution of the Calandra Center for Career Development at the Calandra Institute offices in Manhattan on January 12, 2015. The Center will provide individual career counseling and assessment to current students and members of the community, 18 years of age and older, wh...

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March 26, 2015 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036   On March 25, 1911, just before closing time, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, killing 146 people, mostly young Italian and Jewish immigrant women. The tragedy devastated fami...

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This Italian American singer and stage actor's voice and presence has captivated audiences by singing a repertoire that ranges from Broadway, American standards, and jazz to the soaring notes of high opera. He has been called "The People's Tenor," and has been billed as "the "Prince of High C's" and "the Next Mario Lanza" by singing legend, Tony Be...

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Laura Caparrotti tells her story seated on a rooftop between Broadway and 5th Avenue with the enchanting, flawless voice that could only belong to a theatre actress. Born in Rome, she got her degree in Theatre History before going on to work with artists such Dario Fo, Annie Girardot, Elsa Wolliaston. Then, after about ten years, she decided that I...

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By Ralph Gardner Jr.   "I'm going to tell you a little about this camera," Dom Quartuccio said. "This is the period when I went to high school." Mr. Quartuccio is a 91-year-old commercial photographer whose work is on display at the Italian American Museum on Mulberry Street through Nov. 29.   He developed a love for photography...

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