DATE: August 16, 2015 Time: 7pm Place: National Opera Center, 330 7th Ave, NY Donation: $20 Call: 718 837 0876 UARAGNIAUN is the name of a group of musicians who reprise old traditional popular music from the South of Italy, in particular songs collected in the hinterland of Puglia , the Alta Murgia area. UARAGNIAUN is the old name of GARAGNONE...

September 24 6:30 pm - 8:00 Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States Dante Alighieri has provided guidance and nourishment to major poets throughout the ages. William Butler Yeats called Dante the "chief imagination for all of Christendom," and T.S. Elliot elevated him to the same level as o...

October 13, 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, New York   A glimpse of the past and an account of the present will be presented by Mario Fratti, internationally acclaimed play writer and drama critic, and Goffredo Palmerini, internationally renowned journalist and writer....

The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located 448 East 116th Street Manhattan has restored the historic image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The statue, housed in the church, has been undergoing an eight month physical and artistic restoration. It was presented to the public on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1PM during a special Mass and...

Bottega Venetahas left Fifth Avenue for the more exclusive environs of Madison Avenue. The Vicenza, Italy-based retailer last week closed its flagship at 699 Fifth Avenue in anticipation of the 2017 opening of a 14,908-square-foot maison at 740 Madison Avenue and 64th Street. It will be a homecoming; the company operated a flagship there from...

February 12, 2013 to May 19, 2013 Revered in his own time as a "monarch" of painting, Piero della Francesca (1411/13–1492) is acknowledged today as a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. In early 2013, The Frick Collection will present the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist. It brings together seven wo...

DATE: Mar 1, 2013 06:30 PM   DESCRIPTION: You can see the Westchester Italian Cultural Center's newest exhibition, The Futurist Imagination, through May 2, but go on opening night. Then, in addition to seeing works by Dottori, Rizzo, Balla, Bragaglia, and Giobbi, you'll also hear Italian arias performed on piano by Dr. Denine LeBlanc and a l...

NEW YORK L'intervallo di Leonardo di Costanzo rappresenterà l'Italia a New York, presso il New Directors/New Films, la prestigiosa manifestazione organizzata dalla Film Society del Lincoln Center.   Arrivato alla 42ima edizione, questo festival è stato trampolino di lancio per registi acclamati quali Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodovar, Spike...

Ottobre è il mese dell'Italian heritage negli Usa e per celebrarlo si tengono festival e parate in tutti gli stati. Il più importante e popolare di questi eventi è senza dubbio il Columbus Day di Manhattan, organizzato dalla Columbus Citizen Foundation. Ne parliamo con il presidente della Fondazione, Frank Fusaro. Qual è la sua storia di Italoamer...

View Programs/Casting Sept 17, 2013 Tickets start at $25 Artistic Direction by Roberto Bolle   2013 – The Year of Italian Culture in the United States, would not be complete without a memorable performance by one of Italy's most beloved artists, Roberto Bolle. Principal dancer with la Scala Ballet Company at the age of 20, Etoile for Teat...