Close

Quelli che da lontano sembrano mosche sono quelli che, a occhio nudo, si faticano a intravedere: come i poeti italiani contemporanei, se considerati all’interno dell’immenso paesaggio della poesia mondiale. Ma le proporzioni non ingannino, dal momento che per studiare le loro poesie non bastano le 2.116 pagine dell’antologia Those Who from Afar Loo...

599

When: From Thursday, December 07, 2017 to Sunday, January 07, 2018 - Where: The Museum of Modern Art NY - Organized by : Moma In collaboration with : Luce Cinecittà - Entrance : With fee The Museum of Modern Art organizes a retrospective of the late Italian world-famous director. Antonioni (1912–2007), whose fascination with mediated reality only d...

831

Curiosity got the better of me Thursday evening (Nov. 9th) and I decided to attend the “Risorgimento” lecture and dedication of a bronze plaque in honor of Il Padre della Patria, King Vittorio Emanuele II, at the Italian American Museum. Sponsored by the Guardia D’Onore* (Guard of Honor) and the American Foundation of Savoy Orders, I was not hopefu...

765

There is prosciutto, and then there is culatello. To connoisseurs, the latter — cured from a solid chunk of leg, not the whole leg like standard prosciutto — is the variety worth seeking now that the Department of Agriculture has approved for import the culatello di Zibello made near Parma by the Negroni company. For culatello, the meat of black ne...

841

When: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : ICI In collaboration with : Istituto Luce - Entrance : Free Please join Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute for the presentation of the book 'My Antonioni' edited by Carlo Di Carlo. A selection of writin...

815

New Yorkers sounded off on the fates of statues from Christopher Columbus to Teddy Roosevelt Wednesday at the Manhattan hearing of Mayor de Blasio's monuments commission. Speakers were split between people pushing to get rid of statues of figures tarred with racism and colonialism, and those arguing the monuments should stay as a reminder of histor...

1032

Mother Cabrini is still alive and well in New York City. On Oct. 20, 2017, the corner of 19th Street and 3rd Avenue was co-named "Mother Cabrini Way" through the efforts of City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez and the approval of the City Council and Department of Transportation. We, her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSCs) are so excit...

1157

Politicians, teachers, art historians, feminists, futurists and more turned out to speak on the role of public monuments in New York City. The Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers held their public hearing for Brooklyn this morning at Borough Hall. The hearing is the latest in a series, one in each of the five boroughs, i...

990

“Abbiamo bisogno di alimentare e incoraggiare un processo di rieducazione della società, della collettività, con l’obiettivo di pensare più profondamente alla nozione di italics. Anche se certo, lo dobbiamo fare in questo momento storico che, per i motivi che conosciamo, è più duro di altri”. Il professor Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean del John D. C...

1828

The smell of freshly grated parmigiana and pecorino Romano cheese, the aroma of fried balls are just a few of the mouthwatering aromas that greet you, along with the workers as you enter Faicco’s Pork Store located in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Established in 1910, it’s been family owned and operated for generations since. The Faicco’s take pride in...

1205