Please join us and the Tuscani nel Mondo for an "Aperitivo Toscano" to celebrate with a global toast to Tuscany's art, music, theatre, food, history, nature, and tourism.   On August 24th the Tuscani nel Mondo Associations around the world will toast the region of Tuscany. Tuscan wines will be offered at the cash bar with complimentary appet...

By Jacopo Colò Paola Antonelli è arrivata al MoMA, uno dei più importanti musei del mondo, nel 1994. Aveva 31 anni. Ha iniziato la sua carriera lì semplicemente rispondendo a un annuncio di lavoro e poi non se ne è più andata, arrivando fino a diventare la curatrice del dipartimento di design e architettura del museo.   Le sue acquisizioni...

The Italian Cultural Institute and the Banca d'Italia US Representative Office are pleased to invite you to THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM IN LUIGI EINAUDI'S VIEW A Round-Table with Alfredo Gigliobianco (Chief, Economic and Financial History Division, Bank of Italy)Charles S. Maier (Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at...

A newly formed theater ensemble, La Strada of Asbury Park, New Jersey is making waves in the post-Sandy seaside town with both the projects they are producing, and how they are being produced.   Unlike many fledgling stage companies, which subsist on drawing crowds with well-known, established commercial pieces and then, perhaps, sprinkle in...

Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Italy's no. 1 premium beer, announced today that it will be the official beer of this year's Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. Raising a glass to some of the world's best emerging and legacy tastemakers in the film industry, Peroni Nastro Azzurro will launch the global #Grazie campaign by honoring the true style,...

Sono trascorsi 18 anni dai giorni in cui il regista pugliese Vittorio Capotorto iniziò la sua attività a New York, prima come docente del suo corso Italian Theater Practicum a Columbia University, quindi come fondatore di "Teatromania" (con cui ha messo in scena decine di spettacoli), per arrivare alla nascita di Italytime, tenuta a battesimo col s...

By Susan Clark Porter   The traditional end-of-summer St. Anthony's Festival will be held this Labor Day weekend, although organizers have scaled it back from three days to two. Weather and soggy ground at the SMS Field forced last year's festival, which pays tribute to the strong Italian heritage in this town, to be postponed until Col...

di Chiara Zaccherotti   Come di consueto ormai da molti anni, le istituzioni che a New York rappresentano l'Italia si uniscono nell'organizzazione delle celebrazioni per la Festa della Repubblica a New York, un evento che, come accaduto anche in passato, prevede numerose iniziative, tra conferenze, mostre, concerti, proiezioni e present...

By Kelly Dwyer   We're officially in the Andrea Bargnani-portion of the NBA summer. And, because this is the NBA (and also because Bargs is Bargs), there is intrigue involved.   ESPN reported on Saturday that Bargnani was set to take some of that salary cap space that the Sacramento Kings furiously worked to deal away for during the s...

By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday afternoon (Sept. 27th), my friends and I made our way to the Knights of Columbus Archbishop John Hughes Council 481 (1305 86th St.) in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn for the First Annual Feast of the Madonna di Montevergine. Participants gathered at the fairgrounds for some refreshments, while the kids enjoyed the many games...