On April 10 and 11, at 8 p.m., Divaria Productions in collaboration with the Sheen Center will present "Señora/Signora Rossini: A celebration of the life of Isabella Colbran," at the Sheen Center in New York City.   The multidisciplinary theatrical piece tells the story of opera diva Isabella Colbran, toast of the opera stages of Europe in t...

Visiting Instructor of Italian, 2015-16. One year appointment with possibility of renewal to teach five sections of beginning and/or intermediate Italian. Other responsibilities include participation in co-curricular course related activities such as the Italian Table and Film Series.   Requirements: Master's degree, ABD or PhD; fluency in I...

The breast cancer treatment has changed dramatically over the recent years. It started out with surgeons doing radical mastectomy. Now the surgeons do partial operations removing the tumor and using radiation on the part of the breast which can be administrated in the operating room with electrons.   Dr. Gardner has developed the advanced me...

by Ryan Edwards   Mario's Italian Restaurant has become a landmark in the Village of Lake George since first opening its doors in 1954. Now, still owned by the same family 61 years later, Mario's has been recognized by Village officials as the recipient of the first ever "Business of the Year" award.   The award is not only a ref...

New York is no doubt the State with the highest number of Italian Americans in the country. Nevertheless, even if almost everybody seems to be interested just in New York City, in Upstate New York there is a huge Italian American population. In Albany, the Capital city of the Empire State, about 150 miles north to Manhattan there is plenty of them...

A Message From Staten Island Borough President James Oddo - "The Italian-American community on Staten Island continues to be large and vibrant. It is the largest community of its kind in the country. As a diverse community, we embrace these roots and celebrate them with our families through food and culture. In fact, we are thrilled to be the home...

On May 21, a set of New York-based investors were offered an exclusive first look at the best early-stage companies coming out of Italy. IB&II, in collaboration with the Mind the Bridge Foundation and the Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative, hosted the second annual "Italian Innovation Day" in New York on Monday, May 21. The event featured seve...

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, was elected to serve as President of the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators for a two-year term. Lupardo has been a member of the conference since 2005. It is a bipartisan organization of New York State Assembly and Senate members of Italian descent. The Conference mission is to highli...

Actress and producer Annabella Sciorra will lead the list of honorees at the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) New York Spring Extravaganza at Cipriani 42nd Street, on April 4, 2013. Sciorra will be joined by Mark J. Casella, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Gerard A. Donini, chief operating officer of Corporate and Investment...

By Riccardo Chioni La commemorazione popolare che New York si appresta a portare in piazza in occasione del bicentenario della nascita del romantico compositore parmense si annuncia trionfante, come l'avrebbe immaginata lo stesso Giuseppe Verdi.Verdi Square, situata a W 72nd Street tra Broadway e Amsterdam Avenue, diventerà teatro della celebrazio...