April 21, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036   Lecture: "Editoria e lettura oggi in Italia " "Editoria e lettura oggi in Italia " discusses book culture in Italy today, analysing the overall state of the pubishing world in Italy and its relationship to a re...

IONA COLLEGE and I.A.C.E are pleased to sponsor THE FOURTH ANNUAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE WORKSHOPMAY 29TH, 2015 - IONA COLLEGE, New Rochelle NY Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Diversity in the Foreign Language Classroom. JOIN US TO THIS FREE WORKSHOP   In this workshop, we will discuss how we can teach areas of contents suc...

By Rob Abruzzese The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn held its 47th annual dinner dance where it said goodbye to outgoing President Bartholomew T. Russo and welcomed incoming President Rose Ann C. Branda with a ceremony at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Friday.   "We are here tonight to celebrate a great year under our outgoing preside...

WHEN: Saturday, AUGUST 8, 2015 @ 5:45 PM WHERE: @ Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A & 6th Street, NYC   WHO: Louisa Calio's collection, Journey to the Heart Waters, was published by Legas Press in 2014. Best known as the curator of the Poets and Writers Piazza for Hofstra's Italian Experience for 12 years, she is also on the Advisory Board of Ar...

By Katie Libby If you're opening a restaurant that focuses on fresh and local ingredients, is there a better location than the epicenter for fresh and local in town, the Rochester Public Market? Gino and Allison Ruggiero didn't think so when they opened Fiorella (5 Rochester Public Market), a new, casual, Italian eatery.   Gino worked throu...

Diane Carducci, 69, of Eltingville, a retired teacher, tireless advocate for people with disabilities, volunteer and community activist, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Ms. Carducci's efforts were honored by the Staten Island Advance in 1997, when she was named a Woman of Achievement.   Born and raised in...

by Lois Weiss   John E. Zuccotti, the real estate investor, civic leader and park namesake who championed the revival of lower Manhattan after 9/11, has died at the age of 78. Zuccotti, the chairman of global operations with Brookfield, had also been a partner in Olympia & York, which developed what is now Brookfield Place.  ...

Si sono riuniti nella citta' di Stamford in Connecticut i Delegati ed i Rappresentanti del Comitato Tricolore per gli italiani nel Mondo delle circoscrizioni consolari di Boston, New York/Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelfia, aree sostanzialmente del Nord Est degli USA.I lavori sono iniziati con un minuto di silenzio in Onore di Mirko Tremaglia fon...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The 16th annual Festa Italiana kicks off on Friday. All weekend, more than 20 vendors will set up shop along Montgomery Street, offering anything from chicken riggies to sausage and peppers.   Although the delicious food is often the main draw for visitors, the festival also features live entertainment. More than 10 ba...

By Maurita Cardone Anche a 80 anni si può rinascere. Lo dimostra il nuovo libro del drammaturgo Mario Fratti, Diario proibito. L'Aquila anni Quaranta.   Un libro che è un esordio non soltanto perché è la prima opera letteraria di un autore che ha firmato più di 90 testi teatrali, ma anche perché rende pubblico un Mario Fratti inedito. ...