Gloria Foundation Announces "Taste of Italy" Fundraiser
The Gloria Foundation announces its fifth annual “Taste of Italy” to be held on Sept. 26 at Design Consign. This wonderful evening will feature delicious Italian food catered by local Italian restaurants and wine poured by some of Italy's finest distributors. There will be an excellent band, a fun photo booth, a wine pull, silent auction and a raff...
Italian Women in America: Breaking Barriers Panel Discussion Oct 5th (GNY)
NOIAW & The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York invite you to participate in a Kick-Off Ceremony Event for Columbus Day 2018 Honoring Comm. Aileen Riotto Sirey, Ph.D., Founder and Chair Emerita, NOIAW. On Friday, October 5, 2018 promptly at 5:00 PM at the Mother Italy Statue in Poses Park, Hunter College East 68th Street and Lexingto...
16th Edition of Cinema Italy in Miami: October 5th - 9th, 2018
From Friday October 5 to Tuesday October 9, 7pm-10pm EDT. Regal Cinemas South Beach 18 & IMAX - 1120 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach 33139, FL. Get tickets here www.cinemaitaly.com. We are excited to be back soon with the 16th edition of CINEMA ITALY Miami! In 2018, the Festival returns to the REGAL CINEMA South Beach, corner of Alton and Lincoln Road. A...
SLU Professor Teaches Italian with VIDEOGAMES
Ciao! Mi chiamo Simone Bregni! I was born and raised in Italy. I lived most of my life in Asti, a Medieval town renowned for its good wines. I have been at SLU for 18 years, and I have been teaching in the US college classroom since 1994. My areas of specialization are in Medieval & Renaissance Italian literature & Culture and in foreign language a...
With his contract extended, Noseda, NSO achieve liftoff in heavenly gala opener
The star of Gianandrea Noseda will now shine over Washington through 2025. The National Symphony Orchestra has extended the existing contract of its Italian music director four more years. The announcement came midway through the NSO’s season-opening gala concert in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Saturday night. Underscoring the good cheer all...
"Un biculturalismo negato": Anthony J. Tamburri alla Dante di Roma
"Un biculturalismo negato. La letteratura italiana negli USA” (Franco Cesati Editore, 2018) è il titolo del volume che Antony J. Tamburri presenterà martedì prossimo, 25 settembre, dalle 17.30 alla Galleria del Primaticcio di Palazzo Firenze, sede centrale della Società Dante Alighieri a Roma. Interverranno, insieme all’autore, Ryan Calabretta-Saj...
Wine Tasting: Vini del Nord Italia - North Italian Wines
Thursday October 4, from 18:30 to 20:00 CDT. Cotroneo Wine & Spirits, 2148 3rd St, White Bear Lake 55110, MN. Get tickets here www.theitalianculturalcenter.org. Sample wines of Alto Adige, Veneto and Piemonte from the esteemed Leonardo LoCascio Selections Portfolio. Registration is limited to 20 so sign-up today. Lead by Instructor and member of Th...
Young ISSNAF Mentorship Program 2018 - 2019: call for applications now open
The Young-ISSNAF Mentorship Program aims at supporting and guiding junior Italian researchers in North America in their career choices and professional growth by matching mentors and mentees within ISSNAF network. While mentorship is a well-developed practice in most Institutions, the Young-ISSNAF Mentorship Program offers junior faculty an externa...
Trentino Sviluppo Hosts Taste of Trentino
The food specialties of Trentino, an autonomous province of northern Italyfamous for the Dolomites mountain range and for its fresh and healthy quality of life, will be available for tasting at a Tasting Event on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Eataly NY Flatiron, 200 5th Avenue, 6:00-9:00 PM. The event is open to food and wine importers, distributo...
Insegnare Italiano: Formazione On-Line Per I Docenti By Com.It.Es.
La Commissione Lingua e Cultura del Com.It.Es. presenta “Insegnare Italiano”: una serie di proposte formative on-line e gratuite pensate ad hoc per i docenti di Italiano della circoscrizione consolare di San Francisco, con l’obiettivo di fornire metodologie e strumenti didattici che possano facilitare e fornire spunti per l’insegnamento della lingu...
GOP Congresswoman Faces Outrage For Memo Saying Her Italian American Opponent's 'Thuggish' Family Is Tied to the Mob
Earlier this week, the New York Post obtained a copy of a memo issued in late July by a consultant for the re-election campaign of Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), warning staffers to stay safe because the family of the Democratic challenger, assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, is "thuggish" and full of criminals. The memo instructed Tenney's staffers to "not...
IHCC-NY, Inc. Announces Theme, Poster, and Programs
The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc, (IHCC-NY) has announced the publication of its commemorative poster... A Salute to Italian Women in America: Breaking Barriers… from Ellis Island to the Present. This is a tribute to all women of Italian heritage, from the first Italian female immigrants, who, despite all obstacles, arriv...