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by Booth Moore   To mark 40 years in fashion, Giorgio Armani has written his autobiography. Part coffee-table book, part memoir, the lavish, 576-page tome titled "Giorgio Armani" (Rizzoli), chronicles his career in his own words.   It uses personal photos and those from runways, red carpets and ad campaigns, along with candid shots...

by Susan Schwartz Part of what makes Emmy award-winning television host and bestselling Italian cookbook author Lidia Bastianich so popular, even beloved, is that she genuinely wants to empower her viewers and readers to cook well in their own kitchens, to mentor them to "give them the confidence to run in the field of cookery, like I do," she sai...

by Tom Cullen   Fred Kuwornu, an Italian activist and director, screened and discussed his documentary "BlaxploItalian 100 Years of Blackness" in the Italian Cinema on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Harriman Hall. Born, raised and schooled in Italy, Kuwornu, who is also Ghanaian, wanted to show the history and mistreatment of black actors in his ho...

On a late October morning, the wind howls through the winding streets of ancient Otranto. Whitecaps curl up from a bright blue sea, smashing against the fortified walls of the southern Italian city. Otranto was once considered the easternmost tip of Western civilization, with just under 50 miles of Mediterranean sea separating the city from Albania...

December 4 (Friday) 7:30 pm. "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and its Meaning for Italian Americans"Professor Mary Anne Trasciatti, of Hofstra University, discusses the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a key event in U.S. history, which killed 146 people, mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls and inspired a movement for wor...

"It's with great satisfaction and pleasure that we present to New York the Nativity Scene (the traditional Italian "Presepe") created by the worldwide known artist Franco Artese. The first Italian artisan/artist to have the privilege of presenting a Presepe in St. Peter's Square, Rome in 2012, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, as an expressio...

Different colored frame options to match their lifestyles. See why celebrities such actresses Salma Hayek, Zooey Deschanel, Penelope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Jamie Lynn Sigler and Jennifer Coolidge are raving about the top selling lightest Italian reading glasses. Hip, fun colors for the versatile woman.   Check out fun and trendy colors...

On March 29, 1986, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born in New York, NY, to Cindy and Joseph. She started playing the piano when she was four years old and started writing her own music by the time she was 13. A year later, Stefani began performing at open mic nights throughout the city. After high school, she enrolled at Collaborative Arts...

By Bruce Deitrick Price   Here are two harsh realities about American education. K-12 schools are mired in mediocrity. Second, the Education Establishment and the high-level people who should be improving the schools seem indifferent to academic improvement.   My sense is that the only people crusading for genuine reform are tradition...

By Heather Hoch   When it comes to eating Italian stateside, you essentially have three options. There's the upscale, handmade and tradition-focused cuisine that oft brands itself as a modern trattoria. There are also the deli-style pasta houses that serve up big portions in Italian-American style, offering a distinct take on classic dishes....

by Joshua Lurie   The menu at Pasta Sisters is more or less mix-and-match. Pick a pasta and match your favorite sauce. Tagliatelle, spaghetti, pappardelle and penne are all considered basic. House-made gnocchi and ravioli cost a bit more. For a sense of what you'll face at the register, tagliatelle tossed with tomato basil sauce runs $7.50....

by  Rossella Cadeo   The number of foreign entrepreneurs in Italy is growing. According to a study by Fondazione Leone Moressa based on ISTAT data, in the last five years the percentage of non-Italian entrepreneurs has increased by 20%, with Lazio, Campania and Calabria regions leading the way.   Italy's immigrant business owners now...