November 4, 2013
IAWA Welcomes Peter Covino and John J. Trause on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013
The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents writers Peter Covino and John J. Trause on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Cornelia Street Cafe from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Cornelia Street Café is located at 29 Cornelia Street in the West Village. The featured writers take the stage after Open Mic readings of five minutes.
Alessandra Garosi talento e gioia di fare musica
La casa italiana ha aperto le sue porte ad Alessandra Garosi, pianista dal grande talento e dal sorprendente eclettismo. Durante il suo concerto è riuscita a spaziare dal compositore brasiliano Villa Lobos agli straordinari Gershwin e Frank Zappa. Ma il momento più emozionante della sua esibizione è stato il tributo al musicista Nino Rota accompagnato dalle immagini dei capolavori cinematografici di Fellini
Zona franca: Noir Intrigue alla milanese
The long-awaited new novel in Massimo Cassani's Commissario Sandro Micuzzi mystery series.
Stereotypes of Death
An extraordinary circumstance that reveals the myth making is death. It is the clashing cymbals of who we are in the eyes of the world. It is also a time when the cultural stereotypes we choose seep through the diverse manifestations of self.
Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values
Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did nothing or, worse yet, were threatening creatures lurking about, ready to ruin the future of America's youth...
Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values
Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did nothing or, worse yet, were threatening creatures lurking about, ready to ruin the future of America's youth...
Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values
Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did nothing or, worse yet, were threatening creatures lurking about, ready to ruin the future of America's youth...
Is it Really Heartbreak Italy?
The other day the Italy aficionado and reporter Frank Bruni published a thoughtful article in the New York Times entitled "Italy Breaks Your Heart." His words raised another question: are Italians as heart-broken as Bruni says he is? The answer is no. But if not heart-broken they are angry as all get-out, with one exception: this week's decision that the forthcoming Senate vote on Silvio Berlusconi's parliamentary status will not be by secret ballot.
Mario Trimarchi. Slow, Furious, and Inspirational
Meeting an architect who decided to design objects for women, from objects for make-up to jewelry. And does it from a point of view that is totally different from the norm.
October 31, 2013
Zona franca: Noir Intrigue alla milanese
The long-awaited new novel in Massimo Cassani's Commissario Sandro Micuzzi mystery series.
October 30, 2013
“La Mia Strada – My Road”… A History Narrative Addendum to a Brilliant Nostalgic Video Presentation
Surprisingly, the 2012 Italian American Studies Association (IASA) conference prominently featured the film “La Mia Strada – My Road”; a southern-Italian American’s story of his Patria Meridionale visit and quest, “To link ancient and contemporary Italian ethnicity and culture with its Italian American counterpart” (see:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zQKubXdK7Q) … Surprised because, dedicated as it is to post-Ellis Island history, there is nothing in the IASA’s scholarly history that remotely indicates a minutia of interest in the Patria Meridionale of near 17 million sout
Oggi si parla del Mefistofele di Boito
La Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò (NYU) ha presentato la lettura dell’opera di Orrigo Boito, Mefistofele. Lettore d’eccezione è stato Matthew Aucoin, il più giovane assistant conductor nella storia del Metropolitan Opera di New York. Alla conferenza è intervenuto anche il Maestro James Bagwell discutendo col “giovane genio” di questa opera monumentale musicale
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