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Les Dames D'Escoffier Visit Arthur Avenue

Michele Scicolone

A culinary tour of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx with members of Les Dames D'Escoffier

April 20, 2010

Dinnertime Ditty

Johnny DeCarlo

Singing for my supper

April 19, 2010

Les Dames D'Escoffier Visit Arthur Avenue

Michele Scicolone
photo by Charles Scicolone
Mike Greco at Arthur Avenue's Mike's Deli

A culinary tour of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx with members of Les Dames D'Escoffier

Divinamente New York: A Festival between Art and Faith

Benedetta Grasso

Divinamente New York is a festival that will take place in the Big Apple from April 22 to April 26. Faith-inspired performances and discussion will contribute to this thriving seriees of cultural events.

Oh Yeah! Jovanotti is Back in the US!

Marina Melchionda

Starting on April 22, the internationally famous Italian singer and song-writer Lorenzo "Cherubini" Jovanotti will tour the United States and Canada to present his new album, "OYeah!" a collection of some of his live performances from his 2009 "SoleLuna NY Lab". If you live in NY, don't forget to participate to our contest! Find all the info below!

"Terre Promesse". Italian Topography at the Calandra Institute

Marina Melchionda

On April 22-24, the Calandra Italian American Institute will host "Terre Promesse: Excursions Towards Italian Topographies", a conference that will guide you on a journey through Italian cultural landscapes around the world. Find out with Joseph Sciorra, folklorist and Assistant Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the Calandra, why this event is definitely not to be missed!

A Golden Crypt for Padre Pio. The Saint's Followers Protest Against the Capuchin Friars of San Giovanni Rotondo

Maria Rita Latto

On Monday, April 19 at 4:30 p.m. the body of St. Pio of Pietrelcina will be moved from the crypt in the small Santa Maria delle Grazie sanctuary to a crypt covered with gold mosaics designed by Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik, located in a magnificent new church designed by Renzo Piano. Many of the Saint's followers find it unacceptable, considering the new sanctuary too modern, too majestic, and above all, too removed from the way Padre Pio lived his life.

April 17, 2010

AIAE Annual Award Celebrates Honorees Mario Fratti and Emelise Aleandri, Sunday, April 18

IAWA .

Among the Educator of the Year Honorees: 2010 are Emelise Aleandri, for Promotion of Italian-American Theatre and Mario Fratti for Promotion of Italian Theatre and Cinema. The 11th Annual Awards and Scholarship Celebration of the Association of Italian-American Educators will take place at the Chateau Briand in Carle Place, Long Island On Sunday, April 18, 2010 from 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Italian-American Nicknames Are No Joke

Darrell Fusaro

Everyone’s familiar with nicknames. Mikey, Snookie, Noodles, The Situation. We’ve heard them all. But the ones given to you by your Italian-American friends? They always seem to carry more clout.

Una cripta d'oro per Padre Pio. Fedeli in protesta contro i cappuccini di San Giovanni Rotondo

di Maria Rita Latto

Il prossimo 19 aprile alle 16.30 ci sarà la traslazione del corpo di San Pio da Pietrelcina che verrà spostato dalla cripta del vecchio e piccolo santuario della Madonna delle Grazie alla cripta ricoperta da mosaici d’oro dell'adiacente nuova e maestosa chiesa progettata da Renzo Piano. Una decisione che ha sollevato non poche polemiche...

April 15, 2010

Italian-American Nicknames Are No Joke

Darrell Fusaro
Darrell Fusaro

Everyone’s familiar with nicknames. Mikey, Snookie, Noodles, The Situation. We’ve heard them all. But the ones given to you by your Italian-American friends? They always seem to carry more clout.

57 Reasons to Learn Italian

Marina Melchionda

On March 23-25 the Marriott Hotel in Times Square hosted the 57th edition of the North Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language. We walked around the Italian Boot and met some of the most eminent institutional and social representatives of the Italian community in New York and the US who told us why, in their opinion, an American should learn Italian...

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