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We met with portraitist and photographer Francesco Sapienza, who told us about his experience as an artist in New York and about his belief that “it is not your duty to be photogenic, it is the photographer’s duty to make you photogenic.” From food to fashion to faces: the story of a creative and personal success.

The fourth edition of In Scena! Festival di Teatro Italiano has started with a bang with a special opening night dedicated to Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello. This year's edition of In Scena! is bringing to New York 5 different shows, all in Italian with English supertitles, presented by companies coming from different regions, from north to south, to provide several examples of the creativity that distinguishes the whole territory.

Beneath the towering Renaissance-inspired marble columns at the legendary Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City another unique springtime bash with NIAF to promote the culture and heritage of Italian Americans on April 28, 2016 This year honorees are: - Honorable Marie L. Garibaldi - NIAF Executive Vice President Retired N.J. Supreme Court Justice (Posthumously Awarded), - Michael J. Inserra Area Deputy Managing Partner, elect – Americas Ernst & Young - Frank Bisignano Chairman and CEO First Data - Luigi P. “Lou” Carnesecca Coach, St. John’s University Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1992 - Mike Piazza, Former Major League Baseball Catcher, New York Mets & Los Angeles, Dodgers 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame - Arthur J. Mirante, II Avison Young Principal and Tri-State President - Joseph R. Guccione, Managing Director, Freeh Group International Solutions, LLC

The business of using fraudulent names or images to evoke Italy has hit stratospheric numbers. Never before has the problem of “Italian sounding” been so, well, audible.