GALA ITALIA 2011 by Davidof

Wine and food tasting were the quintessential elements of Gala Italia.
The Broadway Ballroom of New York's Marriott Marquis was fashionably suited for the Bacchian event.






A Creme Brulee, Chocolate Mousse, to eat and haunt your waistline.

Prepared by Chef Simone Bonelli of GIANO.

The GALA included fine cuisine from top NY Restaurants. GIANO, at 126 E. 7th street, NYC, served a Squid with Black Ink Caviar and Beef Tongue, Salsa Verde.

A sea of Red, White and Rosé wines, with bubbly Prosecco's, to tantalize the palate, were seemingly in never ending supply. Nobel wines that astound the senses, for we who relish and admire this time honored, art form. Below Arianna Bisacchi, of Montecchio, www.lapapessa.com


I pay homage to the Bellenda's Proseccos, with their distinct, effervescent fruitiness. The Fattoria di Montecchio's, Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Reserva and their Prize Winning, Pietracupa. The Marco Maci's 1909 and the "Fra Diavolo" Primitivo, were all my favorites.








GUSTO, at 60 Greenwhich Ave. NYC, was on hand, to serve up authentic, regional Italian dishes, classic fresh ingredients and homemade infusions, Molte Delisioso.

GALA ITALIA 2011- Hosted enjoyable entertainment, a line of exceptional, Italian wines, delicious food, fashions and fine art.


Signore Lucio Caputo was in attendance, giving interviews and mingling with Celebrities, he is the founder of GALA ITALIA.

Up coming Art Features, November 25th 2009.

Dusting off New York City Opera's Historic Costumes

On Friday, November 6, 2009, the New York City Opera and Deitch Projects introduced an installation by E.V.Day featuring sculptures created from New City Opera's Historical Costume Archive.


Coming up on East Village Live on November 25, 2009 at 11pm on Channels 56 TWC, 34 Verizon and 83 RCN. Internet www.mnn.org


Taka Kigawa..."Poetry, Intense and Spontaneous"
...The New York Times

An exclusive Piano recital recorded live, at the Chelsea Art Museum, will be part of the EVL's 11/25/09 broadcast.
The recital was to coincide with Edwina Sandys, BREAKTHROUGH.
The Grand daughter of Winston Churchill, Edwina Sandys art exhibition is presently in the Project Room, at Chelsea Art Museum through December 5, 2009. It is an instillation of photographs, sculpture and video, commemorating the 20th Anniversary, of tearing down the Berlin Wall in 1989.


A section of Edwina Sandys instillation at Chelsea
Art Museum's the Project Room.

Edwina Sandys and friends at Chelsea Art Museum, photographs by David Barish.