The Shortest Day
Some like it short! On the occasion of the shortest day of the year, join us on December 21st for an entertaining evening of quirky, amusing and insightful short films representing some of the best emerging talents of Italian cinema. Multiple topics are touched in this year's selection, ranging from opera to workers’ rights, from migration to the q...
“Isabella Unmasked”: the Italian Commedia dell’Arte Is Coming to New York
A new play is coming to New York from Boston-based theater group Pazzi Lazzi. The play is called Isabella Unmasked, an 80-minute long foray into the practice of Commedia dell’Arte by only one actress, Chiara Durazzini, who will play ten different characters, and one musician, Renaissance instrumentalist Dan Meyers, who will play ten different instr...
Giuseppe Rossi returns home, ‘would love to sit down to talk’ with Red Bulls or NYCFC
Giuseppe Rossi has prospered as a player in La Liga, Serie A and Champions League. During his 335 professional appearances, the Clifton, N.J., native has competed with Manchester United, Villareal and Fiorentina, totaling 127 goals in all competitions over the course of 14 seasons. He has scored seven times in 30 appearances for the Italian nationa...
Making family proud overseas as first generation born in the USA
Being a first generation family member to be born in America, most would take every opportunity they can to make their family proud of them, academically and athletically. Dav Conigliaro‘s family is from Sicily, Italy His grandfather saw opportunity in America in the 1980’s for business to grow. Conigliaro’s parents began their lives in Sicily,...
CANDICE GUARDINO: ITALIAN BRED Comes to NJPAC
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Presents Candice Guardino: Italian Bred on Saturday January 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Created, written by and starring Candice Guardino, Italian Bred is based on true-life events seen through the eyes of a little girl.Having written down everything her loving and outspoken grandmother ever uttered, Guardino s...
American Bluegrass band La Terza Classe to play at Fifth & Federal Station
It’s a bit of a head scratching-moment for new audience members when La Terza Classe begins a set. One goes in expecting something Italian — or at least European — after seeing the group’s name, and then the musicians do something wholly unexpected. They play American bluegrass. “It’s euphoric, it’s festive,” said Josh Read, co-owner of Fifth & Fed...
La Notte della Taranta at the Italian Embassy
The Italian Embassy's Italian Cultural Institute is hosting a night dedicated to pizzica on Thursday, November 15th at 6:00pm! Pizzica is the name of a traditional dance from the Salento region that originated from an Italian legend. The story warned against venomous tarantula bites, claiming that the only way to shake spider poison out of your bo...
The Sicilian Tenors. A live taping for a Television Special to be aired on PBS stations across the country!
The Sicilian Tenors: a live taping for a Television Special to be aired on PBS stations across the country! Come be a part of the show! Sunday November 25, 2018 | 3:00 PM Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 West Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 The Sicilian Tenors take the audience on a romantic journey from Hollywood to Broadway, Italy, and beyond...
A talk on Puccini's Messa di Gloria, by Richard Giarusso
You are cordially invited to “A talk on Puccini's Messa di Gloria”, by Richard Giarusso. Friday, November 16, 2018, at 6:30 pm. ICS Headquarters - 4833 Rugby Ave. Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814. Join conductor, singer, and scholar, Richard Giarusso, Chair of the Musicology Department at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and Music Director of the...
Micheal Castaldo to Perform “Christmas in Italia” in Mullica Hill/Richwood on November 17
Award-winning Italian Tenor Michéal Castaldo and Friends will perform “Christmas in Italia,” a fundraiser for the Richwood United Methodist Church, 111 Richwood Rd., Richwood/Mullica Hill, NJ 08062, on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 3pm. This concert is a fundraiser, and 100% of all ticket sales will benefit the Richwood United Methodist Church. Pa...
Catching Up With New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy: Mike Marino
Comedian Mike Marino, "New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy," is one of Scotch Plains's greatest ambassadors. The comedian, who has performed at major comedy clubs across the country and is currently on a tour called “Make America Italian Again” that recently brought him to Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Las Vegas. No matter where he goes, Marino is proud...
Screening of I Villani, a documentary by Daniele De Michele
Monday, November 12 2018, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST. Embassy of Italy - 3000 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC 20008. The popular Italian cuisine, loved and imitated around the world, is slowly fading, but many are trying to save it. Presented at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, I Villani is a documentary by Daniele De Michele, which follows the lives of...