Men of the cloth – an award-winning documentary film on three Italian master tailors – premieres December 10th at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The independently produced documentary MEN OF THE CLOTH premieres in Boston on Thursday December 10th at 7 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts. The film by Vicki Vasilopoulos is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors. It received production grants and seed funding from the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and had its world premi...
Italycious with Enzo Boscarino
Visit the Enfield Public Library on Wednesday, May 7th at 7:00 PM for an evening of musical enchantment as Enzo Boscarino presents Italycious. Enzo Boscarino, originally of Siracusa, Italy, will serenade his audience with traditional Italian music, as well as presenting several songs from other countries. The songs will be performed in the...
Giovanni Mazzarino: the Mediterranean Jazz sound ... in Boston
November 18, 2014, Tuesday 1:00 PMBerklee College of Music - 1140 Boylston St - Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Giovanni Mazzarino has been playing jazz since 1980. He is considered one of the most important Italian jazz players and has performed with important jazz musicians such as Enzo Randisi, Mimmo Cafiero, Gianni Basso, and Kurt R...
St. Mary of Carmen Festival returns to Newton's Nonantum for 78th year
By Trevor Jones Thousands of people from around the area descended on Nonantum last week for the 78th annual St. Mary's of Carmen festival. "It's important," said Chuck Proia of the St. Mary of Carmen Society. "This is what we all grew up with and this is what we continue to do to this day." The five-day Italian-American fest...
Comedian Joe DeVito at Fairfield Theatre Company
Fairfield Theatre Company will continue to bring the best entertainment to Fairfield County on Wednesday, March 11 as they welcome comedian, Joe Devito for a night of laughs at 7:30 p.m. The Fairfield University alumnus has been featured on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, NBC's Last Comic Standing and has appeared at Montreal's "Just for...
Boston Bel Canto Opera
The Pirandello Lyceum presents The Boston Bel Canto Opera - Aria Concert Directed by Bradley Pennington Sunday, January 18, 2:30 pm at the Dante Alighieri Society of MA41 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02139 Click here for more information Source: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts
The Stone River
By Lee Marshall In the hands of Italian filmmaker Giovanni Donfrancesco, an outwardly simple documentary about a Vermont granite-mining town and the Tuscan anarchist and socialist quarrymen who migrated there at the beginning of the 20thcentury becomes something rich and strange. It's a cinematic Spoon River Anthology that acts bo...
Grand Fatilla Live at Regattabar, September 4
When: Thursday, September 4, 2014 — 7:30 p.m.Where: Regattabar at the Charles Hotel | One Bennett Street, Cambridge MAThe world fusion quartet Grand Fatilla returns to the Regattabar to celebrate the release of its long-awaited debut CD, Global Shuffle (GrandFatilla Records). With its unique instrumentation of accordion, electric mandolin, double...
Bleed for this Showcases Vinny Pazienza
by Joanne Giannini What a great night last night for former boxing champ, Vinny Pazienza! I was grateful to be invited to the premiere of the new movie "Bleed for this" at the Providence Place Mall IMAX movie theatre. Congratulations to Vinny and Producer Chad Verdi on what promises to be a winner! In a star studded event which fe...
Celtics’ Luigi Datome Already Developing Cult-Hero Status In Boston
by Zack Cox Tyler Zeller and Avery Bradley led the Celtics to victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, but neither received the loudest ovation from the TD Garden crowd. Nor did Marcus Smart, the rookie point guard who's been the recipient of much fan appreciation this season. Nope, the most raucous cheers on this night were...
Bocce tournament held in Springfield
A man with a passion for the sport of his ancestors, Rico Daniele, a leader in Western Massachusetts' Italian American community, continues to be an advocate for his beloved sport of bocce. Daniele and other bocce enthusiasts held a bocce tournament Sunday at the Mount Carmel Society in Springfield's South End neighborhood. Daniele, t...
Frankie 'Time Bomb' Scalise to Open Boxing Gym
Time Bomb is back. Bridgeport boxer Frankie Scalise will soon open a brand-new boxing gym and training center at 3411 S. Halsted St. The 35-year-old fighter says he'll open the gym, called the Bridgeport Boxing Club, on May 1. During a quick tour of the building, Scalise was all motion and energy, bounding around the empty 3,000-square-foot space...