NEWS FROM : Art & Heritage  

When: Friday, April 07, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Auditorium, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW , Washington, DC 20008 The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. Mark Robbins, president of the American Academy in Rome, will discuss the impact and the role of the Academy in providing unique and necessary support fo...

William Curcio said he was unsure about being honored at yet another dinner, "but when they told me where the money was going, I said, ‘I'm in.'?" UNICO National will host "A Night of Giving" on April 6 to honor Curcio, who recently retired from Eastern Propane Corp. The proceeds will go to suppo rt the Sussex County Food Pantry, Project Self-Suffi...

A popular service club in Northeast Pennsylvania celebrating March Madness Thursday night-- Italian style. The Keystone Chapter of UNICO in Dunmore held it's March Madness Membership Drive and dinner in Old Forge. The non-profit organization helps promote Italian heritage in our area. Eyewitness News Anchor Nick Toma was the guest speaker for the e...

Contemporary and soundtrack composer, Gabriele Ciampi, is releasing a new album world-wide entitled 'In Dreams Awake' by Universal Music Italy. At 40, Maestro Ciampi is the winner of Italy's Primero Barocco prize and founder of the CentOrchesta, debuting selections from his new album in a performance by the prestigious National Symphony Orchestra t...

Comedian Joe Piscopo wants you take him seriously. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, the “Saturday Night Live” alumnus is laying the groundwork for a run for governor of New Jersey – and he has changed some of his plans for doing so. Piscopo is a Jersey guy with a with a Jersey attitude. Baker thought it was only fitting to meet up with him for an inte...

When: Saturday, March 25, 2017 From 7:30 pm To 9:00 pm - Where: Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209 Organized by : National Chamber Ensemble, In collaboration with : Italian Cultural Institute. Entrance : Ticket Purchase Required Four seasons become eight when the National Chamber Ensemble presents The Four Seasons of...

The Italian-American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County and its charitable foundation are pleased to announce their Annual Spring Gala, celebrating their heritage with a night of comedy and music on Saturday April 29th at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse. During the Gala the IAHC will honor the recipients of their inaugural Italian-American of the Year...

Il 24 marzo si svolgerà alla Library of Congress di Washington, la biblioteca del Parlamento degli Stati Uniti, un incontro teso a esplorare i legami tra la Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso, le arti figurative e la musica. Laura Benedetti della Georgetown University e Peter Lukehart del Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts presso la N...

Belleville Unico ACES held their 29th annual St. Joseph’s Altar at Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, 60 Byrd Ave., Bloomfield Sunday, March 12. The organization fed almost 200 people for free while collecting donations to benefit the community, as well as local and national charities. Dignitaries present included Belleville Deputy Mayor Vinnie Cozza...

Aprirà a Pittsburgh il 30 marzo con "La Pazza Gioia" di Paolo Virzì l’Italian Film Festival USA, il festival del cinema italiano negli Stati Uniti.La rassegna, alla sua tredicesima edizione, si terrà dal 30 marzo al 9 maggio in dodici città statunitensi: oltre a Pittsburgh, anche Boulder, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memp...

Un “grazie ai familiari di Aldo Lorenzi, originario di Mozzecane con parentele roverbellesi e di Malavicina”. A rivolgerlo è Daniele Marconcini, presidente della Associazione dei Mantovani nel Mondo, che ha portato la sua storia al Museo dell'Immigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti di Filadelfia, creato da Filitalia International, l'associazione it...

Celebrity Chef Rossella Rago, from YouTube's ''Cooking with Nonna' fame, will make a special appearance as the Summit Historical Society's tasty fundraiser, "The Taste of Summit," is held at The Grand Summit Hotel on March 26. Rago will sign copies of her just-published debut cookbook Cooking with Nonna, which features easy-to-follow, step-by-step...