‘Dogman’ Wins Big at Italy’s David di Donatello Film Awards
Matteo Garrone’s critical hit Dogman was the big winner at Italy’s biggest film event, the David di Donatello awards, picking up nine prizes on Tuesday night. The 64th edition of the awards was broadcast back on its original home of RAI after a brief trial run on Sky Italia. Under the new leadership of Piera Detassis, the first female president and...
Verso Nuova York - Stories and Music of the Italian Migration
Wednesday, 04/17/2019 - 6:30pm. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University, 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011-8604. Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hundreds of thousands of Italians left their country for the Americas. This performance uses words and music to tell their story: a story of hope and creativity that ended...
‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ revives the films of yesteryear
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), in collaboration with Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, brought the touring festival of rare and restored films “Il Cinema Ritrovato,” to the Durham campus and The Music Hall in Portsmouth. With a total of eight screenings shown from Tuesday, March 19 to Sunday, March 24, the festival attracted about 750 student...
“CALFOOD”: La CCI del Midwest in Calabria
“Nel corso di questi anni l’internazionalizzazione delle produzioni calabresi, a partire dall’agroalimentare e non solo, ha registrato un costante aumento con importanti risultati. C’è una tendenza alla crescita delle esportazioni dei nostri prodotti e alla presenza delle nostre imprese sui mercati esteri che è frutto di una serie di iniziative che...
Comedian Frank Santorelli to appear at Pitman's
Frank Santorelli, an Italian-American who is best known for playing the recurring role of "Georgie the Bartender" on The Sopranos, will appear at Pitman's Freight Room on Friday, April 5, at 8 p.m. Santorelli has starred in numerous movies, including "No Reservations," "Meet the Parents," and "Crooked Lines." HIs passion has always been comedy. He...
Tony & Elaine’s is the newest old-school restaurant in the North End
Tony & Elaine’s, a red-sauce joint from North End restaurateur Nick Frattaroli (Bodega Canal, North Square Oyster, Ward 8). The restaurant is new, but it feels like a throwback, intentionally: red-checked tablecloths, raffia-wrapped Chianti bottles, cheesy vintage posters, the works. It follows in the footsteps of restaurants like Carbone and Parm...
Scholarship available by the Sons of Italy, Purple Aster Chapter
Applications are being accepted for two scholarships donated by the Sons of Italy, Purple Aster Chapter of Galloway and Absecon, to high school seniors at Absegami and Holy Spirit high schools. Students who have a parent or grandparent of Italian descent and who will be enrolled in college in September 2019 are eligible to apply. Two $1,000 scholar...
Matera, European Capital of Culture
Thursday, April 4, 2019 @6pm–7pm PDT. Sahara West Library, 9600 W Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117. The talk is part of the Discovering Italy Series offered through the Sahara West Library. Matera is a town in Basilicata in the arch of the boot of Italy.A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Matera is famous for its remarkable “Sassi” neighborhoods ca...
The Bambini Dance Troupe invites you join them for an information meeting and dance practice!
Wednesday, April 3 at 6:30 PM at The Italian Center, 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael 95608, CA. No reservation required. Coem early, doors open by 6:15 pm. Families are invited. Sit in on practice, talk with the coach and other parents, and learn about our costumes, performances and traditions! We are a performing children's dance troupe always lo...
Carla Gambescia at the American Italian Heritage Museum
Our April Monthly Business Meeting and Cultural Presentation will take place on Thursday, April 11th at 7:00pm. The Presenter is Carla Gambescia, author of La Do/ce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z. She recently received the "best of the best" Silver Prize Winner from the North American Travel Journalists Asso...
Sweet success: Fabrizia Spirits experiences growth, moves to larger location
Still settling into the new location that’s more than three times the size of their old warehouse, brothers Phil and Nick Mastroianni are gearing up for the busy limoncello season. The owners of Salem-based Fabrizia Spirits have come a long way during their 10 years in business. In the beginning, the two would gather their friends and family on ni...
L’Italia e gli albori del «secolo americano»: il business degli agrumi negli USA
L’Italia e gli albori del «secolo americano»: questo è il titolo del nuovo libro di GianPaolo Ferraioli, da oggi disponibile in libreria a cura delle Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane. GianPaolo Ferraioli è un vecchia conoscenza della redazione di Sicania News, che ha già avuto il piacere di recensire tanti altri suoi libri, a testimonianza della prol...