The importance of the Rossini Opera Festival
The Rossini Opera Festival has been a full partner in the latest Rossini revival which started in the latter part of the 20th century. The revival coincided with the drive to establish critical editions for all of Rossini's operas as well illuminate performance practices and traditions. In addition, the Festival has hosted, fostered and su...
3rd Annual Fini Italian Dance Festival Set for 7/24
Antonio Fini, dancer/choreographer/producer is proud to present the third annual Fini Dance Festival, featuring guest companies from Milan, Naples, and Modena Italy, appearing with U.S.-based companies with an "Italian connection." Hostess for the evening will again be the glamorous Tabata Caldironi, noted dancer and TV personality in her...
Papa Amadeus eatery brings New York-style Italian cuisine to Spring
By Jenn Griffin Dedicated restaurateur Arturo Huerta serves genuine, New York-style Italian cuisine at Papa Amadeaus in Spring. From a rich background that includes training with notable chefs and sommeliers, Huerta provides a selection of fine foods at affordable prices in a neighborhood environment. "For the past 18 years, I have been invol...
Here’s where Vince Giordano goes for good jazz
By Barbara Hoffman I'm an avid reader, and there's this place in Midtown called Chartwell Booksellers. It's small — I like to keep the small businesses going, because I'm a small business myself! — and it doesn't have everything under the sun, not the self-help books, not the "something for dummies" books. The fellow who runs it is a jazz...
Lonardi Wins Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
Baylor women's golfer Laura Lonardi was named recipient of the 2016 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award on Friday, as announced by the Women's Golf Coaches Association. The award is given annually by the WGCA to the Women's Golf Division I student-athlete who is an upper classman and both a WGCA All-American Scholar and a WGCA All-American. Lonardi i...
Italian-American club awards scholarships
The Italian American Professional and Businessmen's Club of Akron and Summit County (IAPBC) announced its recent scholarship award winners, who were honored at a luncheon at Todaro's Party Center. Shown below, from left, are students who received $5,000 scholarships: Vincent Di Giacomo, of Green High School; Joe Rizzo, of Walsh Jesuit High School;...
Gelato in NYC: Where to scoop up the Italian-style ice cream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for... gelato. In a city that heats up fast (and with little relief), the summer means New Yorkers happily reach for the nearest ice cream cone. And while the truck with the tunes that rolls down the street can offer a bit of nostalgia, a scoop of gelato can offer a richer treat. Gelato means "ice cream" in Ital...
New York Supreme Court justice to speak at SUNY Canton for Constitution Day
SUNY Canton and the Office of the St. Lawrence County Attorney will be hosting New York State Supreme Court Justice Vito C. Caruso for its Constitution Day celebration. Mr. Caruso will be presenting "The Constitution, its Origins — and its Future" at 1 p.m. Friday in the Richard W. Miller Campus Center's Kingston Theater. The event is free to the...
Italian Opera, A Reflection of Life!
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Avenue - Staten Island, NY 10305. Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 p.m., October 12 to November 16, 2016. Lou Barrella: The Joy of Italian Opera. A Trip to Operatic Italy. Powerful Scenes in Opera. Similar Scenes in Film & Opera. Puccini's "Unfortunate Heroines"; Verdi's "...
Figli d'Italia holds Columbus Halloween dinner/party in Saugus
By Neil Zolot More than 100 people enjoyed the Figli d'Italia (Order of the Sons of Italy) Christopher Columbus Halloween dinner and party at the Knights of Columbus last Saturday. "It raises money for charitable donations and scholarships in Saugus, Lynn and Lynnfield," local Chapter President Janis Stanziani said of the 25-year annual event...
HitWeek presenta: Negrita
When: Monday, 24 October 2016 from 10:30 pm Where: Whisky a Go Go, 8901 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 Organizzato da : HitWeek - In collaborazione con : IIC - Ingresso : A pagamento I Negrita, fra le piu' note rock band italiane, tornano a Los Angeles in occasione di HitWeek, festival itinerante di musica it...
Portillo's eyes the Minnesota market
Let's be honest: It would be cooler if Portillo's was on the brink of invading Cleveland, just timingwise. But instead the Oak Brook-based purveyor of Chicago-style dogs and Italian Beef sandwiches is preparing to enter the Minnesota market — apparently the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury. A development plan for the corner of Hudson Ro...