Fran Fraschilla grew up wanting to do nothing but coach. Now, he thinks he found something even better
Fran Fraschilla was born and raised in Brooklyn and by the time this day is over he or someone who knows him well will refer to him as An East Coast Guy at least nine times and, superficially, you can see what they mean. The confidence. The quick pace. The clothes. The references to New York. If you didn’t know where the 5-foot-9 Italian Catholic w...
Via Margherita: Coming soon with authentic Calabrese cooking
Hours at the onset will be daily starting at 7 a.m. The business will close at 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 p.m. Thursday; 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday. The hope is to see patrons from across the street after mass lets out at St. Joseph's R.C. Church. The restaurant, which aims to open Friday, Feb. 9, is a family affair. Na...
Dietro le quinte del Met, gli scienziati del bello sono tre italiani
Non tutti sanno che, nei sotterranei del Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York, uno dei musei in assoluto più famosi e prestigiosi al mondo, c’è un altro Metropolitan. Un museo nel museo, a cui si accede scendendo, anziché salendo, l’imponente e maestosa scalinata principale, quella che accoglie i visitatori e li conduce in un’autentica immersione...
THE LAST SICILIAN At 13th Street Rep Reveals Plan For Extension
Actor/playwright Nick Albanese has found his stride and wants to take it a step further. "Since I was in college as a theatre major, I've always wanted to do a one-man play," says the Rhode Island native, now playing his one-man show, THE LAST SICILIAN, at the historic 13th Street Repertory Theatre through the 29th of January. "But I was young," he...
Obituaries: Charles M. Oldani
Charles M. Oldani of Mattituck died on Jan. 8, 2018, at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore after suffering a stroke four days earlier. He was 90 years old. Born on Sept. 30, 1927, in St. Louis, Mo. to Carlo G. and Rosa C. (Longoni) Oldani, he grew up on “The Hill,” which is a famous Italian section of St. Louis and was an avid St. Louis Cardinals bas...
Celebrating the Feast of Saint Vincent Pallotti at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine in East Harlem, New York
Monday evening, I made a pilgrimage (I think a two-hour subway commute counts as a pilgrimage) to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Pontifical Shrine (448 E 116th St.) in East Harlem, New York for the Feast of St. Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850), founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, the Pallottine Fathers, Brothers and Sisters. Solemn High Mass (1...
Most Precious Blood Church, the Heart and Soul of NYC’s Little Italy
Near the corner of Baxter and Canal Streets, on the border of New York City’s Little Italy and China Town, stands the Church of the Most Precious Blood (113 Baxter St.). Once a bustling National Parish serving the burgeoning Italian American community of Lower Manhattan, this historic house of worship lies sadly neglected with, considering the rece...
Parte da New York ed in particolare dalla Carnegie Hall il Solo tour 2018/19 di Paolo Angeli
La sezione nord americana proseguirà con concerti nell’ambasciata italiana di Washington, alla Old Town School di Chicago, nelle città di Toronto (Aga Khan Museum), Montreal (Theatre Outremont), Quebec (Palais Montcalm), all’Ottawa Jazz Festival e alla Pyatt Hall di Vancouver per il New Music Festival. Per Angeli la consacrazione americana è arriva...
Works by Nuvolo at Di Donna Galleries, New York
Di Donna Galleries is hosting an exhibition “Nuvolo and Post-War Materiality 1950–1965” at the gallery’s New York location. Curated by renowned art historian and theoretician Germano Celant, the exhibition sheds light on the early career of Italian painter Nuvolo (né Giorgio Ascani; 1926–2008), who was deemed as the pioneer of screenprinting techni...
'Tosca' to Air as Part of Met Opera's 'Live in HD' Series
You've probably heard how all three original stars dropped out of the Metropolitan Opera's new "Tosca" and how the conductor had to be replaced twice. But did you know about the flap over the angel's wings? A replica of the bronze statue of Archangel Michael that stands on the roof of Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo sword in hand was supposed to dominat...
Lorenzo Mattotti. Covers for the New Yorker
Twenty years of collaboration, illustrations on current events created at lightning speed, little glitches to solve, curious coincidences, sudden inspirations... all this can happen when one of the most renowned magazines in the world meets an amazing artist like Mattotti. In the prestigious headquarters of the Italian Cultural Institute of New Yor...
Puccini and Bechet in parlor
At the Millbrook Library last Saturday Millbrook Arts Group in conjunction with Catskill Jazz Factory presented Puccini Meets Bechet: Parallels in Opera & Jazz with Aaron Johnson Trio. The parallel dimensions of jazz and opera collide with this condensed chamber group featuring operatic vocals, piano, clarinet and soprano saxophone. Multi-instrumen...