Norma by Vincenzo Bellini at Lyric Opera
January 28th - February 24th. Times vary. Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N Wacker Dr., Chicago (IL) If you're drawn to vocal acrobatics, Bellini's Druid priestess Norma will thrill and astonish you. The absolute pinnacle for any prima donna with the technical prowess, sumptuous voice, and dramatic fire to master its perilous cha...
Tradition Towers Over Brooklyn Giglio Festival
The 125th Giglio Festival is under way in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where New Yorkers come in droves for the great food and a three-ton sight. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report.Saint Paulinus is said to have freed local men from slavery by offering himself in their place. Returning from captivity years later, he was greeted by townspeo...
VALENTINO USA ties up with New Yorkers for children
Valentino USA will forgo its annual holiday celebration this year, instead donating the party funds —and some employee elbow grease— to New Yorkers for Children's annual Wrap to Rap event. The company will serve as a presenting sponsor of the charity's annual social gift-wrapping spree, which is set for Wednesday at The Ainsworth in Chelsea. Employ...
Jim Messina to receive Machiavelli Award as the Italian American Democrat of the Year at Inaugural Reception Sunday
The Italian American Democratic Leadership Council (IADLC) is hosting a reception honoring the re-election of President Obama and Vice President Biden as well as all 16 Italian American Democratic Members of Congress that were re-elected along with 3 new Italian American Democrats.It will be Sunday, January 20th from 4:30 – 6:00 PM at the Carmine's...
Le calzature italiane approdano a Las Vegas
Nuovo appuntamento negli Stati Uniti per il calzaturiero italiano: dal 19 al 21 febbraio, ANCI accompagnerà per la prima volta 22 aziende del settore alla fiera FN Platform, che si svolgerà presso il Las Vegas Convention Center. In mostra le collezioni autunno/inverno 2013-2014 di calzature e pelletteria fine e medio-fine. L'iniziativa, che si ins...
Sales Associate
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Italian Opera on Film – Verdi and Zeffirelli
Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:00 pm Illustrated lecture by San Francisco Opera's Director of Music Administration, Kip Cranna, who will on the occasion of Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, discuss the operas La Traviata and Otello and show excerpts from the films by Franco Zeffirelli, master of Italian cinema. Italian opera is a special world...
Philadelphia’s Italian festival ranked 7th best spring food festival
Spring has sprung and for foodies across the nation that means it's time to eat. From Italian markets in Philly to barbecue joints in Memphis, Fox News have found the country's best festivals to dig into spring, fork first. Philadelphia's annual Italian market festival was ranked by Fox News as the seventh best Spring food festival. ...
Fettucine Alfredo, American-style
Between restaurants, cookbooks and supermarket shelves, Alfredo sauces vary widely, both in style and quality. Here's a rundown of fettuccine Alfredo's history and sauce variations.The original dish was an extra-buttery version of an Italian standard, fettuccine al burro — fettuccine with butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. It was created in Rom...
Shop Italy on Madison 2013 NYC
To celebrate and promote Italian fashion in New York City, the Italian Trade Commission would like to invite you to participate in SHOP ITALY on MADISON. SHOP ITALY on MADISON, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development and organized by the Italian Trade Commission, celebrates Italian quality and heritage with a series of consumer shopping e...
Nuggets' Danilo Gallinari undergoes ACL surgery
Danilo Gallinari says he will undergo surgery to repair the ACL on his left knee next week and is hoping to be back on the court for the Denver Nuggets around February. The Italian forward has been rehabbing in the team's weight room since an operation in late April to fix the meniscus in a knee he hurt April 4 against Dallas. He arrived M...
The Italians In Texas
The few Italians who came to Texas during the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were mainly explorers, adventurers or missionaries. The Italian presence in the state goes back to the earliest years of Spanish exploration. Like Christopher Columbus, Italians were often in the employ of the Spanish during that early peri...