Two Ways to Become Part of San Francisco’s Italian Legacy
by Catherine Accardi This year, the season of giving will continue into January 2015 at the historic Bimbo's 365 Club. On Wednesday, January 14, enjoy a memorable evening - A Night Out in North Beach - at the Joe DiMaggio Playground fundraising event. Honorary hosts include California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, California Assemblymember D...
America - il musical torna a Roma
NUOVALUNA PRODUZIONI PRESENTA: Chiara Di Bari, Simone Sibillano AMERICA. IL MUSICAL di Guido Cataldo e Simone Sibillano Vincitore di due Premi Broadway World Italia 2014: Miglior Partitura - Guido Cataldo; Miglior attore protagonista - Simone Sibillano. Con Chiara Materassi nel ruolo di Madre Cabrini, e con (in...
Gubbio's Roman theater: light shed over secrets
In one of his works, the great Greek tragedian Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC) has a lucid Ajax say, Great, unfathomable time brings dark things to light and buries the bright in its darkness. That is exactly what happened to the Roman theater in Gubbio, Umbria, which was built in the late 1st century BC and forgotten by the Middle Ages. It was...
The Vivaldi Project Classical Music Concert @ St. George Episcopal Church - Friday 6, 2015 at 19:30 pm
The Vivaldi Project continues its exploration of the string trio, following its path from Baroque trio sonata through its Classical form in the hands of some the late-18th century's greatest composers. Only a few of these string trios survive as celebrated works to modern audiences, notably the grand Divertimento in Eb by Mozart and the op...
Efasce: nella metropolitana di New York i mosaici di Stefano Miotto
Trentotto stazioni della metropolitana di New York sono "firmate" con i suoi mosaici, così come gli aeroporti di Seattle, Orlando e il Ronald Reagan di Washington DC. La mano è quella di Stefano Miotto, una eccellenza "a stelle e strisce", nato nel cuore degli Stati Uniti ma con radici salde nel Friuli occidentale che ha portato oltre oceano una ab...
Friday nights at the Italian cinema
by Pam Mastriano Celebration of Italian movies Springfield - The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts announces that starting with "Benvenuti al Nord" (2012), on Friday, March 6, it will begin a continuation of the "Friday Night at the Italian Cinema" celebration of Italian movies. There will be 3 movies which will be shown the...
Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday: 100 things about the life and times of an American legend
A legend, a life, a complex man and The Voice of the 20th Century. Frank Sinatra, who would've been 100 this year, was a man of contradiction. Small and slight, he towered over popular culture. He projected strength and confidence, despite suffering from depression throughout his adult life. "We'll never see anyone like that again" – we of...
Contadino Will Do Full-Tilt Italian in Downtown Wilmette
Sometimes the way forward is the same way you’ve been going, just with greater purpose. So hope the owners of Contadino (1146 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, 847-920-5962), an Italian restaurant opening in mid-March in downtown Wilmette. Compared to its predecessor in the space, The Avenue, another Italian place under similar ownership, Contadi...
S.F. through Italian eyes in Andrea Ponsi’s 'Perceptions’
In 2010, architect Andrea Ponsi published a unique and by many readers treasured introduction to the city where he has lived and worked since 1989: "Florence: A Map of Perceptions." It consists of journal-like entries, occasionally noting Florence's most celebrated features and sites but just as frequently describing in words and lightly handled w...
“Partono i Bastimenti”, in mostra l’emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe
"Partono i Bastimenti". È questo il titolo della mostra, curata da Francesco Nicotra, che sarà aperta al pubblico dal 16 aprile al 16 maggio, nella Sala Gialla del Teatro Politeama di Palermo. Una mostra, dedicata alla emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe, quel "grande esodo" definito dagli studiosi il più rilevante movimento migratorio della storia...
Business confidence is improving, but two thirds of companies still say growth is stalled
by Rossella Bocciarelli Italy is slowly emerging from the tunnel of recession, but it is not yet clear whether new jobs will shore up the recovery. The latest survey on expected inflation and growth carried out by Il Sole 24 Ore and the Bank of Italy confirmed the outlook recently outlined by Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio V...
Five Italian cities to be Capitals of the Italian Culture in 2015
by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt On October 17, 2014 the selection panel of 13 independent experts responsible for assessing the Italian cities competing to be European Capital of Culture in 2019, has recommended that Matera should be awarded with the famous title. This award started in 1985. Since then, more than 40 cities have been designated Europ...