Andrea Bocelli tells Utah crowd, 'I will never forget your affection.' Mr. Bocelli, the feeling's mutual
It was his first public performance in Salt Lake City, and Andrea Bocelli held nothing back. Donning a suit topped with a bright blue jacket and black bow tie, the 60-year-old Italian tenor took the stage and immediately illustrated one thing to his Utah fans: While his hair may be a dignified silver, the vocal prowess that popularized him more tha...
Gallinari, più forte con lo yoga, lancia i Los Angeles Clippers in vetta all’Nba
Ooooommmmm. Magari non sarà tutto merito della meditazione o del chaturanga dandasana (ovvero la posizione del bastone a terra, come spiegano quelli che ne sanno), ma se c’è una squadra sorprendentemente in testa alla classifica della Western Conference della Nba, quella dove si azzuffano Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, Nuggets (in ordine sparso), per...
New Southington pizza restaurant ‘very authentic, very Italian’
While it only takes about a minute for personal-sized pizzas to cook in Mamma Mia restaurant’s oven, the handmade dough is prepared and left to rise for 48 hours before being topped with fresh ingredients. Mamma Mia, 1765 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, held its grand opening Friday after finishing renovations and installing the pizza oven ordered from...
“Artists in Residence” opening of Kikki Ghezzi’s exhibition “The magical cherry tree” a Villa Firenze
Milanese artist Kikki Ghezzi’s works are on display at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador to the United States, Armando Varricchio. The exhibition was inaugurated yesterday, and it is part of the “Artists in Residence” series. Ambassador Varricchio launched this initiative in June 2016 to promote Italian talents in the Nation’s capital, by sho...
Adriana Trigiani presents her new book Tony's Wife
Thursday December 6, 7:00 pm. Swinging Sixties Senior Center, 211 Ainslie Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: 212-642-2094. From the Jersey shore to Las Vegas to Hollywood, and all the dance halls in between, this multilayered story is vivid with historical color and steeped in the popular music that se...
Accordo di sicurezza sociale Italia-USA: Nissoli (FI) interroga Di Maio e Moavero
Deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Centro e Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli , nell’ambito del suo impegno sulla questione della sicurezza sociale, ha depositato una interrogazione ai Ministri del Lavoro e degli Affari Esteri, Di Maio e Moavero Milanesi, per avere risposte concrete sulla questione della totalizzazione contributiva per chi vive e lavora...
La Commedia Di Dante in Italiano - Group Reading/Discussion Twice Monthly for One Hour
December 5 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, Manhattan, NY. Contact: 212-966-3245. [email protected] The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY is hosting a group dedicated to reading the entire Commedia in Italian with d...
Website, books help Our Lady of the Angels fire survivors cope, connect
(Dec. 1, 2018, marks the 60th anniversary of the fire at Our Lady of the Angels School on Chicago’s West Side. This story was originally published on Sept. 1, 2003.) More than 44 years later, the smell of smoke still sends some of them into a panic. Everywhere they go, they check for fire exits. Some have struggled with depression, sleepwalking or...
Tommaso Gambino: Italian Heritage
Italian-Americans, as the hyphenated name implies, represents and is a result of two distinct cultures. We can point with pride to our 15th century brethren who discovered the Americas. Colombo, Vespucci, Caboto, and Verrazano are some of the more known audacious seaman and adventurers that come to mind. Id Est: America was named after Amerigo Vesp...
In mostra le antiche lattine d'olio per gli emigrati italiani
A cavallo tra Ottocento e Novecento l'olio d'oliva partiva dalla Liguria sui bastimenti racchiuso in uniche e decorate lattine per raggiungere le comunità di emigrati italiani in America. Una collezione unica al mondo dei primi "cliché" di queste latte decorate sarà presentato a Roma il 30 novembre in occasione della prima giornata di festeggiament...
Kentucky by Heart: Lifelong musician Frank Messina finds new path as writer of murder/mystery novels
Until recently, Frank “Doc” Messina’s choice of performing arts pretty much focused in one area. He considered himself a “music guy,” and he mostly made his livelihood either performing music or as a music educator. Today, the 71-year-old Messina has embraced another art, writing, and has cranked out two popular murder/mystery novels, with another...
From beach to basilica: ‘Sand Nativity’ brings unique style to Vatican
From the beach town of New Smyrna, Florida, just a stone’s throw away from Daytona Beach, Rich Varano never imagined his unique talent of sculpting sand would take him to the heart of Christianity. Varano is the artistic director of the “Sand Nativity,” a massive 52-foot-wide sculpture made of sand imported from Jesolo, an Italian seaside resort to...