Fresh Pond Road Italian Festival
September 4 @ 5:30 pm - September 7 @ 10:00 pm - FreshpondNew York, NY | Start Time: 17:30:00Website: http://fb.com/673928069329348 The Federazione Italo- Americana di Brooklyn and Queens for its Fresh Pond Road Festival on Thursday, Sept. 4, through Saturday, Sept. 6, from 5:30 to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 7, from 2 to 10 p.m., along Fresh...
Rosanna Imbriano Named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year
Rosanna Imbriano, founder and executive director of Sempre Avanti, Inc., has been named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year by The Italian Tribune Columbus Day Committee. This prestigious award is being presented to Imbriano for her success in both her work and personal life. Through hard work and determination, she demonstrates an unyi...
Italian-African Filmmaker to Visit WIU
Italian-African filmmaker and social activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will visit the Western Illinois University campus Wednesday, Nov. 5, to speak from 7-9 p.m., in the Sandburg Theater. Kuwornu will screen and discuss his documentary film, "Inside Buffalo," a multi-awarded documentary shot in Italy and the United States. It tells the "forgott...
Concert "Berio in NYC"
"Sequenzas" and "Chemins IV" and other works performed by Ensemble mise-en in the first of two concerts featuring works composed by Luciano Berio when he lived in New York City (1965-1972). Ensemble mise-en is an innovative and versatile New York-based contemporary music collective led by composer Moon Young Ha. Read more ...
Knicks' Andrea Bargnani still hurt, could miss season opener vs. Chicago Bulls
Derek Fisher may have more faith in Andrea Bargnani than the big Italian has in himself. With the Oct. 29 season opener against the Chicago Bulls on the horizon, Fisher refused to rule Bargnani out despite the fact that the Knicks forward has not played since suffering a hamstring injury during the club's first preseason game two weeks ago. ...
Desert Arc's Italian Fest draws thousands to La Quinta
The aroma of fresh pasta sauce wafted through the crowd at La Quinta Civic Center Park Saturday during the opening day of Desert Arc's fourth annual Italian Festival. The two-day festival, which features plenty of Italian fare catered by local eateries — including myriad pasta dishes, meatball and sausage sandwiches and, of course, cannoli...
Ancient Roman Vessel Found in Naples' Piazza Municipio
The remains of a vessel from Roman times have been found in the Piazza Municipio area of Naples, where construction work to build Line 1 of the subway is under way. This is not the first archeological find from the site: as the largest urban excavation site of the past 40 years, it has returned about 3,000 artifacts, including four boats....
L’America nell’obiettivo di Santi Visalli Figlio dimenticato dalla madre terra ingrata
L'amaro in bocca resta sempre. Anche quando la gloria ti ha consacrato nel gotha della fotografia internazionale. Lui, figlio di questa Sicilia ingrata, che dimentica. O meglio che non vuole ricordare i figli d'oltreoceano che sono diventati ambasciatori della terra da cui sono partiti. Lui che voleva donare la sua collezione al Museo di M...
Madison, Hamden women use puppets to share Italian culture
What started as an Italian American woman spending Christmas gatherings learning about Italian history may just evolve into helping others learn about various cultures on television through puppets. Madison resident Kate West, using a puppet called La Befana, hopes to share Italian culture and other traditions with wider audiences through...
Met Guild to Honor Licia Albanese & Carlo Bergonzi in 'INCOMPARABLE' in 2015
Summer saw the passing of two of opera's most iconic figures: Licia Albanese, at the age of 105, and Carlo Bergonzi, at 90. They performed together at the Met only five times, but whenever and wherever they sang, the two were both "incomparable" (Chicago Tribune*); fittingly, the next in the Metropolitan Opera Guild's series of tributes to legendar...
Reality show criticized by Bloomfield organization canceled
Cable Network A&E's latest reality show, "The Godfather of Pittsburgh," has been cancelled after only three episodes. The show was targeted by the Italian American One Voice Coalition, Unico National and many Italian Americans. "Godfather of Pittsburgh" follows Vince Isoldi, who operates several businesses including a strip club, and s...
A Sculptor of Suggestion
by Karen Wilkin The Italian-born sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) is the proverbial "artist's artist." Controversial in his own day, "discovered" by the Abstract Expressionist generation, and now widely acclaimed in art-historical circles, he is an important figure to many contemporary practitioners. Rosso is still not familiar to the Am...