CC's Gambucci headed to Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
The accolades for a remarkable sporting life continue for Colorado College great Andy Gambucci. The Colorado Springs resident is one of six inductees entering the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame on April 17, 2014. To be included in such a class was humbling to Gambucci, 84, a three-sport star for the Tigers in the early 1950s. A standout center fiel...
Meet Kansas’ Nick Bartolotta, the best 5-foot-6 kicker in the country
By Rustin Dodd The the most vertically-challenged kicker in college football spent last year taking coursework at a community college in St. Louis. He was not a member of any football team then — college or otherwise — and if you saw Nick Bartolotta strolling into a class at St. Louis Community College, you probably wouldn't have guessed it, eithe...
Profughi a Cinecittà
On Friday, April 24, the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, and the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, will bring to Minneapolis, Professor Noa Steimatsky, of the University of Chicago, for a screening and discussion of her film, "Refugees in Cinecitta". Professor Steimatsky completed the film in collabor...
Men of the Cloth - Colorado Premiere
"Men of the Cloth," an inspiring film about three Italian master tailors with a passionate devotion to their trade, will have its Colorado premiere at The Dairy Center for the Arts, in Boulder, from Wednesday, April 8 through Saturday, April 11. The film received production grants and seed funding from NIAF and initially premiered at DOC N...
Danilo Gallinari has "really positive feelings" about training camp, the Nuggets future
by Gordon Gross Danilo Gallinari sat down for an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport about the upcoming season for the Denver Nuggets, as well as his Eurobasket experience. He touched on training camp, his feelings about Michael Maloneas his new coach, and about expectations for the upcoming season among other things. It's about 6...
Joyce DiDonato sparkles in her new recording, ‘Stella di Napoli’
After Joyce DiDonato's performance of Maurice Ravel's deliciously sensual "Sheherazade" on the opening night of the Kansas City Symphony's new season, the audience was a big puddle of melted butter. But DiDonato was worried it wasn't flashy enough, and afterward she told the audience she thought it lacked the "ta-da" factor for opening nig...
Giada Valenti – Italian Singer and Songwriter
The Italian American Heritage Corporation is making arrangements to bring Italian Entertainment to the St. Louis Area in the Summer. Singer and songwriter Giada Valenti is recognized for her special voice and great stage presence. With her latest CD, My Lullaby, Giada is bringing her sophisticated music and European style to music fans worldwide. W...
Trumpeter Chris Botti’s ‘busiest year’ brings him to Wichita
by Mark Kanny For someone who's recently won a Grammy and whose career is thriving, trumpeter Chris Botti remains pretty levelheaded. He's completely into his music, but remains the kind of person who acknowledges his humble beginnings. "I am one of the most fortunate people in the music industry," says Botti, who performs at...
Danilo Gallinari on track for camp return; will practice with Italian national team Read more: Danilo Gallinari on track for camp return; will practice with Italian national team
Danilo Gallinari's rehabilitation for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee is going as planned, and the versatile Nuggets forward is on pace to be ready for the team's training camp in the fall. Gallinari is currently in Rome for the NBA's Basketball Without Borders program and plans to travel to Milan later this week for the...
Danilo Gallinari Will Be Ready For Camp
The Nuggets were without one of their major assets all season long. Gallinari missed the entire season recovering from an ACL tear. The move to hold him out made sense, as this season turned out to be a failure for the Denver Nuggets. However, there is now some good news regarding the Italian big man. Read more Source:&nb...
A New Tradition - ICC Lago di Como Fun Run/Walk 2015!
We are very excited to announce the Italian Cultural Center's first annual 5K Fun Run/Walk, scheduled to be held at Como Lake, in St. Paul, on Saturday, July 25th, 2015!! Our committee members and volunteers are busily preparing what will be a new tradition at the ICC, and we hope to keep you informed and involved as our plans take shape. ...
A concert of Italian songs and arias
Join us for an intimate concert of Italian songs and arias, performed by the students of University of Minnesota, Music Department Professor, Jean del Santo. Three students from Jean's Italian Diction for Singers class, will perform a concert of twelve songs and arias that the students have studied and performed in class during Spring semester 201...