St Louis - Bologna sister cities sponsors "Il campione" at Italian film festival St Louis
The Italian Film Festival USA is back with its first in-person edition since the pandemic. The festival is now in full swing, having begun on April 7 and continuing until its last film which shows on April 23. Directed by St Louisan Barbara Klein, the 19th edition of the Italian Film Festival offers eleven films-comedies, dramas and documentaries-o...
Opera Colorado Announces 40th Anniversary with Joyce DiDonato
Opera Colorado has announced a 40th Anniversary Gala which will star Joyce DiDonato. The concert, which is set to take place on May 13, 2023, in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, will be chaired by Joy and Chris Dinsdale and all proceeds benefit Opera Colorado’s expanding artistic initiatives...
The Pinta will be coming to surrounding areas for viewing
The Pinta was the ship that was used for Christopher Columbus voyage to the America’s back in the 1400s. It was one out of three ships in Columbus’ fleet. According to captain Stephen Sanger, the ship was built in Brazil by eighth generation Portuguese shipwrights. The ship is open to guided and self-guided tours, where they explain what the ship w...
Time-honored, ever-popular 'La Traviata' is UI Opera's spring production
Spring: It’s a time of renewal when the sap rises, flowers bloom, and one’s “fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” (Thank you, Alfred, Lord Tennyson.) Fittingly, the University of Iowa Opera’s spring production is a love story — or more accurately, a story of love, redemption, and loss: Giuseppe Verdi’s "La Traviata." The 170th anniversary of i...
DiGiacomo-Zahller named Midwest Conference Softball Position Player of the Week
After a phenomenal opening weekend, Grinnell College's Emma DiGiacomo-Zahller '24 has received recognition from the Midwest Conference. DiGiacomo-Zahller, a utility player from Arvada, Colo. (J.K. Mullen), was named the league's Position Player of the Week after batting .667 with a 1.000 on-base percentage in four games at the Rochester Dome Tourna...
UNL Opera on tour in March with ‘La Traviata’
The opera program in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music will go on tour in Nebraska with three performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” in March in Ord, Lincoln and Scottsbluff. “La Traviata” is one of the most beloved theatrical works of all time, combining a romantic story with memorable music. Verdi’s vibrant...
14th Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul
The Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul (IFF) is the premier event of the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis / St. Paul. Organized in partnership with the Film Society, the 14th edition of the festival will be offered in person from March 2 to March 5, 2023 at the Main Cinema in Minneapolis. The IFF will offer an exciting lineup of...
Steve Spagnuolo, defensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs
Steve Spagnuolo is an Italian American football coach who serves for the Kansas City Chiefs in NFL as a defensive coordinator. He led his team Chiefs to win the Super Bowl LIX by defeating the 69ers. Not only that, he even led his club New York Giants to win Super Bowl XLII. Steve began his NFL career coaching in the Philadelphia Eagles organizatio...
Union Omaha Signs Former Italian Youth National Team Member Marco Milanese
Union Omaha announced today the signing of defender Marco Milanese, pending league and federation approval. Milanese reunites with assistant coach Kevin Nuss, who he played under in his time with the USL League Two side Ocean City Nor'easters. The Isernia, Italy native has spent time with multiple landmark Italian clubs, including S.S.C. Napoli U-1...
MLB Writer Predicts a Vinnie Pasquantino Breakout in 2023
The Kansas City Royals are months away from the official start of their 2023 regular season, but it's never too early to predict what could happen in the upcoming campaign. MLB.com recently published an article honing in on one player from each team who is slated to have a breakout season. For Kansas City, beat writer Anne Rogers selected first bas...
PSU music series to feature Italian trombonist
The Pittsburg (KS) State University Solo & Chamber Music Series, which began in September, will continue with its next concert, a performance by Italian trombonist Peter Steiner, on Friday, Jan. 20. Steiner, who has been hailed as "a new trombone star within his generation" by the president of the International Trombone Association, is scheduled to...
Italian American Brian Sweeney named pitching coach of Kansas City Royals
Italian on his mother’s side, Brian Sweeney was recently hired as the pitching coach of the Kansas City Royals by Italian American manager Matt Quatraro. Sweeney was most recently the bullpen coach of the Cleveland Guardians on Italian American Terry Francona’s staff. “I heard this in Cleveland: Combining tradition, experience and innovation really...