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The Torrington Symphony Orchestra will present, "Viva Italia II," at the Warner Theatre's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre, Saturday, May 9 at 8 p.m. Conducted by Maurice Steinberg, "Viva Italia II" features Italian composers and melodies performed by guest soloists Christi McLain and Jerron Jorgenson.   Soprano Christi McLain made her New E...

Boston Bel Canto Opera presents Pianist Bradley Pennington, Soprano Catrina Boncaldo and countertenor William Peacock. Click here for event flyer   When: Sunday, 19 October, 2014 at 2:30 P.M.Where: Dante Alighieri Italian Society of MA, 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA   Tickets are $20, $17 for Seniors and Stu...

Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT). Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts - 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Professionisti Italiani a Boston (PIB) and Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts are proud to invite you to a joint event to learn the fascinating history of the Italian immigration in Boston in the...

by Carla Balzano   On July 18, 2015, The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass is sponsoring its fourth annual golf tournament. It will take place at St. Anne Country Club, 781 Shoemaker Lane, Feeding Hills, MA.   The tournament will start promptly at 1:00 PM. Players pay a fee of $100.00, which includes play, cart, lunch, on-course...

This January 22nd, 24th and 29th, put on your dancing shoes and join Ornella Luorio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fun and lively evening of southern Italian folk music and dancing.   Learn the dances of Campania, Calabria and Puglia, and become a great dancer of tammurriate, pizziche and tarantelle.   Read more &...

The Italian Heritage Month Committee and the Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge #2183, Sons of Italy of Wilmington are proud to announce the Sixth Annual Italian Heritage Golf Classic in celebration of October as Italian Heritage Month on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Merrimack Valley Golf Club in Methuen. The committee invites you to participate in...

The past August 11th, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, Massachusetts, a free Community Live Opera Concert titled "GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS" was offered to a large audience, proving once more that opera is more than alive. The Metropolitan Opera tenor Raul Melo and the New York City Opera baritone Peter Castaldi, ac...

Learn to dance tammurriate, pizzicas and tarantellas! Music by Fabio Pirozzolo – Percussion & VocalistRoberto Cassan – Accordion When: Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139    General admission – $15 Tickets can be purc...

By Charlene Arsenault   Christopher "Hilli" Bronzo, 29, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly due to complications of asthma on March 15, 2016. He leaves his mother Nancy Bronzo; his sister Jessica Bronzo, and her husband, Carl Marcustre; 2 nephews, Harley and Chase Marcustre, a brother, Adam Schmaelzle, his maternal grandmother Joyce Bronzo...

The New England Patriots selected Jimmy Garoppolo with the 30th pick in the second round (62nd overall) during the NFL Draft on Friday.   Garoppolo, a 6-foot-2-inch, 226-pound righthanded passer played college football at Eastern Illinois. As a senior in 2013, he broke Tony Romo's school records for career passing touchdowns, yards and passi...

Sunday, January 18 | 3:00pm| Sanders Theatre at Harvard University | 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge "The performance of a full opera by a youth orchestra is an absolutely remarkable and rare accomplishment of which I am very proud. Opera is a fantastic tool for the musical and personal growth of our students because of the rich and intricate musical...

The Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT presents The Cherry Street Singers in: "Scherzi Musicali". Madrigals and songs by Claudio Monteverdi - Saturday, November 14th at 8pm in the MIT Chapel (48 Mass. Ave, Cambridge)   This group of madrigal enthusiasts is excited to present a passionate rendition of 1 to 6 part madrigals...