'It was the best week of my life': South High football star Angelo LaRose enjoys unforgettable experience in Italy
It was a trip that featured football, family and (new) friends. And what an unforgettably enjoyable experience it was for South High senior Angelo LaRose and the rest of the American Football Worldwide high school elite team that spent five days practicing in and touring Italy before playing the Italian under-21 national team last Saturday in Milan...
Beatrice Rana, piano
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana has become a force in the international classical music world, receiving admiration from critics and audiences alike. As renowned for her sensitivity and musical intelligence as she is for her vivid colorations and pyrotechnics, she is a pianist who truly has it all. Beatrice Rana has performed at the world’s most este...
Sissy Castrogiovanni in concert in Boston
Sunday Apr 9 2023 - 5:00 PM Doors / 7:00 PM Start. City Winery Boston, 80 Beverly Street, Boston, MA. Award-winning Sicilian jazz singer, songwriter, and producer Sissy Castrogiovanni presents, for the first time in Boston, her album, Terra. Fully sung in Sicilian dialect, Sissy’s compositions are an attractive synthesis of musical cultures; With a...
Potentially Dangerous – Documentary Film Screening with Director Zach Baliva at IAM Books
Tuesday, April 4 – 6 p.m. I AM Books, 124 Salem St., Boston MA 02113 (Register Here). A feature-length documentary from executive producer John Turturro on the untold story of Italian immigrants persecuted and interned as America’s “Enemy Aliens” During World War II. Potentially Dangerous won the 2021 Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum and...
Boston's Danilo Gallinari on growing up in Italy
While the strength of Italian and European basketball continues to make leaps and bounds compared to the global competition, when he was growing up in the Italian town of Graffignana in the 1980s and 90s, veteran Boston Celtics forward Danilo Gallinari was not exactly awash in a sea of high-level basketball. But he has fond memories of that part of...
Italian film festival highlighting rare, restored films comes to Brown
Last weekend, the Department of Italian Studies hosted “Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour,” an Italian film festival showcasing a selection of rare and restored films from the world-renowned Cineteca Bologna. The event marked the tenth anniversary of the festival’s first visit to the University. Held in the Martinos Auditorium at the Granoff Center for t...
A Life: Anthony Rocchio; ‘He celebrated other people and their lives’
For Anthony Rocchio, human encounters and connections were more than an opportunity to forge new friendships. They were a cause for celebration. Rocchio’s natural gift for engaging others and wanting to learn about them brought him his greatest joy in life, says his family. “He celebrated other people and their lives,” said his oldest daughter, Ann...
An Evening with Italian Director Alina Marazzi 3/17
Friday, March 17 - 5-7 p.m. Olney Science Center, Room 150, North Campus. One University Avenue - Lowell, MA. Free and open to the public. This event is organized by the Department of World Languages and Cultures and co-sponsored by the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the History Department and the Gender Studies program. The...
The Uncle Louie Variety Show in New Britain, CT
Saturday March 18, 2023 - Time 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Generale Ameglio Italian Civic Association - Location 13 Beaver St New Britain, CT 06051. Buy tickets now. The Uncle Louie Variety Show has been making audiences laugh for years with its hilarious and unique take on growing up as an Italian-American. The show is composed of two dynamic comedians, L...
Scanzonati: Acoustic Show and CD Signing
When: Thu, March 16, 2023, from 6:30 PM to 7:30 - Where: I AM Books 124 Salem Street Boston, MA 02113 Scanzonati is an exciting and original Italian pop band. Founded by singer-songwriter Stefano Marchese and bass player and Berklee Professor Andrea Pejrolo, the Boston based six piece band revisits songs of the past 30 years in an acoustic setting...
Bertolucci’s masterpiece ‘The Conformist’ paired with Italian wine tasting at Epsilon Spires
The downtown arts venue Epsilon Spires will host an evening of Italian wine and film on Sunday, Feb. 26, featuring a tasting of four selected wines sommelier Rob Forman describes as “non-conforming” and a screening of Bernardo Bertolucci’s early film The Conformist. “The Conformist is the one Bertolucci film you shouldn’t miss,” writes film critic...
Joe Mazzulla becomes the permanent Celtics head coach
Ever since Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka got into the scandal that forced him to be suspended for a year, Joe Mazzulla was the interim head coach. The organization has now decided to change it. The Celtics officially announced that Mazzulla is not the permanent head coach, replacing Udoka in the position. The franchise has also extended the c...