Torna a Coney Island dopo un secolo lo storico ottovolante "Thunderbold" rivisitato da Zamperla
By Riccardo Chioni Torna a Coney Island una delle attrazioni che storicamente caratterizzavano il Luna Park sul lungomare di Brooklyn, l'ottovolante "Thunderbolt", una perla che mancava dal 1910, che torna a firma Alberto Zamperla.Ieri c'è stata la posa della prima pietra per la realizzazione a tempo di record delle montagne russe "Thunderbolt"...
Musica italiana a Broadway, ne parliamo con Sal Palmeri
Manca poco per il "Sal Palmeri's New York Italian Music Festival", il trenta settembre Broadway ospiterà una serata di musica leggera italiana, organizzata dal maestro della radio italoamericana Sal Palmeri. Tanti ospiti, dalla vincitrice del Festival di San Remo Annalisa Minetti (fresca campionessa con una medaglia alle paraolimpiadi), a Paolo Me...
BWW Review: FINI DANCE FESTIVAL Parties La Via Italiana
Though it was hot and muggy on the evening of July 24th, 2016, the jam-packed audience at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center was grinning agog like newly minted parents infatuated with their brood. The cause: a troupe of adorable bambine from Staten Island Ballet performing Ellen Tharp's "Tarantella". Though only one of these girls was d...
italytheater to Host PINOCCHIO IN MANHATTAN Kids Theatre Workshop thru Dec 2014
Created by italytheater, with the extraordinary partnership of the Carlo Collodi National Foundation and based on a new script by Paolo Tartamella, 'Pinocchio in Manhattan' is the first workshop where kids of the age 6-11 get to improvise with professional actors, perform on stage with Pinocchio, try their writing skills on a compelling topic and h...
Center for Italian Studies Italian Film Festival Program at Stony Brook University
October 23, Friday / Movie Times: 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm; October 24, Saturday / Movie Times: 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm (formerly scheduled as a November event). Screening of recently produced Italian films (English sub-titles) Four Feature Films and Two Documentaries. Program and Screening Schedule are noted below (subject to c...
Pino Daniele Concert-NYC
Legendary Naples-born Italian vocalist, composer and musician, known worldwide for his fusion of pop, blues, jazz, Italian and Middle eastern music into his own unique brand of world music, is coming to Stage 48 in New York City, June 18 and 19, concert at 8 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets: $65. For the first show tickets, visit CLICK...
FIAO To Hold Their 5K Run/ Walk To Fight Drug Abuse
The Federation of Italian-American Organizations of Queens (FIAO) is holding their 2014 5K Run/Walk to help fight drug abuse on Sunday, July 20, 9 a.m. at the FIAO Soccer Field, at 20th Avenue and 33rd Street. Their new headquarters is at 20-12 21st Ave., Astoria, NY 11105. The course is five kilometers (3.1 miles) through the local street...
This New Italian Movie May Herald a Cinematic Renaissance
By Michael J. Agovino Italy has won more foreign film Oscars than any other country, and it's not hard to see why. From the rubble of World War II came neo-realism—movies like Rome, Open City and The Bicycle Thief that, for all their simplicity, revolutionized the art form. The decades that followed produced monumental, diverse wo...
18 ius soli at Casa Belvedere
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, located on Staten Island, N.Y., offers a wide variety of educational and cultural events. On Tuesday, March 5, Casa Belvedere will screen the 2012 award-winning Italian documentary "18 IUS SOLI" ("We are Italians. Just not Legally"), which examines the law that denies citizenship to young people bo...
Alla NYU si discute degli artigiani vincenti del cinema italiano
di Beatrice Bondi Venerdì si è tenuta una tavola rotonda con i rappresentanti della delegazione artistica di Open Roads alla Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò della NYU. L'evento è stato moderato dal direttore della Casa Italiana Stefano Albertini e dallo scrittore e docente della NYU Antonio Monda. Presenti sul palco: Marco Bellocchio, r...
Italian Choreographer CATERINA RAGO Premieres Full Evening Work at Live Arts October 6
Acclaimed Italian choreographer Caterina Rago will return to New York this fall with her company of eight female dancers in her new full-evening work, "Labir Into," October 6 though October 8 at New York Live Arts. Caterina Rago is the only female choreographer from Italy running a modern Dance Company in NYC. "Labir Into," named after "labirinto,...
A Tale Of Emigrants, Culture, Hope and Boxing
21 Jun 2015, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. La storia della boxe è da sempre strettamente connessa a quella degli emigrati e in particolare degli italiani arrivati a New York. Nella sede della storica Gleason's Gym, un evento organizzato da New York Italians in collaborazione con Fordham University e la partnership de La VOCE di New York, riunisce ca...