See GEPPETTO at HERE in NYC June 13-30!
Concrete Temple Theatre presents GEPPETTO Geppetto meshes two of our favorite stories, Pinocchio and The Old Man And The Sea,to tell a heart-breaking and hilarious tale of prosthetics and aging.It contemplates resilience in the face of change and loss. HERE145 Sixth Ave. - New York, NY(enter on Dominick Street, one block south of S...
Annual al fresco Italian film series launches tonight at Staten Island's Casa Belvedere
by Rob Bailey "Staten Italy" takes on new meaning this summer at Casa Belvedere — and not in the insulting way so often portrayed in American media. That's because the Italian cultural foundation's third-annual al fresco film festival, "Cinema Sotto Le Stelle," is once again celebrating true Italian culture with a series of films from the...
Domani al Consolato. La festa di Natale del Coni Usa
Si svolgerà domani dalle 17:30 presso il Consolato Generale d'Italia a New York (Park Avenue) l'edizione 2012 della festa di Natale intitolata "Christmas Action Party" a tema gioco-sport e sana nutrizione. L'iniziativa, organizzata dal delegato del Coni negli Usa, Mico Delianova Licastro e tenuta con gli auspici del Console Generale Natalia Quintav...
Interview With: Laura Caparrotti – Modern Humanist
Born in Rome, Laura Caparotti has a degree in Performing Arts from the University "La Sapienza" in Rome, Italy. She also studied independently with Dario Fo (Nobel Prize for Literature 1997), Annie Girardot and Elsa Wolliaston, among others. In Italy she performed for over ten years in theater, with Giancarlo Cobelli, Mario Carotenuto, The...
Sal Palmeri, la voce che ha scaldato il cuore degli italiani d'America
By Liliana Rosano Un pezzo della storia dell'emigrazione italiana passa anche da lui. Con la sua voce radiofonica inconfondibile ha portato la musica italiana nel Nuovo Mondo, tra nostalgia e vecchi ricordi, costruendo un ponte tra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti, una finestra dall'Italia sul continente americano. Un ponte musicale che è...
Former Italian /American Mets Pitcher With One of the Best Moustaches In Team History: John Pacella (1978-1980)
John Lewis Pacella was born to an Italian /American family in Brooklyn New York, on September 15, 1956. When he was ten years old his family moved out to Suffolk County on Long Island, where he attended Connetquot High School. There he played ball in the Ronkonkoma/ Bohemia school district, getting drafted in the 4th round of the 1974 by New York...
Can Phil Jackson tap into Andrea Bargnani’s potential?
Everything seems better about Italy's Andrea Bargnani — even his English.Last season with the Knicks turned into a mess for Bargnani, who partially tore the ulnar nerve in his left elbow in late January. He elected not to have surgery but never made it back, his season shortened to 42 games. Team president Phil Jackson is the latest to try to turn...
Alessandra Belloni Brings Ancient Italian Folk Music to New Audiences in New York
by Teresa Alessandro La musica italiana is a powerful art that brings people together. It will never cost you a dime in overweight luggage fees to take home. It will transport you back to a memory, a place, or a time. No matter where Italians have emigrated, music has always invoked feelings: of home, of summer, of love for their country,...
Italian rock violinist performs 2 shows in Binghamton
Italian rock violinist Andrea Di Cesare will perform two shows in Binghamton this week. On Friday as part of the First Friday Art Walk, Di Cesare will be the featured act at a variety show sponsored by Binghamton University's Department of Romance Languages. It starts at 6 p.m. at BU's Downtown Center (67 Washington St.) with students and...
Caruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound
September 20 (Sunday) 2:00 pmCaruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound: Caruso recordings and the history of recorded music, music boxes and records. Sponsored by the Enrico Caruso Museum of America - 1942 East 19th Street, Brooklyn Admission: free; open to the publicContact: Comm. Aldo Mancusi 718-368-3993amancusi@enricoca...
ORLANDO: furiosamente solo rotolando
ORLANDO: furiosamente solo rotolando. Episodes inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (in Italian) performed by Enrico Messina Armamaxa teatro, Foggia (FG) / Ceglie Messapica (BR) from the text HRUODLANDUS libera rotolata medioevale by E. Messina and A. Nicotine with passages from Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (in English)&nb...
Museum of Modern Art salutes Italian comedy master Dino Risi
by Maria Garcia Italian filmmaker Dino Risi (1917-2008) is the subject of a retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art that runs through January 6. In collaboration with Luce Cinecittá, the Museum is screening the writer-director's popular narrative features of the 1950s, '60s and '70s that are mostly commedia all'Italiana or "Italia...