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To celebrate NIAF's mission and its educational programs across the United States, the Foundation is hosting a reception at the rooftop garden of 230 Fifth in New York City on June 3, 2014.   NIAF's leadership, including Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso and President John M. Viola, will join the Foundation's regional vice presidents in New York,...

Luca Santaniello, New York based drummer since 2001, is presenting a new project on the fusion between Neapolitan traditional music and American Jazz. The most famous songs from the Neapolitan folk tradition such as Maruzzella, A rumba re' Scugnizz, and Scalinatella longa longa, are given a jazz flavor through Luca's deep knowledge of the Be Bop ja...

"United colors of soccer". Questo il nome dell'evento che ha visto protagonisti i fan club newyorchesi di Sampdoria, Genoa, Roma, Fiorentina, Milan, Juventus e il neonato fan club "Pepito Rossi", dedicato al giocatore della Fiorentina nato e cresciuto in New Jersey.   Il tifo organizzato italiano ha voluto testimoniare come si possano vivere...

by Nick Vivarelli   New York's Museum of Modern Art will celebrate Italy's Rai Cinema with a screening series set to kick off on December 4 with the U.S. bow of Matteo Garrone's English-language fantasy/horror film "Tale of Tales" segued by nine other high-profile Italo titles co-produced by the powerhouse film production and distribution un...

MARCH 09, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi in Aria di Commedia! You'll giggle at Dottore's "little problem" and the beautiful Flaminia's long...

Wednesday, July 8th: Il Gattopardo (1963) "The Leopard" - Directed by Luchino Visconti - Drama/Romance - Not Rated - 187 Minutes - In Italian with English subtitles   As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social c...

Con una tiratura di 12.500 copie, è nato ieri il primo numero del mensile 'Sport Plus', edito dal Gruppo Editoriale Oggi, che già pubblica il quotidiano 'America Oggi', l'unico in lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. 'Sport Plus' sarà in edicola il secondo martedì di ogni mese, con la missione di offrire storie e approfondimenti sulla realtà sportiva...

Congratulations to Bob "Rizzo" Koshinski, vice president and general manager of WBBZ-TV, and host of "All Sports WNY," who was honored as the Buffalo Bisons "Italian American Man Of The Year" Thursday in pre-game ceremonies at Coca-Cola field.   Even though the hometown team took a loss on the field, 4-2 to the Toledo Mud Hens, it was a winn...

Dear Friends and Colleagues: Each year, the Board of Directors of the Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY, Inc.) selects a new theme and then proceeds to create a theme poster and publish our "Calendar of Events" for the annual October month celebration.   The Board has decided that this year's 38th anniversar...

By Carol Ann Benanti   The fourth annual Taste of Italy Golf Outing & Dinner — celebrating the life achievements of Corrado "Joe" Manfredi to benefit Casa Belvedere — played to perfection Wednesday at Silver Lake Golf Course, where more than 120 linksters took to the lush greens on the time-honored course.   Manfredi arrived in Ne...

In occasione delle celebrazioni per l'inaugurazione della nuova Sezione A.N.P.S - New York e New Jersey, l'associazione ha invitato dall'Italia la celebre squadra di calcio Nazionale Italiana Attori per disputare due incontri calcistici e partecipare a un evento teatrale.L'ANPS USA rappresenta negli Stati Uniti la Polizia di Stato Italiana. Il pres...

Marco Armiliato conducts this entertaining production featuring Diana Damrau's first-ever performance in the title role of the sleepwalking Amina.   The sensational Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is her fiance, Elvino, with the Italian bass Michele Pertusi as Count Rodolfo. The cast also includes the Australian soprano Rachelle Durkin as Lisa...