The Brooklyn Italians - More than a club
Borough Park is not Williamsburg. The corner of 58th St. & 18th Ave is Brooklyn-Brooklyn and the headquarters, the still-beating heart, of the Brooklyn Italians Soccer Club. “It used to be Italian people as far as you could see in this neighborhood,” said Ludo Masucci, current club director, unlocking the front door and nodding to a family of Hasid...
Meet Fabiano Caruana, the chess prodigy from Park Slope
Carol Ann Caronia knows potential when she sees it. After a career teaching chess to young children in city schools and programs, she’s worked with kids who’ve won national championships before graduating high school. Talented children, knowledgeable about the rules and moves even soon after kindergarten. But then there was Fabiano Caruana. He came...
IDACO nyc – Opening Night
IDACO nyc is an international, collaborative dance and art event in its fourth year, that presents a wide variety of performing experiences featuring the participation of more than 20 dance companies, artists and filmmakers. Events will include film screenings, intermission dance performances in theater-specific spaces, and a photo exhibit. This ye...
Bulgari to Premiere Short Films Inspired by Female Resilience at Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is almost upon us, set to run April 18-29 in New York City. However, the event will have an added Italian flair thanks to a new partnership with Bulgari, this year's official jewelry sponsor. To celebrate the collaboration, the brand enlisted female filmmakers Nina Meredith and Bella Monticelli to create two short films in...
16th Annual Italian American Museum Golf Classic - 6/25/18
The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend the 16th Annual Golf Classic - Monday, June 25, 2018. 11:00 A.M. Shotgun. Pine Hollow Country Club - 6601 Rt. 25a, East Norwich, NY 11732. All Players - Automatically Entered to Win a 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia. 24 Month Lease / 10,000 Miles Per Year. Only 200 Grand Raffle Tickets Available! P...
Cristian Cangelosi – Coming to America
Cristian Cangelosi has learned a lot from former two-division world champion Paul Malignaggi in the time they’ve known each other. But did he learn the most important lesson of the fight game, to not put himself in position to have to cut his hair in between rounds? They both laugh. “Yeah, I know,” said the 19-year-old Cangelosi, a promising 152-po...
Italians Do It Tastier: CIAO BAMBINO-THE MUSICAL Is Back, Starring Italian American Actor Andrea Galata
"It feels good to be Italian... I want to be in Italy"... and who can take you there better than an Italian actor like Andrea Galata? Music, fun, love and family matters - that is Ciao Bambino - The Musical, debuting April 8th at the 13th Street repertory Theatre with three dates that already sold out. Awarded as "Best Staged Reading" at the 2016 M...
Italy Run by Ferrero (5M)
Sunday, June 3, 2018 8:00am. LOCATION: Central Park. DISTANCE: 5 Miles. REGISTER NOW. Experience Italy in Central Park with five miles to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica. This new event will bring a touch of green, white, and red to the heart of New York City. Bring your friends and family to join NYRR and Ferrero as we experience some of Ital...
For this band, accent on family, longevity
Benny Cannavo hears it all the time. "Hey Benny, you played my wedding 42 years ago," a guy will say. "Benny! Remember when you played on my wedding day in 1968?" a woman will ask. Cannavo can't remember all of them, but he'll smile anyway. For about 50 years, the 87-year-old Schenectady resident brought his crew - "Benny Cannavo and the Accents" -...
Winners Announced for 2018 Mario Fratti Award for Excellence in Italian Playwriting
Kairos Italy Theater and KIT Italia announce The Winner of the 2018 Mario Fratti Award for Excellence in Italian Playwriting goes to The City Rises (La citta' che sale) by Chiara Boscaro & Marco Di Stefano. The co-winners will receive a translation of their work into English as part of the MFA Collection and a reading at the Italian Institute that...
The Agita Monologues
April 7 (Saturday) 8:00 pm. The Producers Club - 358 West 44th Street, Manhattan. The Agita Monologues. The life and times of a young woman who was very different from everyone else in her oddball yet loving Italian-American family. Being the youngest of four, comedienne/singer Maryann Maisano viewed the antics going on in her Italian-born parents...
La Samp negli Usa, allo studio partnership e una tournée
Genova - Certe volte al “Nevada Smiths”, il ritrovo dei calciofili di Manhattan, nell’East Village, c’è da litigare. «Perché non sempre trasmettono la partita della Samp e per noi che ci ritroviamo in questo pub solo per Lei è un dettaglio non da poco - scherza Franco Ravano, Ceo dell’aziende genovese Cressi negli Stati Uniti e da qualche giorno ne...