Italy on Screen Today New York festival
Thursday, October 19 - Sunday, October 22, 2017. Italy on Screen Today New York festival. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in New York, Rai Cinema, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo', New York University, and Stony Brook University, under the aegis...
Celebrate Italian Heritage Month with Alessandra Belloni, and I Giullari di Piazza - Dance/Concert Production
October 12 (Thursday) 7:00 pm - Celebrate Italian Heritage Month with Alessandra Belloni, and I Giullari di Piazza - Dance/Concert Production. Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street, Manhattan. Admission: $25 - Contact: [email protected] This concert is a fiery "journey" through the South of Italy featuring magic rituals, by the women of Sout...
If Only I Were That Warrior: A Documentary Film by Valerio Ciriaci
The Vito Marcantonio Forum proudly presents a free screening of: If Only I Were That Warrior, with a Q & A with its director, Valerio Ciriaci. Admission: Free. Sat. Oct. 7th, 2017 | From 1:00PM to 4:00PM. Community Room - Mulberry Street Public Library - 10 Jersey St. (btw Lafayette and Mulberry Sts.) If Only I Were That Warrior explores Italy’s Fa...
Frank Ingrasciotta presents BLOOD TYPE: RAGU
Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his critically-acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island (NY) on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8 pm. Blood Type: RAGU is a wonderfully funny and genuinely moving one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child's delicate dance between cul...
“City Girl, Country Boy”— Gabrielle Stravelli Sings Willie Nelson at Birdland
Why would an Italian jazz singer from Staten Island and New Jersey create a show that celebrates the music of a country legend from Texas? Gabrielle Stravelli shared the story behind her love for Willie Nelson’s music during her recent show at New York City’s Birdland Jazz Club: It all started years ago when her sister took her to hear Nelson at th...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Announces Fall Edition, September 28 - October 3, 2017
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, and its Italian partner KIT Italia, will present a special fall edition of its yearly festival IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY, which marked its fifth edition in May 2017. Festival founder Laura Caparrotti notes: "Since 2013, In Scena! has been bringing contempora...
Francesca Capetta to Star in New Musical LA DOTTORESSA
Francesca Capetta, who just performed at Carnegie Hall in her sold-out solo show "Francesca Capetta sings Dean Martin: A Centennial Celebration" with Tony Winner Liliane Montevecchi and cabaret singer Stacy Sullivan, will be starring in the leading role of the new musical about Maria Montessori "La Dottoressa." The musical, written and composed by...
'Italian Bred' Woodrow native brings one-woman show to Snug Harbor
Candice Guardino will premiere her hit show, "Italian Bred," in her native Staten Island in the Music Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden Saturday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. And it's not too early to reserve. "Italian Bred" is based on true life events and told through the eyes of a little girl growing up Italian on Staten Island. Candi...
NYCalcio: gli italiani di New York e la loro passione per la Serie A
La stagione calcistica 2017-2018 è iniziata da poche settimane e anche oltreoceano, nell’immensa e caotica New York, tutti i tifosi italiani stanno seguendo con trepidazione questo scoppiettante inizio di Serie A. Che tipo di campionato c’è da aspettarsi? Quale squadra vincerà lo scudetto e quale la Champions League? E chi, infine, potrebbe essere...
Renowned Cosmos soccer team faces possible extinction
The good news for the New York Cosmos is that the storied soccer team's move to Brooklyn has paid dividends, with attendance perking up by nearly 30% this season, to 4,855 per game. Trouble is, that's only about a fifth as much as local rivals NYCFC and the Red Bulls draw. And the Cosmos' dream of playing on equal footing with those franchises suff...
Saint Liberata and bocce ball
As summer fades, it becomes time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the traditional Patchogue Italian Feast of Saint Liberata. (The namesake of the festival is the patron saint of the village of Pizzone, Italy.) This year’s event will be hosted along Main Street in Patchogue Village on Saturday, Sept. 16, with a rain date of Saturday, Sept. 23. P...
Mario Andretti receives IMRRC's Argetsinger Award
A star-studded group of giants in the motorsports industry gathered on Thursday as Mario Andretti was presented with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports by the International Motor Racing Research Center at the Corning Museum of Glass. This was the fourth year the glass trophy has been presented; previous ho...