A lyrical portrait of a rural Southern California family's inner lives, their relationship to their ever-shifting landscape, and their growing alienation with each other, "Medeas" is the acclaimed debut feature of Italian-born filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro.   Offering a contemporary variation from the pov of an Italian art filmmaker, on the time...

Greece, N.Y.The Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank DiMino Way, will host the 12th annual Empty Bowls Rochester at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15. Participants will be able to share a simple meal and choose from handmade bowls to take home.   The event also will include dessert, wine and beer tastings, a silent auction and music. Ticke...

The St. Joseph Society of Donaldsonville will host a St. Joseph's Altar at St. Francis Church Hall beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday. Rev. Paul Yi will bless the altar at 10 a.m. followed by the ritual of saints at 10:30 a.m. The general public is invited for food at 11:30 a.m. The meatless meal includes spaghetti sauce, boiled eggs, Italian salad...

The 37th annual San Gennaro Feast is coming to Craig Ranch Regional Park next week. The festival runs from May 4 through 8. It features more than 70 restaurant food booths, 60 Helm & Sons Amusements rides, first time in Las Vegas flume ride, 80-foot petting zoo, pony rides and piglets, midway games, arts and crafts booths, and continuous live...

In anticipation of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in mid-July, members of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society carried a statue of the Blessed Mother through the streets of the South End to their headquarters, where they provided a free brunch and music for the community.   As it was carried outside the church, the procession paused s...

Sponsored by the Saint Rocco Fraternal Society of Malden August 9th — 11th, 2013   Beer and Wine Garden, Wheel of Luck, $5,000.00 Raffle, Food, Games and Live Entertainment all weekend. Fun for everyone! Festival hours: Friday 6–11 PM; Saturday 6–11 PM; Sunday 1–9 PM   Read more    Fonte: Magna Grece    

Every September for the past three years, South Carolina's sneaker, (aka Hilton Head Island), gets pulled off and refitted with an Italian boot, known as the Italian Heritage Festival.   If you've missed out on this annual event before now, then you have denied yourself the greatest fun, the best food, the most bodacious wine extravaganza, y...

Sea Isle City's 23rd Annual Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival will take place on Oct. 12, sponsored by Mayor Leonard Desiderio and his family. Both events will celebrate Sea Isle's rich Italian heritage while delighting people of all ages with live music and other entertainment.   The Columbus Day Parade will begin at 2:00 p.m. in fro...

The annual Feast of Little Italy, now in its twelfth year, and presented by Arrigo Fiat, returns to Jupiter on November 7, 8, and 9. This celebration of the very best of Italian culture draws thousands of visitors who will enjoy over 150 booths featuring everything from traditional Italian food to jewelry and home furnishings.   This year th...

by Claudia Baroncelli   As one of the three Italian movies competing at the Cannes Film Festival 2015, The Tale of Tales by Italian Matteo Garrone (two-time winner of the Cannes Grand Prix for "Gomorra" in 2008 and "Reality" in 2011) is a "fantasy movie with horror elements" in the director's words, interpreted by Salma Hayek, John C. R...