Pro Sanctity Movement in Diocese to Honor Founder, Local Clergy
Sanctity now. That could be the slogan of a worldwide organization of laywomen, called the “Pro Sanctity Movement,” which has had a presence in the Diocese of Brooklyn for over 50 years. On Oct. 20, it will hold a benefit dinner at Msgr. Finnerty Hall at St. Kevin’s Church, Flushing, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Italian Bisho...
Giada Valenti Bringing Italian Romance to Carnegie Hall
Following her recent performances with Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer Giada Valenti will return to Carnegie Hall in New York City, Friday, October 11, 2019, with a concert celebrating Italian Heritage Month. As special guest, International Acclaimed Tenor, James Valenti, will share the stage with her. Giada Valenti, most known for her stunning musi...
Guia Farinelli, bisnipote di Pietro Mascagni, a New York con la Cavalleria Rusticana
La regista Guia Farinelli, bisnipote del compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni, metterà in scena qui a New York “Cavalleria rusticana”, la famosa opera melodrammatica ispirata dalla novella di Giovanni Verga, ambientata a Vizzini in Sicilia. Il concerto si terrà il 13 ottobre alle 3:00 pm al “Danny Kaye Playhouse” dell’ Hunter College in occasione d...
It’s Nearly Columbus Day in Howard Beach!
Celebrate your Italian American heritage in style at the free Columbus Day celebration in Howard Beach on Sunday, Oct. 6. The festivities, sponsored by State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., will kick off from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Church Hall located at 100-05 Beach 159 Street. “For me, Columbus Day has always been a time to celebra...
HOW FIRES END Book Launch at Ferrara Bakery & Cafe
Tuesday October 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM. HOW FIRES END Book Launch at Ferrara Bakery & Cafe, 195 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013. Marco Rafalà will be in conversation with Idra Novey, author of Those Who Knew. The moderator will be poet & editor Hafizah Geter. This event is free and open to the public. It includes free pastries, food, refreshments, &...
Italian art heritage abroad: The Song of Love
The Song of Love may sound like a piece of romantic Italian music, but in fact it is the title of a painting displayed at the Museum of Modern Art – MoMA — in New York, painted by the Italian painter Giorgio De Chirico in 1914. De Chirico was the leading representative of metaphysical painting, an art movement born in his soul and his imagination i...
Italian-American youth -- and their talents -- celebrated at Wagner College scholarship dinner
Just when you thought the fall social scene couldn’t get any more spectacular, in walks Robert Scamardella, chairman of the Wagner College DaVinci Society, and you’re attending the group’s 16th annual Scholarship Dinner, a stylish, sophisticated affair — where the guest list read more like a “Who’s Who” of Staten Island. More than 500 attended the...
"Dante and..." Botticelli (and Dante) Reborn, The Race to Define the Renaissance and the Rise of the Connoisseur
Thursday October 3. 6:30 pm. Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò, 24 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011. Organized by Prof. Alison Cornish, "Dante and..." is a series of lectures that focus on Dante's relevance in today's world. In ENGLISH. Admission: free; Member seat reservation is exclusively for Casa Italiana members. General RSVP is for the general publ...
Italian Classical Tenor, Jonathan Cilia Faro Announces US Debut Concert
Italian Classical Crossover Tenor Jonathan Cilia Faro's debut U.S. concert will be held on October 14th at Masonic Temple in New York. The concert will be the first time in the Masonic Temple's history that it will be open to the general public for an artist to perform with a band. The Music Director will be Bill Heller with Dave Anderson, bass, Ru...
Union County Sheriff Peter Corvelli to be 2019 Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal
The Italian American Police Society of NJ is proud to announce that it has selected Union County Sheriff Peter Corvelli as its 2019 Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal. Sheriff Corvelli will participate in ceremonies and parades in NJ and NYC along with area law enforcement officers and Italian American leaders. Peter Corvelli, a resident of Kenilwor...
A KISS - ANTONIO LIGABUE Comes to Theatre Row
After more than 60 performances, the award-winning one man-show A KISS - ANTONIO LIGABUE comes back to NYC. It tells the true story of the struggles of outsider artist Antonio Ligabue who became famous just before he died. Today, Ligabue is one of Italys most well-known artists, the „Italian van Gogh". Large charcoal drawings are created live on st...
Carlo Levi’s “Blind Visions” in New York: The Protagonists of a Destiny Speak
In 1973, during a period of temporary blindness spent in Rome, between the eye clinic directed by Prof. Bietti and his home, Villa Strohl-Fern, the writer and painter Carlo Levi (Turin 1902 – Rome 1975) produced 145 drawings. Years after his death, these works of art were found and purchased by Antonino Milicia, a Sicilian emigrant farmer who had k...