Staged Readings of "The Giants of the Mountain," play by Luigi Pirandello
The Giants of the Mountain is a "myth" between fable and reality that Pirandello continued to imagine, write, and rework from 1929 to 1934, but eventually left unfinished despite encouraging contracts with American impresarios. Yet, in its present form, the play vibrates with the powerful contradictions of sublime Art torn between the inner necessi...
Secrets of New York – Detectives NYC Life. Premieres Tuesday, October 22, 8:30pm
In the mid 1800s New York was a dangerous, chaotic city teaming with newly arrived immigrants. Ruthless crooks and brutal criminal gangs ruled the lawless streets. Host Kelly Choi maps the emergence of the police force that took on these cutthroat thieves and mobsters. Along the way, she highlights the work of some of New York's greatest detectives...
Dopo avere studiato il "fenomeno" per cinque decenni, Emilio Iodice racconta il tenore Mario Lanza in un libro
di Riccardo Chioni "L'ho conosciuto proprio il giorno della sua morte, ero un ragazzino e da lì è cominciato questo interesse profondo per studiare non solo la voce, ma la persona, il carattere" ha spiegato Emilio Iodice, autore del libro "A Kid From Philadelphia: Mario Lanza, The Voice of the Poets", presentato alla Columbus Citizens Foun...
Italian Heritage Festival kicks off Thursday
Thinking about Italian for lunch? The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival opens at 11 a.m. Thursday on Hertel Avenue, between Delaware and Colvin avenues. Food is only one part of the four-day festival. Live music, heritage events such as grape-stomping, an "Italian Idol" contest and cooking demonstrations, Sicilian puppet shows also ar...
Italian And American Vocal Concert Comes To New Rochelle Library
by Frank Mojica The New Rochelle Public Library will kick off Italian Heritage and Culture month with an Oct. 4 concert by vocalists Vincent Ricciardi and Emily Wright-Ricciardi. The husband-and-wife tenor and soprano will perform a program of Italian and American favorites, such as Mario Lanza, Julie Andrews, Andrea Bocelli, Celi...
Creativi italiani, vi apro le porte di New York
di Liliana Rosano Una lunga esperienza professionale nel mondo delle arti performative e della cultura italiana contemporanea. Valeria Orani dalla sua Cagliari è arrivata a New York dove oggi è alla direzione artistica di Umanism NY, la prima società di servizi organizzativi, promozionali e logistici dedicati ai mestieri creativi che intendo...
Celebration of Heritage, Family and Food: Festa Italiana Kicks Off This Weekend in Syracuse
For many, this is one of the most favorite festivals of the year, not only because of the delicious food, but the comfortable weather as well. Friday through Sunday Festa Italiana will offer all kinds of events, entertainment, and that great food we all love. The three-day festival will include a bocce tournament, a cultural boutique...
Ariosto after 500 years: A Symposium
Date: DA Monday, October 17, 2016 a Friday, October 21, 2016 - Time: At 4:30 pm Entrance : Free - For more information and to view the program click HERE On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the publication of the Orlando Furioso, the City University of New York and New York University in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institut...
OSIA’s Garibaldi Lodge #2583 Celebrates Columbus Day Granting Awards And Scholarships
On Friday October 14th The Columbus Day Committee of Eastchester Tuckahoe honored Dr. Walter R. Moran III, Ed.D., Superintendent of Eastchester Schools, as Man of the Year, our three local Police Departments of Bronxville, Tuckahoe and Eastchester, and Alexandria Tucci as Miss Columbus – 2016. Dr. Moran was honored for his leadership and commitmen...
Se ce la fai qui...
di Natascia Lorusso Tutto scorre velocemente senza possibilità di attesa. Ogni corsa in taxi o in metropolitana è una sfida contro il tempo per realizzare i tuoi sogni. Questa è la sensazione che ho avuto arrivando a New York, la città che ho nel cuore da quando ero bambina. Sarà che il mio pane quotidiano erano film come Saranno famosi, L...
Mario Cuomo, Vocal Foe of Italian Stereotyping, Finally Sees ‘The Godfather’
Mario M. Cuomo's hate-hate relationship with "The Godfather" has been well documented. For four decades, he refused even to see any of the movies or, presumably, to read Mario Puzo's book. He all but denied that the Mafia existed. And who could forget that unfortunate slip of the tongue during the 1992 presidential campaign, when Bill Clinton sugge...
Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience
Presentation of the Library of Congress-Anniversary book and lecture: "Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience." By co-author and guest speaker Dr. Mario B. Mignone, SUNY, distinguished service professor at Stony Brook University, and editor of Forum Italicum. For the first time...