Against all odds: 5 extraordinary Italian sporting achievements
The victory of the US Open by Italian tennis player Flavia Pennetta has been on everyone's lips since Saturday 12th September, when she met her rival and compatriot, Roberta Vinci, making history as it was the first time an Italian woman reached the singles final of the US open and that two Italian women met in the final. If Pennetta previously bea...
Ecco Kentridge: 550 metri di murales racconteranno Roma lungo il Tevere
di Camilla Mozzetti Scorrono le immagini di Papa Clemente, il trionfo di Cesare, il corpo straziato di Pasolini. A spiegare quei volti e la storia che custodiscono, è l'artista che li ha creati: William Kentridge, arrivato quasi a sorpresa a Roma per presentare la sua opera - Trionfi e lamenti - che dal 21 aprile sarà visibile sui muraglio...
"Non essere cattivo" by director Caligari to run for 2016 Oscar
The movie "Non Essere Cattivo", directed by Claudio Caligari and released after his death earlier this year, will be Italy's candidate for the best foreign-language film award at the 2016 Oscars. The movie was chosen from among nine contenders by a committee at the Italian National Association of Film, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries (ANICA)....
Rutland Italian-American Club celebrates 100th anniversary, Columbus Day
by Louis Varricchio Rutland County has a large Italian-American population dating back to the marble quarrying and stone-cutting era of the 1800s and 1900s. The Rutland Italian-American Club, located at 73 Grove St., celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. The club welcomes members with Italian heritage and those without but who are i...
Michael Amante in Concert
This Italian American singer and stage actor's voice and presence has captivated audiences by singing a repertoire that ranges from Broadway, American standards, and jazz to the soaring notes of high opera. He has been called "The People's Tenor," and has been billed as "the "Prince of High C's" and "the Next Mario Lanza" by singing legend, Tony Be...
Laura Caparrotti: When Doing Italian Theatre Becomes a Mission
Laura Caparrotti tells her story seated on a rooftop between Broadway and 5th Avenue with the enchanting, flawless voice that could only belong to a theatre actress. Born in Rome, she got her degree in Theatre History before going on to work with artists such Dario Fo, Annie Girardot, Elsa Wolliaston. Then, after about ten years, she decided that I...
Little Italy’s Revered Photographer
By Ralph Gardner Jr. "I'm going to tell you a little about this camera," Dom Quartuccio said. "This is the period when I went to high school." Mr. Quartuccio is a 91-year-old commercial photographer whose work is on display at the Italian American Museum on Mulberry Street through Nov. 29. He developed a love for photography...
This Italian-American Jeep Is Molto Bene
Jeep was one of the grand prizes when Fiat took over Chrysler during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne, an Italian-Canadian, knew the Jeep brand well. And in his strategic planning he made Jeep a focal point of expanding the combined Fiat Chrysler's sales globally. That explains why you see the Jeep name on the uni...
Jersey’s Frank: Sinatra at 100
By Richard Muti Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa, not yet 17, and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, older by two years, ran away from their Hoboken homes—but didn't go far. They eloped to Jersey City, two miles away, and were married on Valentine's Day 1913. Both had emigrated from Italy as children—Dolly from the north, near Genoa, and...
Still time to catch MOMA’s Pietrangeli retrospective
by Jeannine Guilyard The Museum of Modern Art's current film series "Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective" is in its final days, so if you're in New York City this week, it's still not too late to catch one of these Italian classics on the big screen. Born in Rome, Pietrangeli first studied medicine but fate took over when he assisted...
Italy dominates top 15 brands in the global shoe sector, study says
by Chiara Beghelli Another billion women will enter the workforce during the next ten years. This is good news not only for equal opportunity, but also for shoe producers. According to a report by Transparency Market Research, the "women's professional" will be the largest-growing category of footwear and will drive the sales of this...
UNICO donates $1,000 to Sussex Tech Athletic Department
Delaware District 1 donated a check for $1,000 to the Sussex Technical High School Athletic Department. This donation was a result of the proceeds of the 3rd Annual Brian Piccolo Award Ceremony and financial support from the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture. Three local high schools - Cape Henlopen, Indian River and Suss...