Beatrice Rana, piano
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana has become a force in the international classical music world, receiving admiration from critics and audiences alike. As renowned for her sensitivity and musical intelligence as she is for her vivid colorations and pyrotechnics, she is a pianist who truly has it all. Beatrice Rana has performed at the world’s most este...
For Authentic Italian Food, Brookfield's Cibo is a Winner
I'm the last person in the world who should be doing food reviews. I do not consider myself a foodie, I don't stick my nose in my wine glass and I don't make sex noises when I eat. However, I felt compelled to tell everyone about the meal I had on Friday night (3/17/23). My wife Erica and I went to Cibo on Federal Road in Brookfield and had a great...
MITA scholarship awards 2023
The Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association (MITA) is offering four scholarships to worthy students who have studied Italian for at least 3 years in high school. Please distribute this information to your students or other colleagues. Application deadline: April 15, 2023. Students must be seniors in high school. Students must have studied Italia...
Sissy Castrogiovanni in concert in Boston
Sunday Apr 9 2023 - 5:00 PM Doors / 7:00 PM Start. City Winery Boston, 80 Beverly Street, Boston, MA. Award-winning Sicilian jazz singer, songwriter, and producer Sissy Castrogiovanni presents, for the first time in Boston, her album, Terra. Fully sung in Sicilian dialect, Sissy’s compositions are an attractive synthesis of musical cultures; With a...
Time for pizzagaina: New Haven area restaurants celebrate Easter with Italian ham pie
Pizzagaina, also known as ham pie, is a delicacy Italian traditionalists will tell you is only to be made on Good Friday and eaten Easter weekend. Many will relay stories of doing this with their grandmothers growing up, and now doing it with their own children, nonna's recipe in tow. Some deem it acceptable to eat during Lent, and local Italian de...
Potentially Dangerous – Documentary Film Screening with Director Zach Baliva at IAM Books
Tuesday, April 4 – 6 p.m. I AM Books, 124 Salem St., Boston MA 02113 (Register Here). A feature-length documentary from executive producer John Turturro on the untold story of Italian immigrants persecuted and interned as America’s “Enemy Aliens” During World War II. Potentially Dangerous won the 2021 Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum and...
Boston's Danilo Gallinari on growing up in Italy
While the strength of Italian and European basketball continues to make leaps and bounds compared to the global competition, when he was growing up in the Italian town of Graffignana in the 1980s and 90s, veteran Boston Celtics forward Danilo Gallinari was not exactly awash in a sea of high-level basketball. But he has fond memories of that part of...
Wakefield Sons & Daughters of Italy Are Planning the Annual Auction
We are excited to announce that our 13th Annual Charity Auction will be held on Tuesday, April 18th at St. Joseph’s Church hall. As in the past, the night will include dinner, dessert, a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction. We will also be featuring donated items from our favorite local businesses and our (infamous) auction of mystery items donated...
Italian film festival highlighting rare, restored films comes to Brown
Last weekend, the Department of Italian Studies hosted “Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour,” an Italian film festival showcasing a selection of rare and restored films from the world-renowned Cineteca Bologna. The event marked the tenth anniversary of the festival’s first visit to the University. Held in the Martinos Auditorium at the Granoff Center for t...
Pizza del Gallo: An Evening With Danilo Gallinari
Join us at La Pizza & La Pasta on April 11 as Italian culinary traditions and New England’s love of sports combine! For one night only, we’re welcoming Boston Celtics forward and fellow Italian, Danilo Gallinari, as he trades in his jersey for a pizzaiolo’s (pizza-maker’s) apron and steps up to our authentic wood-fired ovens. At Pizza del Gallo: A...
Welcome to the Tristate Italian Art Prize
A new prize for Italian art in the United States is born. In fact, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in New York have announced the first edition of the "Tristate Italian Art Prize" art competition. The Prize aims to to promote and recognize the artistic creativity of the Italian and Italian-American community in the...
Oh Momma 'speakeasy' pizzeria bringing live music, Italian fare to Middletown
Two of the great loves of Thomas DiStefano III’s life are pizza and music, so much so that he decided to combine the two in his latest business endeavor, Oh Momma, a “speakeasy" pizzeria that promises good pies and even better live music. DiStefano opened the 484 Main St. restaurant March 8. “The concept is combining live music with really good f...