New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera’s 2016 Season Features La Gioconda and Rigoletto
Love, seduction, jealousy, vengeance, and death all come together in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's 2016 season presentations of grand, traditional opera at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC). During 2016, Verismo Opera, the house opera company of bergenPAC, will present Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Giuseppe Verdi...
Rising young star Lucas Melano ready to reward Portland Timbers' investment
In the summer of 2015, Gavin Wilkinson sat in a hotel lobby in Buenos Aires, sipping coffee as he listened to Lucas Melano talk energetically about the prospect of joining the Portland Timbers. It was the first time that the Timbers general manager had met the young Argentine striker face-to-face, though he had seen Melano play in person a...
Daniele De Rossi leaves 2006 world cup-winner’s medal in late Italy kitman’s coffin
by Chris Wright Sadly, Wednesday saw one of the Italian national team's most popular figures, Pietro Lombardi, laid to rest after the legendary Azzurri kitman passed away aged 92. Lombardi, who was known as Spazzolino -'The Toothbrush' – due to his rigorous boot-cleaning approach, served as kitman for many years and was an integral pa...
Ravello is getting ready for its famous Festival
The Ravello Festival, also known as the "Italian Wagner Festival" is a famous annual summer festival of music and the arts held in the town of Ravello on the Amalfi coast. The festival has been held yearly since 1953.The event includes a wide variety of music featuring large orchestras, chamber groups, jazz, art shows, dance, photographic exhibits....
Diamond Celebration - A Tribute to the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra
The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, led by Maestro Enrico Granafei, will present its 75th Anniversary Spring Concert, on Sunday, May 1 starting 3 p.m., at Bloomfield Middle School, 60 Huck Road, Bloomfield. Entitled "Diamond Celebration - A Tribute to the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra," the concert will feature the favorite repertoire of the orchest...
Valerio Piccolo-Poetry notes
Tuesday, May 03, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Organized by : IIC NY Entrance : Free. Book now! Italian Cultural Institute of New York - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10021 Presentation of the concept album Poetry Notes, with special guest Rick Moody. Poetry Notes is a project that combines poetry and music. Nine Ame...
Dealership unveils new Maserati Levante SUV
The Kelly Automotive Group unveiled the 2017 Maserati Levante during a celebration at their dealership in Danvers last night. About 75 people stopped by the Kelly showroom to check out the latest Levante SUV, a model the dealership's owner, Brian Kelly, called "a beautiful vehicle" that he thinks will be "a real game changer for the brand."...
Joseph Tusiani, il poeta delle due terre, continua a dare lustro all’Italia e all’America
Parlare di Joseph Tusiani (foto in apertura), il grande, prolifico studioso, letterato, traduttore, poeta di fama internazionale, vuol dire accendere una volta di più l'attenzione su un uomo novantaduenne che ancora, con vigore di mente e freschezza creativa, continua a produrre e a dare lustro a due terre così lontane tra loro, eppure così vicine...
16th Annual Feast of Saint Anthony
When: June 9 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pmWhere: Church of the Assumption, 113 Chiego Place, Roselle Park, NJ United States The Church of the Assumption in Roselle Park (Union County) announces our 16th Annual Feast of St. Anthony to be held Thursday, June 9 – Sunday, June 12. The event features delicious food, rides, games, nightly and super 50/...
Quando gli italo-americani sono italiani
La NIAF, National Italian American Foundation, è una delle più grandi organizzazioni di italo-americani degli Stati Uniti. Anche se è stata fondata soltanto nel 1975, ha fatto presto ad assumere un ruolo importante e decisivo nei rapporti tra gli italoamericani e l'America. Ogni anno, in ottobre alla sfarzosa serata di gala, ospite d'onore c'è semp...
Sprezza Serves up Sublime Yet Unpretentious Italian Food
by Brian Reinhart Sprezzatura is a fun Italian word that means "studied nonchalance," the art of preparing methodically but acting as if no preparation was necessary. A fashion-conscious friend says the word describes "a man who spends two hours doing his hair up so it looks like he just rolled out of bed." Julian Barsotti's third and new...
Celestino Drago: Italian Excellence in the LA Food Scene
It could have been a completely different story. Celestino Drago, who comes from the Province of Messina (Sicily), might have become a successful mechanic at Piaggio. Instead of tinkering with Vespa scooters' engines, all day long, he made the choice to sweat blood in the kitchen. Today, after a thirty-seven long career in Los Angeles, che...