Solving the mystery of the stolen Mona Lisa
How could a man who stole one of the most famous paintings in the world still be a mystery more than 100 years later? It was the question that South Philly filmmakers Joe Medeiros and Justine Mestichelli Medeiros promised to answer after years of extensive research and interviews. They knew who did it. That was the easy part. But the couple, who no...
From Italy, “VINCERÒ - THE ITALIAN OPERA EXPERIENCE” Comes to Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022
Harrowgate Park - 3455 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA. Friday September 9, 2022, 3pm; Saturday September 10, 2022, 3pm; Sunday September 11, 2022, 3pm. Running time: 50 minutes. TICKET PRICE: Pay What You Can ($20 suggested). Italy comes to Philly when Vincerò- The Italian Opera Experience takes stage as part of Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Pres...
Pittsburgh bets on bocce with events at Heinz History Center and Little Italy Days
Bocce appeals to cultures throughout the world, from Europe to South America. But Italy lays the biggest claim to the pastime that combines elements shared with other leisurely games like bowling and croquet. In the U.S., bocce became most associated with Italian immigrants and has since grown to include fans and enthusiasts across the country.The...
Soundings Play Reading Series: Smoke Screen– A Sicilian/American Opera by Mary Ann Castronovo Fusco
Friday, August 19, 2022 7:00 pm. Madison Arts & Culture Alliance - 10 Lincoln Place - Madison, NJ 07940. Having given up on his American dream 20 years earlier, Nino Di Martino, a Sicilian lemon grower, returns in 1993 to seek treatment for lung cancer and is housed once again by his sister, Sali, in northern New Jersey. As this intimate immigrant...
Franco Harris, Steelers prepare to mark 50th anniversary of Immaculate Reception
This year will mark 50 years since Steelers fans witnessed the play that changed the franchise forever: The Immaculate Reception! With training camp underway for the Steelers, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Andrew Stockey caught up with the man who made the immaculate reception happen, Franco Harris. Half a century after making one of the most u...
One-woman, off-Broadway comedy "Italian Bred" to play Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center in Clarksburg
The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center is excited to announce that the hilarious one-woman off-Broadway comedy “Italian Bred,” starring Candice Guardino, is coming to downtown Clarksburg on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, located at 444 W. Pike St. in Clarksburg. Writer, actress, and storyteller...
11th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival in Pittsburgh
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm. Acrisure Stadium, South Endzone Gate A (100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA). Come throw out the pallino and throw down for a worthy cause! The 11th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival invites up to 46 sponsors to play in teams of four in a double-elimination tournament. The event will feature delicio...
Help Bring Sammy Nestico's Story to Life
Sammy Nestico is one of the greatest contributors to the field of music of the last century, working in classical, jazz and big band. Born in Pittsburgh, he worked as a composer, orchestrator, writer, arranger, and last but not least, as an educator. Maestro Sammy Nestico fulfilled his lifetime dream. For the first time, check out this new document...
Former PSU boxer to join list of PA greats in the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Jim Restauri is an Altoona native, a former State College resident, a former walk-on for Penn State football and a past national boxing champion. Now, the fourth generation Italian American is set to be inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Chapter, on Aug. 4 at the LeMont Restaurant in Pittsburgh. “It means a...
When Somerset Patriots have Yogi Berra Day, take it
Yankees fans who want to enjoy a Double-A game Friday night on Aug. 5 need to head to TD Bank Ballpark. The Somerset Patriots are holding Yogi Berra Day. The first thousand fans receive a Yogi Berra Bobblehead. Gates at 6:00. Around 6:40, a pre-game ceremony will have Berra family members including his sons Dale and Larry and his granddaughter Lind...
Calamari Sisters cook up quite a show
The Calamari Sisters will bring comedy, cooking, dancing and singing to Bucks County for their new show, “A Musical Cooking Lesson with The Calamari Sisters.” The Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts production, runs through July 31, at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. BCCPA’s production of the musical “Sweet Charity” follows, Aug....
The Theater Project presents "A Jersey Cantata"
The Theater Project presents A Jersey Cantata, a comedy about four longtime ‘Jersey guys’. This is the second live, in-person show in The Theater Project’s Three Plays in Three Months summer season at the Maplewood Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road. The play by Bill Mesce, Jr. will be presented from August 18-28. It looks at the life of...