Pitt-Bradford presents ‘Italian American Reconciliation’
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford's Division of Communication and the Arts will present "Italian American Reconciliation" this weekend, a romantic comedy by the writer of "Moonstruck." Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Studio Theater in Blaisdell Hall. Read more ...
Il made in Italy del cinema in mostra negli USA
La cornice è quella imponente ed essenziale dell'Ambasciata italiana, progettata in stile vagamente neoclassico dall'architetto Piero Sartogo. L'occasione è l'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Usa, l'iniziativa del Ministero degli Esteri, sotto l'Alto Patronato della Presidenza della Repubblica, che nel 2013 porterà oltre 200 eventi culturali in ci...
Luca Sapio: «Il mio tocco italiano ha conquistato l'America»
Sbaglia chi pensa che la fuga di cervelli in Italia riguardi solo scienziati e ingegneri. O forse non conosce lo strano caso di Luca Sapio, 38 anni, cantautore dalla voce profonda, quasi nera, con il soul nell'anima e il blues in testa. Qualche anno fa è partito da Roma in direzione USA, con una valigia e un sogno, quell'american dream int...
Stradivari night a Villa Firenze per celebrare l’anno della cultura italiana in USA
Quattro splendidi esemplari di Stradivari – i due violini Ole Bull del 1687 e Greffuhle del 1709, la viola Herbert Axelrod del 1695 e il violoncello Marylebone del 1688 – sono stati protagonisti di uno straordinario concerto che si è tenuto a Villa Firenze, residenza dell'ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti. L'evento, organizzato in co...
James Gandolfini enters New Jersey Hall of Fame
New Jersey inducted the late "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini into its Hall of Fame on Thursday, hoping no one will ever fuhgeddaboudhim. Five cast members of the hit HBO drama were on hand as Gandolfini, who played mob boss Tony Soprano, was honored, as much for his love of the state as for his TV fame. "Hey, J stands for Jersey and for Jimm...
Open air film fest in Little Italy, Baltimore
One of Little Italy's more popular events, sponsored by the Original Little Italy Restaurant Association, the Open Air Film Fest has thrived since 1999. Movies are projected onto the outside wall of Ciao Bella Restaurant in the Da Mimmo Ristorante parking lot from a row home across the street. Folks arrive early to set up lawn chairs, list...
Washington Concert Opera to celebrate its annual gala at the Embassy of Italy
Washington Concert Opera will celebrate at the Embassy of Italy its 26th season with a festive Gala on Monday, March 18, 2013. The event will be under the patronage of the Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero and Mrs. Laura Denise Bisogniero, and it is part of the program of 2013 – Year of the Italian Culture in the US. Three hundred guests from...
In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi
"I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear." – Giuseppe Verdi 200 years after his birth, we celebrate the anniversary of one of the most influential composers of operas of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Verdi. As 2013 marks his bicentenn...
Actress Antoinette LaVecchia Serves Up Love, Loss, and Spaghetti at George Street Playhouse
By Iris Wiener I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti gives new meaning to the term "dinner theater," as audiences at George Street Playhouse can now enjoy a comical, heartfelt, one-woman show while being served a meal made right in front of them — by the star herself. Antoinette LaVecchia (Broadway's recent A View From the Bridge) prepares a t...
Michéal Castaldo Performs A Musical Celebration of the Italian Spirit at SOPAC on September 21, 2014
Award-winning Italian tenor, songwriter, and producer, Michéal Castaldo will perform A Musical Celebration of the Italian Spirit—A Feast for the Ears, Eyes, and Soul at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) on Sunday, September 21, 2014. Michéal Castaldo is the living embodiment of authentic Italian culture. A native of Calabria...
L’INTREPIDO (A LONELY HERO) at the Embassy of Italy - July 14, 2015 at 6:30PM
Embassy of Italy - Auditorium3000 Whitehaven Street, NWWashington, DC 20008 MORE INFO & RSVP: CLICK HERE DOORS OPEN AT 6PM AND CLOSE AT 6:30PM Set in modern day Milan, L'Intrepido is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work - every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour - as seen through the eyes of a kind,...
Scranton native’s eight-piece band slated to play annual Italian festival
by Patrice Wilding From its humble beginnings as a single-block festival 41 years ago, La Festa Italiana grew into a destination event for locals, out-of-towners and homecoming natives. The Labor Day weekend festival now features more than 80 food and craft vendors, as well as dozens of regional entertainment acts, spread out over thr...