Florence: Christmas Music of the Trecento
As the second program of their 2012/13 season, City Ayre: Music of City, Court, and Countryside, the Folger Consort visits Toscana's capital. Hear stirring laude performed along with cheerful dances and polyphonic works of 14th century Florence and Northern Italy in joyous celebration of the season. With vocal ensemble TRIO EOS and guest instrume...
The 18 sides of Chazz Palminteri
By Chris Kaltenbach Eighteen characters, but only one actor. That's a lot of work for one guy, no matter how you slice it. But Chazz Palminteri isn't complaining, not in the least. After all, he's got no one to blame but himself. "A Bronx Tale" is all Palminteri's doing, a one-act, one-man autobiographical play about a young boy growing up...
New MidAtlantic Opera company celebrates Verdi bicentennial
By Ross Amico When kickstarting a new opera company, there is no more reliable source of juice than the blood-and-thunder dramas of Giuseppe Verdi. As opera houses across the world honor the Italian master in this, his bicentennial year, New Jersey's fledgling MidAtlantic Opera makes its debut with a concert devoted wholly to Verdi highlights. &...
Songwriter/Producer Michéal Castaldo Calls for Artwork
Celebrated musical artist Michéal Castaldo has organized a special showcase of art to exalt the glories of Italy and her people. The selected artwork will be presented in the Grand Lobby of the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) in South Orange, New Jersey. The art show will accompany a double performance (2 p.m. an...
Slow Food, Expo Milano 2015 and Italian Food
"The Slow Food Story" MOVIE SCREENING @ THE ROTUNDA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2015. 6:30 – 9:30 PM; $5 ADMISSION4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1428728. This historical documentary walks you through the evolution of the Slow Food Movement, started in Italy by Carlo Petrini. Launched from...
How bocce in D.C. has grown into America’s next rec sport
by Noah Frank On the rooftop of an office building near the Verizon Center in downtown D.C., a group of politicians and lobbyists gathers for the Third Annual Congressional Bocce Tournament. The scene is what you might expect — a stately, convivial affair with more pomp than competition, forced inside due to stormy weather for the third co...
Italian Sensation Giada Valenti Returns to Pittsburgh
Italian born singer and songwriter Giada Valenti will be performing in Pittsburgh on Sunday, April 7 at the Cabaret at Theatre Square. She is returning to our city with her new show called, "From Venice With Love." In this show, Giada will be taking her audience on a romantic musical journey by performing quintessential love songs from the 60′s, 7...
Laboratorio Teatrale - Theater Laboratory
7 Personaggi in cerca di attori.. Intermediate and Advance Levels. Mainly in Italian. Un Americano a Morano Ovvero come perdere il treno e trovare l'amore. William, a rich retired American from Texas, decides to go for the first time in Italy and to live the "Italian life", renting a room with a family in Murano (Venice). Unfortunately, instead...
Premiato a Washington "Halina", cortometraggio dei fratelli Ricci
Bella affermazione per il cinema italiano ieri notte all'Independent Film Festival di Washington, la rassegna che dal 1999 è dedicata, nella capitale Usa, al cinema indipendente. "Halina" dei fratelli Francesco e Neri Ricci Lotteringi si è aggiudicato il premio per il miglior cortometraggio. Il film, ambientato a Roma, segue la vita di tre...
Capitol Heights present Italian love songs at the Clarence Dillon Public Library
The Capitol Heights Lyric Opera Ensemble of New York City will present a program of Italian love songs at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, Oct. 6. The program will begin at 2 pm. Great opera arias of Verdi and Puccini as well as Neapolitan ballads will be performed by three members of the Ensemble. The program will take place...
Joe Piscopo and Friends featuring Il Volo Celebrate Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday- October 16 during NIAF 40th Anniversary Awards Gala Weekend
Back by popular demand, the Foundation's Friday evening extravaganza is part of NIAF's 40th Anniversary Gala Weekend. Join SNL legend, NIAF Celebrity Ambassador, actor, entertainer and radio host Joe Piscopo and guest star Danny Aiello, including Il Volo, the award-winning Italian music trio, for a celebration of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. Pis...
Tra tempi musicali e tempi perduti – Ludovico Einaudi presenta ‘In A Time Lapse’
di Alessandra Matroianni Un altro torinese che ha conquistato la scena musicale italiana, un altro che ha catturato l'interesse della critica non solo nazionale, ma anche estera.È Ludovico Einaudi, appena arrivato negli Stati Uniti per il tour del suo ultimo album, 'In A Time Lapse'. Formazione classica ma che guarda al pop: ci parla del s...