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On April 5th, 2016 at 7:00PM the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (AYPO) of the Washington DC Metropolitan area and the Music Conservatory "Cesare Pollini" of Padua, Italy will perform at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC. AYPO Artistic Director, Christopher Zimmermann will share the conductor's dais with Italian Maestro Simone Tonin. Tw...

The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) celebrates the year of Italian culture in America with its new production of Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Verismo Opera presents the grand production live with a full cast today, October 20, 3:00 p.m., at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (ber...

December 6, 2015 - Sunday 7:00 PM - Busboys and Poets, Brookland - 625 Monroe Street Northeast - Washington, District of Columbia 20017. Come enjoy Italy's rock, pop and folk music from the 1960s to this day! The i-Talians will perform songs by singers-songwriters (cantautori) including Vecchioni, Guccini, De Gregori, De An...

Princeton-Pettoranello Sister City Foundation in partnership with Princeton Italian-American Sportsmen's Club is pleased to invite you to "Ferragosto Celebration"!   When: Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 1:00-5:00 PM Where: Princeton Italian-American Sportsmen's Club, 8 Founders Lane, Princeton, NJ   Download the Reserv...

La musica di un giovane compositore italiano per festeggiare i 70 della Repubblica Italiana. Il tradizionale ricevimento ospitato dall'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington sarà quest'anno l'occasione per ascoltare in anteprima il "Trio in B minore" composto dal Maestro Gabriele Ciampi proprio in omaggio a quest'anniversario. Ciampi, classe 1976, da Los...

December 8, 2015 at 7:00PM. The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with COMITES Washington DC, cordially invites you to an evening of music with Stelle Nella Notte.  Stelle Nella Notte is a group of friends who share a love of music, and jazz. Our set list includes music from The Great American Songbook and classic Italian songs...

The Nickelodeon film, about an Italian American teenager who turns to gang-related activities to impress his friends, is set to premiere in the U.S. on Monday (27May13), and bosses at the Italian American One Voice Coalition are urging parents to boycott the movie, claiming the project is racist and damaging to their heritage. Group president Mann...

WASHINGTON. "C'è un solo incarico al quale mia moglie ha sempre aspirato per me: quello di ambasciatore in Italia. E non sto scherzando...". E' la battuta del vicepresidente Joe Biden che, assieme alla moglie Jill, ha reso omaggio all'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti. E' successo sabato sera in occasione dell' "Opera Ball", uno degli e...

Tuesday, Feb 9, 2016 - 8 PM/11 PM - Blues Alley. 1073 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC. IRENE JALENTI WEBSITE: http://www.irenejalenti.com/. PURCHASE TICKETS - 8PM SHOW: HERE. PURCHASE TICKETS - 10PM SHOW: HERE "It's rare to find an Italian singer who is able to convey with such strength and intensity" with these words All...

By Mike Jensen On Monday, the box came down from the top shelf in the basement archives of La Salle's University's College Hall. Brother Joseph Grabenstein, La Salle University's archivist, had been filling the box for years. Out came gold shorts that looked more like modern swim trunks. A game jersey with 15 on the front and back. A plain gray s...

October 24 @ 7:30 pm - Philadelphia (PA), String Theory School Theater 16th and Vine Streets AZA'IO was the 11th world premiere and 1st Italian children's opera created by International Opera Theater in Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta' della Pieve in August of 2014. In the past 12 years, artists from more than 40 countries have come to Citta'...

Carmela and Delphine Calamari flit, at the moment, between New York City and Philadelphia. The Calamari Sisters' hilarious Italian stew of cooking, dancing and singing will be front, center and sideways in the Strand Center for the Arts on Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14.   "We're about to start a web series," said Delphine, the more...