Chicagoland Italian American Professionals 10:La Dolce Vita Celebrity Style - October 29, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
My name is Salvatore Sciacca, the Executive Director of CIAP. I would like to personally invite you to our 10th event. If you are looking for a memorable event, then you have come to the RIGHT PLACE! Come join dozens of professionals mingle, network, break bread over a catered dinner from Salerno's Restaurant along with Italian red wine. ...
Terry Francona: Italian of the Week
Terry "Tito" Francona rose to prominence in 2004 when he managed the Boston Red Sox to the team's first championship since 1918. Born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania (thirty miles north of Pittsburgh), Francona has spent much of his life in organized baseball. He played collegiate baseball at the University of Arizona, helping the Wildcats w...
Local author & filmmaker premieres international "docufilm" about surviving deadly "Titanic of the 1950s" shipwreck
An international film about Pierette Simpson's harrowing survival of the Andrea Doria shipwreck will premiere at the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Film Theater on October 6, 2016. Pierette Domenica Simpson produced the film, Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved? to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the catastrophe on June 25, 1956. Program...
Italian cinema at Cleveland Cinemateque, University Circle
"Miele", "Honey" directed by Valeria Golino. This Italian drama film was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury. It was nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize. At the 53rd Italian Golden Globe won three awards for Best First Feature, Best Actress and Best New Director. It also won awards at the 67t...
LO bocce player wins first ever U.S. medal at worlds
By Meg Peters Thanks to Lake Orion bocce player Jose Botto, the United States can now boast its first medal from a World Bocce Championship tournament. Botto competed in the World Singles Bocce Championship April 25 against 32 other countries in Rome, Italy, after winning the title of the United States Champion in the men's division f...
Blurring Boundaries without Burning Bridges”: Italian Contemporary Performance, the Theatre of Emma Dante and Beyond
Twenty years ago, in Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory (1994), Italian theorist and philosopher Rosi Braidotti re-envisioned "nomadism" as a means of thinking about female subjectivity through a fluid, interactive exploration of identity that called for "blurring boundaries without burning bridges."...
A trendy Italian comes to town
by Rex Davenport If you have always wanted to look like an Italian movie star — scarf trailing behind you as you tool around town in your red two-seater convertible — your dream may be closer to reality. Your Alfa Romeo sports car will be waiting for you at a local dealership. Palmen Auto Stores is one of a small group of dealersh...
Fantasia stands the test of time
Imagine 40 years of launching "just marrieds" into their first moments together as husband and wife. If nothing else, that's enough performances of the Chicken Dance, Macarena and "Daddy's Little Girl" to fill several hundred wedding albums full of musical memories. But it's also a story of steadfast devotion and true adoration among Chicagoland's...
The legendary Sophia Loren comes to Detroit for a starry night
by Julie Hinds Sophia Loren has spent a lifetime dazzling fans on the big screen, so it's appropriate that she does the same in a conversation about her life and career. The 81-year-old Hollywood legend, whose down-to-earth attitude and inherent strength broke the mold for sex symbols, has answers for every question that are simultaneously...
First International Screening of the Movie Teaser “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved” in Livonia
by Sandra Tornberg On Sunday, November 8 the first international screening of the movie teaser for the docufilm "Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?" took place at a reception at Cantoro's Market and Trattoria of Plymouth. The docufilm, written and produced by Pierette Domenica Simpson and directed by Luca Guardabascio, received rave r...
Artistic pool champ in hall of fame; U.P. Strongman went well
Five-time world artistic pool champion Stefano Pelinga, one of the 2012 Iron Mountain Italian Fest attractions, has entered the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. "It's been a great experience," Pelinga told Inside Pool magazine. Pelinga, who received his Hall of Fame medal from baseball great Mike Piazza, will continue to promote...
Gabriele D’Annunzio at 150: A musical recital to celebrate his poetic legacy.
Wayne State University's Italian Program in collaboration with the University of L'Aquila, The Abruzzo Region and The Chamber Quintet "Deltensemble" is proud TO PRESENT:Gabriele D'Annunzio at 150: A musical recital to celebrate his poetic legacy. Wednesday, November 6th at 3:30-6:00 pm in General Lectures 100 –Wayne State University – THIS EVENT IS...