Laura Bispuri's Transgender Odyssey 'Sworn Virgin' Wins Tribeca Film Fest's Nora Ephron Prize
by Inkoo Kang Italian director Laura Bispuri has won the third annual Nora Ephron prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Awarded to female filmmakers "with a distinctive voice" since 2013, the recognition comes with a $25,000 cash prize. Bispuri earned the award with her transgender odyssey "Sworn Virgin," about an Albanian woman who bec...
Italian Dance Connection New York City Announces 2015 Events, 5/19-23
IDaCo (Vanessa Tamburi, Founder & Artistic Director; Enzo Celli, Founder) announced its 2015 platform of programming. The events-ranging from performances to panels to workshops-will showcase extraordinary Italian choreographers and dance companies over five days, May 19th through 23rd, at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York (686 Park Av...
Eastchester's Cecere is a local treasure
by Vincent Z. Mercogliano Deep down, I knew my attention should have been focused on the field of play. But as a man who truly appreciates a good meal, my mind was captivated by the legendary baseball coach with a similar passion for Italian-American cuisine. "You see, Vince, you take the broccoli rabe and cook it with sausage and potatoe...
Genovese’s “Perfetti sconosciuti” to screen at Tribeca
by: Jeannine Guilyard I read a quote about Paolo Genovese's "Perfetti sconosciuti" (Perfect Strangers) – "Un film che rimane impresso, prima nella pancia e poi nella mente." –A film that remains first in the stomach and then in the mind. That sums up how you will feel upon watching the film. This is a universal story, a testament to the ti...
È l'ora del Festival della musica italiana
Il Festival della Musica Italiana di New York compie 9 anni e si terrà l'11 settembre 2016 dalle 3.30 pomeridiane al Master Theater (Millenium) di Brooklyn, New York". Ad annunciarlo è la versione on line del quotidiano in lingua italiana di New York "America Oggi". "Il Festival, organizzato dall'Associazione Culturale Italiana di New York di Tony...
Filmmaker Fred Kuwornu to Present Documentaries
by Holly Foster Fred Kuwornu, an Italian filmmaker, producer and social advocate, will present and discuss three of his documentary films as part of his #Diversity-in-Media-Matters tour. The film schedule is as follows: Monday, Oct. 17, 18 lus Soli, an examination of the injustice faced by 18 girls and boys born to parents in Italy from A...
Besame Mucho, a documentary project
NEW YORK ITALIANS is very happy to invite you to: " Besame Mucho " Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 PM at Fordham UniversityLincoln Center Campus 113 W 60th St.Room 109, 1th Floor
Raptors bust Andrea Bargnani gets a second chance with the Knicks
by Frank Isola Andrea Bargnani never became Toronto's answer to Dirk Nowitzki or Pau Gasol. Not even close. Instead, by the end of his disappointing seven-year run in Canada, Bargnani was starting to draw favorable comparisons to Kwame Brown, this generation's poster child for busts drafted with the top overall pick. When the Knicks last...
Giorgio Chinaglia’s No. 9 jersey to be retired at New York Cosmos match on June 8
The New York Cosmos today announced that they will honor legendary player Giorgio Chinaglia before the team's match on June 8, 5 p.m. ET against Ottawa at Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium. Family members of the late Chinaglia, who played alongside Pelé during the 1970s, will be present during a special pregame ceremony to retire the str...
L'Italia è in coma? Wake (her) up
di Maurita Cardone L'argomento non è nuovo e non lo è nemmeno il film che lo racconta. Ma vedere da New York la decadenza italiana con gli occhi e il cuore di chi da quell'Italia è lontano, fa sempre male. La novità è che c'è qualcuno che ha deciso di fare qualcosa in proposito. Il film è Girlfriend in a Coma (scritto, diretto e p...
La canzone romana vola nel mondo con Elena Bonelli, lunedì canta in diretta tivù alla Columbus Day Parade
di Riccardo Chioni Dal Salone Margherita dove ha debuttato con lo spettacolo "Roma in Music", Elena Bonelli con la sua voce porta la romanità in diretta tivù nel mondo con la sua esibizione alla Columbus Day Parade lunedì prossimo sulla Quinta Avenue. Dopo aver raccolto uno straordinario successo al Teatro Salone Margherita di Roma a fine set...
Italian Opera Company to perform Neapolitan folk songs at library
Putting opera aside for an evening, members of the Italian Opera Company, a Brooklyn-based performance troupe, will entertain audiences with Neapolitan folk songs in a special concert at the Dyker Heights Library on Oct. 14. The free concert, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Dyker Heights Library at 8202 13th Ave., will feature timeles...