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by Vittorio Capotorto and Francesco Pagano   It all started in December 2013. Our Team had very little money, but also a lot of great friends, some extraordinary artistic material and one bold ambition: to create the first permanent 'Casa Teatrale Italiana' in NYC, where the best of Italian Theater and the power of live performances wou...

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By Lindsay Crouse   Peter Ciaccia, the new race director of the New York City Marathon, may not know his marathon time (3:15? 3:30?), but he knows how to give a party. Now he will have to determine the existential course of the world's biggest marathon: Should it be more race or more social event?   Ciaccia maintains that the race is...

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by Andrea Ziglio   Da Reggio Emilia a New York, per la precisione alla St. John's University, questo il viaggio che ha deciso di intraprendere Federico Mussini quest'estate per cambiare completamente la sua carriera e provare a vivere il suo sogno americano.   A 19 anni e dopo una stagione comunque importante in maglia Grissin Bon, co...

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Thursday March 31, 06:00 pm - 07:30 pm. The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036   During World War II, while some Italian Americans were deemed "enemy aliens," more than 500,000 Italian Americans served in the U.S. military. The documentary Fighting Paisanos takes its title from...

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Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, is organizing In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be June 10 to 20, 2013. All events are free. The festival's website is www.insc...

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CARLO GRANTEto Perform the Second Concert in His Series"MASTERS OF HIGH ROMANTICISM"Schumann – The Piano Sonatasat Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall - Monday, December 15, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Italian pianist Carlo Grante will present the second of three concerts in his series "Masters of High Romanticism" on Monday, December 15, 2014, at Lincoln Cente...

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Aldo de Vero and Giuseppe Campisi met in 2006 and decided to form a piano duet. Since then, they have played an amazing number of concerts in Italy and Europe, though Aldo lives in Naples and Giuseppe lives in Avola, Sicily.   What makes their (very long distance!) rehearsal meetings fruitful and alive is the awakening of a deep-rooted love...

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COSI' FARAN TUTTI or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE Seductive sisters, brazen soldiers, a meddling maid, and a self-proclaimed master of the science of love provide the power play of Cosi faran tutti (or They'll All Do It). What really happened in the days leading up to Mozart's and da Ponte's Cosi fan tutte? What y...

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The remarkable career of Marco Bellocchio, director of an impressive number of features, documentaries, and shorts for both television and cinema, has encompassed a wide range of genres and subjects.   Yet his work remains distinctive and personal, reflecting his uncompromising views and artistic ambition. During his 50-year career Bellocchi...

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by Dareh Gregorian   The writer of the Off-Broadway show "Italian Bred" wants a judge to whack a lawsuit against her for making an "offensive" racketeering allegations. In papers filed in Manhattan Federal Court, the lawyer for the show's Italian-American creator and star Candice Guardino said it was in poor taste for the disgruntled in...

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by Caitlin O'Connell   New York City FC's very own website revealed that Juventus and Italy legend Andrea Pirlo has joined the club, according to a page that was on its website on Tuesday night but was later removed after the details spread throughout social media. By accidentally publishing the page to the public, New York City FC confirme...

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You are cordially invited to attend a special performance by award-winning Sicilian singer and songwriter Laura Campisi at the Italian American Museum on Sunday, June 1. This event is being held in commemoration of the Festa della Repubblica (Italian National Day) which is celebrated annually in Italy on June 2nd. With "Sicily Revisited", Laura Ca...

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