3rd Annual Fini Italian Dance Festival Set for 7/24
Antonio Fini, dancer/choreographer/producer is proud to present the third annual Fini Dance Festival, featuring guest companies from Milan, Naples, and Modena Italy, appearing with U.S.-based companies with an "Italian connection." Hostess for the evening will again be the glamorous Tabata Caldironi, noted dancer and TV personality in her...
Italian Opera, A Reflection of Life!
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Avenue - Staten Island, NY 10305. Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 p.m., October 12 to November 16, 2016. Lou Barrella: The Joy of Italian Opera. A Trip to Operatic Italy. Powerful Scenes in Opera. Similar Scenes in Film & Opera. Puccini's "Unfortunate Heroines"; Verdi's "...
Vince a New York la storia delle operaie in lotta: Rosa, per lei due lieto fine
di Michele Marangon Vicende di donne che lottano per il lavoro. Piacerebbero molto a Ken Loach, ma prima di tradursi in opera cinematografica, sono diventate un documentario riconosciuto come il migliore al «Workers Unite Film Festival» di New York. Una storia nella storia, poi, è quella dell'operaia di Latina protagonista del racconto-ver...
Host of PBS' Eat!Drink!Italy!, Vic Rallo Jr., Partners with Atalanta Corporation to Promote the Best of Italy
Vic Rallo Jr., host of Eat!Drink!Italy!, today announced details of a partnership with Atalanta Corporation, one of the largest importers of specialty foods in the US, to promote the best of Italian food and beverage products on his popular PBS primetime show. The sponsorship deal incorporates Atalanta's portfolio of Italy's best known and highest...
Luca Santaniello: Napoli a NYC
Il nostro amico Luca Santaniello, batterista napoletano trasferitosi a New York nel 2001, poco fa ha pubblicato una foto delle prove appena terminate all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Insieme al sassofonista Steve Wilson, al bassista Joe Sanders, e al pianista Theo Hill, alle 18 di stasera presenteranno la tradizionale musica napoletana ri...
ArtsLab OnStage to Present VOICES OF ITALY, 10/19
ArtsLab OnStage (http://www.ArtsLabOnstageNYC.com) will present a special evening of Italian theatre entitled Voices of Italy at New York City Center (131 W. 55th Street) on October 19 at 8:00 PM, featuring a preview of T'Ammore, "The Spirit of Naples" and Belcanto, "The Luciano Pavarotti Heritage". This event will demonstrate the influence of Ital...
Strepitosa vittoria pugilistica di Floriano
Il Webster Hall, situato nell’East Village della Grande Mela, è il più grande nightclub degli Stati Uniti, con una superficie interna di oltre tremilacinquecento metri quadrati. Risalente al 1866, è uno spazio famoso anche per I concerti e gli eventi sportive di grande risonanza internazionale. La sera del 22 gennaio di quest’anno, nonosta...
LITTLE ITALY SINGS! Series to Kick Off with THE FANTASTICKS, 9/8
The Little Italy Merchants Association and Little Italy, NYC has announced its first in a series of live performances featuring some of Broadway's very best shows and brightest stars. Little Italy Sings! will celebrate its opening performance featuring "THE FANTASTICKS." NYC's longest running show will return to its downtown roots with a p...
Bada bing, a tribute to Jim
After the death of Sopranos star James Gandolfini, Douglas Rogers joins a tour of the show's familiar New Jersey landmarks. On a crowded corner of 39th Street and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, a roly-poly Italian-American man is selling Sopranos memorabilia to tourists from the back of a van. He has books, posters, New York number plates sa...
"Where her feet stood": il documentario di Luca Guardabascio all’Italian American Museum
Sarà proiettato all'Italian American Museum il 21 novembre Where her Feet Stood (Dove Posarono i Suoi Piedi), film documentario di Luca Guardabascio.Il 4 giugno 1947 a Casanova Staffora, villaggio rurale della provincia di Pavia, Angela Volpini (7 anni) incontra una signora mentre si trovava su una collina con suoi amici. La bella signora dice ad A...
Gallinari: Fellow Italian Bargnani will thrive with Knicks
By Marc Berman Andrea Bargnani is already asking former Knick Danilo Gallinari about the best Italian restaurants in Manhattan. Bargnani, whose trade from the Raptors will become official Wednesday, is flying in from Rome tomorrow to meet with Knicks brass. Bargnani and Gallinari, from Milan, are close former Italian National Team members. Ga...
Fourth Annual Campagnolo Gran Fondo New York, the World’s Most International Cycling Race, Rolls into New York City on May 18
Thousands of cyclists to compete on 100-and 50-mile race course options through NY and NJ; Cycling Champions Stephen Roche and Nelson Vails to take part in race and festivities; Fourth Annual NYC Bike Expo welcomes visitors May 16-17. The New York Metropolitan region's premier cycling event, the fourth annual Campagnolo Gran Fondo New York...