Sacred Drumming for the Seven Black Madonnas
When: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 6:00pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò This new concert and lecture presented by the Directors of I Giullari di Piazza will provide a full immersion into the ancient drumming traditions and devotional chants in honor of the Black Madonna from the region of Campania.
I promessi sposi (The Betrothed): within and beyond the Italian school - Book Presentation
When: Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 6PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York - What: Author and translator Michael Moore, in conversation with journalist Gianni Riotta. A presentation of the first new English translation in fifty years, by Michael Moore, of I Promessi Sposi, the timeless masterpiece by Alessandro Manzoni (...
The "Discovery" of Religious Freedom
When: Tue, 10/18/2022 at 6:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò - What: A lecture by Massimo Di Gioacchino, Tiro a Segno Visiting Professor in Italian American Studies at NYU For the millions of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the religious life of the American m...
Italian artists visit Stony Brook to discuss family, culture and the Italian diaspora
Hosted by the Center for Italian Studies, artists B. Amore and Luci Callipari Marcuzzo visited Stony Brook University on Sept. 20 for a discussion titled “Tracing the Threads of Migration and Female Narratives of the Italian Diaspora.” Accompanied by author Mary Jo Bona and D’Amato Chair in Italian American Studies Loredana Polezzi, the conversatio...
Italian “Rocky” Rastelli part of a long line of St. John’s international success stories
Early in Rachele Rastelli’s career with St. John’s, the team traveled to Philadelphia to face Big East foe Villanova. Coach Joanne Persico decided it would be fun to take Rastelli and her other Italian player, Erica Di Maulo, to see one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions. No, not the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. What else would an...
Campari Is ‘Championing Creativity’ At 60th New York Film Festival
This year, the New York Film Festival (NYFF) returns to Lincoln Center from Sept. 30 through October 16, and Campari is the official sponsor for the fourth consecutive year. “The renowned Festival is an integral piece of the cultural fabric of New York City,” Andrea Sengara, Campari USA’s vice president of marketing told Forbes. The celebration is...
Despite some early career twists, Cheshire dancer Lauren Celentano is Broadway bound
Our interview with Lauren Celentano happened just after the professional dancer had received “the call of a lifetime.” We’re not gonna lie — even we screamed in delight. But before that, Celentano had to take a bit of a career detour, as well as an international journey. The 23-year-old Cheshire native has had the goal of performing on Broadway sin...
The Glorious Sound of the Operatic Singing Voice
Opera and Lunch in the Afternoon. The Glorious Sound of the Operatic Singing Voice. Thursday, Oct. 13, noon to 4 pm. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. Come enjoy great food and company while sharing our love of opera! Presented by Dr. Snjezana Smodlaka and Lou Barrella. Register for Opera Luncheon Intuitively, we all know...
Sacco and Vanzetti premiere at the Studio Theater, Lehman College, a review
A premiere is always a gift to the attending public because of its novelty, regardless of the content and validity of the performance, but in the case of After Dinner Opera Company’s “Sacco and Vanzetti” an extra layer of glamour and interest was added, both because of the composers and the topic of the opera. Yes, it’s composers and not composer,...
Crypto comic Elyse DeLucci puts the New York funny in finance
This crypto trader is bullish on her career in comedy. Brooklyn-born, Staten Island-bred Elyse DeLucci is a digital marketing officer by day and a standup comedian at night, and will be headlining at Caroline’s on Broadway on Sept. 29. “I don’t go on and talk about bosses. I do talk about how at my last job, I was going for drinks, and next thing I...
Måneskin is ready to rock Global Citizen Festival, ‘antiquated’ VMA nipple censors be damned
Måneskin had a nude awakening when they showed a little too much skin at the MTV Video Music Awards last month. During the Italian rock band’s thumping performance of “Supermodel,” bassist Victoria De Angelis’ top fell off, causing her breast to be fully exposed and MTV censors to strangely cut away to empty seats for about 40 seconds. Meanwhile,...
The Mutation: Walking with Manzoni
When: Tue, 10/11/2022 - 7:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò He walked and walked, coming to farms and villages, continuing on without stopping to ask their names. Anyone who spotted a weed in a neglected field—a nice wild sorrel, say—and wanted to know whether it had come from a seed that had sprouted in the field, was blown in by the wi...