New Cipriani Backed Nightclub Musica is Bringing the Spectacle Back to NYC Nightlife
The thing about New York City nightlife and the pandemic…there were endless pronouncements that the latter might irreparably disable the former. But the truth is, nighttime in Gotham was already a significantly diminished proposition. Not that there weren’t plenty of places to get up and get on down before the lockdowns went into effect in March of...
"It ain't over" at Tribeca Festival
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra is one of baseball’s greatest. He amassed ten World Series rings, 3 MVP awards and 18 All-Star Game appearances. He caught the only perfect game in World Series history. Yet for many his deserved stature was overshadowed by his simply being himself and being more recognized more for his unique personality, TV commercial...
REMINISCENCE, a multicultural performance at Italytime Cultural Center
Performance Dates: Friday, June 10th at 8pm and Saturday, June 11th at 6pm & 8pm. Runtime: approx. 60 minutes. Italytime Cultural Center, 238 Bleecker Street. NY, NY 10014. For tickets click here. Co-producers Federica Borlenghi and Covi Loveridge Brannan are proud to present Reminiscence, a community-based performance exploring the experience of...
Saturday, June 18 - "Heirloom" Screening & Film Discussion at 7PM
Join us on Saturday, June 18 at 7 pm as we screen Heirloom - recipient of the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Grant. Columbus Citizens Foundation - 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021. RSVP TODAY. Directed by Michela Maria, Heirloom is a documentary short about a mother and daughter who set out to discover why Italian Americans still...
Mike Fratello receives 2022 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike Fratello, a basketball lifer who interspersed a successful coaching career with a successful broadcasting career, is the recipient of the 2022 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today. “Mike Fratello’s accomplishments are well documented, both as a coach and a broadcaster,” said Indiana...
Mount Sinai’s Joey Spallina breaks Long Island’s all-time boys lax points record
For 12 years, West Islip’s Nick Galasso was on top of Long Island’s lacrosse mountain as the all-time career points leader. But on Tuesday night, Mount Sinai’s Joey Spallina passed Galasso with point 501 to become Long Island’s new points king. “The record is awesome,” Joey tells GreaterPortJeff. “But the best part about it was being able to achiev...
Pianist Beatrice Rana Takes Nothing for Granted In Her New York Philharmonic Debut
Beatrice Rana has been playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 since she was 15—about half of her life. The piece is especially challenging because the composer didn’t write idiomatically for the piano. “There are these amazing passages where the piano is just fighting with the orchestra, and the massive sonorities that come out are just incredi...
Announcing the Lineup for the 21st Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, Taking Place June 9 - 15
Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà announce the complete lineup for the 21st edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, running from June 9 to 15. Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is the leading screening series to offer U.S. audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. With films by directors such as Laura Bispuri, Mario...
World Renowned Tenor Christopher Macchio to sing at Casa Belvedere
When: Tuesday, June 21 • 6:30 to 9:30 pm - Doors open at 6 pm - Where: The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere • 79 Howard Avenue • Staten Island, NY Join us for Casa Belvedere’s premiere evening of “Musica Sotte Le Stelle” with international classical-crossover vocalist Christopher Macchio. Experience the passion and power of the voice...
Multipli Forti. Italian Literary Fiction Festival - I Edition
When: 6 -7 - 8 June, 2022 from 10AM to 6PM - For the FULL PROGRAM please click HERE This initiative is aimed at the public of readers and the international publishing world (publishing houses, literary agencies, editors, translators) and it is promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in New York directed by Fabio Finotti, with the collaboration o...
The Lega Serie A lands in the United States of America
The Lega Serie A lands in the United States of America. And it does it in great style starting a new historic phase of the Italian soccer history, with the opening event “CALCIO IS BACK”, in the prestigious location of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. Many personalities of the institutional, professional, cultural and entertainment world...
Summer at the Italian Culture Center
Though the Centro Culturale Italiano Di Buffalo has been involved in many ways in the Italian heritage of Buffalo, they finally have a new home with many exciting activities to come this summer. The “Little Italy ” of Buffalo got a little bigger in the Italian Heritage Month of October 2021 when the historic North Park Library was reopened as the n...