Lecture confronts cinematic Italian-American caricatures
With last week’s release of the live-action “Lady and the Tramp” alongside the launch of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, Disney fans can now witness the iconic spaghetti date from the original 1955 movie come to life. But this beloved scene, widely considered one of the most romantic moments in Disney cinematic history, is ridden with ethn...
Lineup Announced for the 2020 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival
The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italiana and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the eighth annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC (participating venues to be announced), April 27-May 11, 2020. Admission to all show...
Award-Winning Italian Tenor Michéal Castaldo and Friends to Perform Italian Christmas Concert in Buffalo, a Fundraiser for St. Rose of Lima Church, December 1
“Italian Christmas Concert in Buffalo,” a traditional Italian Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Michéal Castaldo and friends, will take place on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima, 500 Parker Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14216. Castaldo will perform classic Christmas carols from his chart-topping best-selli...
All’Italian Academy di New York l’evento dedicato al mito della Callas
La prestigiosa "Italian Academy" della Columbia University di New York sarà la location del grande evento dedicato al mito dell’Opera Maria Callas, nata proprio nell’Ospedale Terence Card Cook nell'Upper East Side di Manhattan. Il concerto evento, ideato e prodotto dal Presidente della Melos International, Dante Mariti, in collaborazione al diretto...
Center for Italian Studies Presents 16th Annual Italian Cinema Festival
From neorealists De Sica and Rossellini, to modernists Fellini and Antonioni, to newly minted stars like Paolo Sorrentino and Alice Rohrwacher, Italian directors have left an indelible mark on world cinema. Continuing a tradition of bringing the latest Italian films to the Stony Brook community, the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook Univers...
New York Mets reportedly express interest in Team Italy catcher Drew Butera
According to Ken Davidoff of the New York Post, the New York Mets have reached out to 36-year-old MLB veteran Drew Butera in an effort to extend depth at the catcher position. Originally selected by the New York Mets in the fifth round of the 2005 amateur draft out of the University of Central Florida (UCF), Drew Butera began his professional caree...
Netflix is de-aging Little Italy to 1975 this weekend in honor of The Irishman
You've read Martin Scorsese's take on Marvel movies. You've argued about it. You've even watched the Cats trailer (maybe a few times, in stupefied silence). But have you seen The Irishman yet? Come on, people. Not only do we recommend it, but we know that three-and-a-half hours isn't a big deal to you, say when it comes to committing to The Crown o...
IAP 117 : “Hey, I Grew Up This Freaky Way Too…Let's Laugh About It” A Conversation with “Rocco the Comic”
Rocco Deserto isn’t blaming his mother for making him nuts… he’s just revealing the humor behind his first generation Italian American upbringing! This week, Rossella and John are joined by the man known to the world as Rocco the Comic, and this triumvirate of Brooklyn Italians is setting out to understand why it feels so good when we Italian Ameri...
“Sýrma,” an entirely female identifying one act play inspired by greek mythology and Dante’s Divine Comedy, premieres at Alchemical Studios, December 11th, 12th and 13th, 2019
Alchemical Studios, 104 W 14th Street, New York, NY. Wednesday December 11th, 8pm; Thursday December 12th, 8pm; Friday December 13th, 8pm. For tickets visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/syrma Carolina de’ Castiglioni and Federica Borlenghi, two Italian multidisciplinary artists, have joined forces to present Sýrma, a unique contemporary myth, inspir...
The American Friends Of The Donizetti Opera Festival Has Been Formed
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE DONIZETTI OPERA FESTIVAL (AFDOF) has been formed to support the efforts of the Donizetti Opera Festival, an international celebration held each November in Bergamo, Italy, the birthplace of Gaetano Donizetti. AFDOF is charged with encouraging the collaboration of scholars, artists, and Donizetti devotees in the United St...
Noseda, in his prime, lifting National Symphony Orchestra
After a piano rehearsal, two orchestra sessions and one concert performance together, soprano Christine Goerke gushed with praise for Gianandrea Noseda. “He doesn’t just use his hands and his arms. He conducts with his entire body,” she said. “And it is amazing, because when you see that kind of energetic physicality, there is no mistaking what he...
Cristina's Christmas in Italy at Carnegie Hall Fundraiser
We have started a GOFUNDME campaign and can use your support. Christmas in Italy is raising funds for children's charities, such as St. Jude's and an orphanage in Naples, Italy. Your support will also help us pay the costs of running this show at the world's most prestigious music venue that gives over 70 children/youth performance opportunities an...