Italian Entertainers Appeared At Freedomland U.S.A.
New York City has been a melting pot since it first was settled by Europeans. Initially, Dutch, English and Scots mingled their daily lives with the Native Americans. Then, in waves of legal immigration, Italians and many others arrived in the city. A theme park in The Bronx during the early 1960s mirrored New York's historic melting pot. Freedomla...
Beppe Gambetta in concert: "Canzoni e Melodie: Italian-American celebration for Columbus Day"
Saturday October 12, 2019 - 8:30 pm TOWNE CRIER CAFE 379 Main Street, Beacon, NY 845-855-1300 Tickets here. BEPPE GAMBETTA in concert: CANZONI E MELODIE: Italian-American celebration for Columbus Day. Beppe Gambetta is an Italian guitarist, vocalist and composer who found a way to make Italian and American traditions speak together with one voice....
Favino, la mafia e gli americani: “Non vi confondete, qui l’eroe è solo uno, Falcone”
Ieri sera “Il traditore” di Marco Bellocchio è finalmente arrivato a New York in occasione del NY Film Festival. La proiezione è avvenuta nella sala Alice Tully, la sala più grande del complesso del Lincoln Center (oltre 1000 posti) e quella dedicata ai film più ‘importanti’ del Festival. Sala piena di un pubblico italiano e di uno americano che qu...
Torn-Down Tuesday: The Bocce Club, home of Buffalo-style pizza
Everyone has a favorite pizza place, but if you love the doughy, cheesy, sweet-sauced, charred-pepperoni pie that’s typical in the 716, one way or another, you can trace the pizza you love back to the Bocce Club on Hickory Street near Eagle in the 1940s. While pizza was already a popular dish in the Italian sections of Buffalo, especially on the We...
Adam Ferrara is always writing jokes — even while playing pool
On weekends, I like to start the day slowwww-ly. I’ll get up and bring my wife coffee, because I’m on the road a lot, so when I’m home, I like to make it nice for her. Plus, I’m Catholic, so I have a lot of guilt. Then we’ll walk. Sometimes we go up to Strawberry Fields and sit there. I like to walk up Fifth Avenue and turn up on 14th Street to get...
Crooner Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti brings talent to Utica
Enjoy an intimate night with Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti from “America's Got Talent” with special guest Austin Giorgio from NBC's “The Voice” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Stanley Center for the Arts, 259 Genesee St. Valentinetti is an Italian-American crooner known best for his flawless vocals, larger than life personality, and his heart of...
Boro Five’s ‘Team Marco’ makes debut in California film festival
Julio Vincent Gambuto sets his film in a part of the world that owns his heart: Staten Island. Now, he’s among A-listers in the Mill Valley Film Festival, where his feature film “Team Marco” will make its world premiere on Sunday, Oct. 6. The 92-minute production is listed in the “family films” category, screening at 11:45 a.m. PST on Sunday, Oct....
Amas Musical Theatre Looking For Their Romeo For a New Musical Romeo and Bernadette
Amas Musical Theatre, (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer), is seeking an actor to play Shakespeare’s Romeo, who has time-slipped into 1960’s Brooklyn, for the upcoming premiere production (January 2020) of “Romeo and Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn,” with a book by Mark Saltzman and music based on classic Italian melodies. Justin...
Celebrating Pavarotti!
Tuesday October 8th, 7:00pm. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. A DVD Presentation by Opera and Music Educator, Lou Barrella. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Everyone knows about Pavarotti as a great singer and charismatic personality: he embodied the Italian spirit of embracing life. This program...
Sal Valentinetti performs at The Stanley Oct. 5
Sal Valentinetti will perform at The Stanley Theater in Utica on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $20 to $65. Additional service charges may apply. To purchase tickets come down to the Stanley Theater box office Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 315-724-4000 or go to Ticketmaster.com. The show is presented by Ton...
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio’s “The traitor” challenges cultural narratives about loyalty in the mafia
Through a rally of gunfire and the drama of a well publicized trial, Italian director Marco Bellocchio returns to New York for his newest movie, The Traitor. Depicting the true life story of Tommaso Buscetta (played by Pierfrancesco Favino), The Traitor follows a Sicilian mafia boss who leaves the cartel to become an informant and take down the mos...
Syracuse to honor Union-Endicott graduate Sonny Spera
Union-Endicott graduate Sonny Spera is one of five who will be honored at the 55th annual Syracuse University LetterWinner of Distinction event Nov. 1 at the OnCenter. Joining Spera will be Rob Edson, Gordon Gronkowski, Brad Kotz and Kerri Potts. Those to be honored succeeded athletically and after graduation from SU. On the court, Spera averaged 2...