Alessandra Corona Presents Works by Italian Choreographers at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Alessandra Corona presents her A Corona Works in two world premieres by Italian choreographers: "Amore Impossibile" by Kristian Cellini of Rome, and "Just Joy" by Guido Tuveri of Sardinia, May 30 & 31 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (entrance on 25th Street). Corona, a former 12-year principal dancer with Ballet Hispanico,...
Intervista a Tony Pasquale speaker di ICN Radio New York sostenitore del Progetto Sicilia nel Mondo
La voce italiana di New York è quella dello speaker "Tony" Anthony Pasquale, sostenitore di Progetto Sicilia nel Mondo, che da circa quindici anni diffonde musica italiana dalle frequenze della emittente ICN Radio, di proprietà del Gruppo editoriale "Oggi", società editrice di "America Oggi". I componenti di ICN Radio, dal presidente Andrea Mantin...
St. Francis alumnus collaborates on film about Italians who saved Jewish lives
St. Francis College alumnus Vincent DeGiaimo ’72 returns to his alma mater for a screening of his film “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust.” DeGiaimo and Vincent Marmorale are producers of the film, which is part of the college’s annual Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration and is a presentation of the Thomas J....
Tony and Tina are getting married ... April 21-23 at DoubleTree by Hilton Niagara Falls
It's wedding theater with an Italian flair, and guests can enjoy a buffet dinner, toast the happy couple and dance the night away, when Tony and Tina exchange vows. "Tony n' Tina's Wedding" will be staged at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 401 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23...
“Viola, Franca” by Marta Savina has officially been guaranteed a spot at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival
“Viola, Franca” by Marta Savina has officially been guaranteed a spot at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that will take place at the end of the month. It’s Sicily in 1965, and Franca is forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community, but she rebels against the established custom and sets a precedent that alt...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Announces the line-up for its 5th Annual Festival May 1-15, 2017
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, will present the 5th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 15-day festival will offer 7 fully-staged productions from Italy, special events, readings, among other events and activities. All are presented in Italian and English or with English supertitles, c...
Member News: Vanessa Racci Releases Debut Album “Italiana Fresca”
NOIAW member and singer Vanessa Racci invites members and friends to her album release performance at the Birdland Jazz Club on June 4, 2017 at 6PM. Vanessa Racci’s 2017 debut album, Italiana Fresca, heralds the breakthrough of a fresh sound in jazz: a sweet-and-sour, wide-ranging contralto with a passion born of her Italian-American heritage. On t...
Whitestone Bocce Club To Hold May Tournament
A local bocce tournament is registering teams of three players for a competition in May at Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone. John Buzzetti, president of the Whitestone Bocce Club, said that he expects approximately 12 to 14 teams to take part in the annual bocce tournament, which was previously held at Bowne Park. The tournament kicks off at 8 a.m....
Via della Pace, sempre nel Village, con gli “evangelisti” della Lazio
Scontro d’alta classifica quello giocato ieri allo Stadio Olimpico di Roma: Lazio-Napoli, infatti, non metteva in palio solo tre punti ma anche il terzo posto valevole la possibilità di giocare i preliminari della prossima Champions League. Il Napoli, terzo in graduatoria con 64 punti, con una vittoria avrebbe definitivamente spento i sogni di glor...
Sicily Jass: The World's First Man in Jazz (2015), 73 min.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 6pm Sicily Jass: The World's First Man in Jazz (2015), 73 min. Michele Cinque, dir. - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036 Sicily Jass, an intermingling of fiction and documentary, uses the Sicilian puppets and narrating voice of Mimmo Cuticchio to tell the st...
Enzo Zucconi: Equipment manager, jokester, locker room psychologist
Stony Brook Football was getting ready to fly up to Maine for a game that weekend. The team lugged several trunks filled with extra uniforms, helmets, cold weather gear, tape for trainers — the standard haul for a road game. But the team was to fly on a smaller plane than they are accustomed to and would therefore not take all the trunks that they...
Italian Millennial Singing Sensation Jenna Esposito
After attending the National Italian American Foundation gala in NYC at Cipriani. We had the distinct pleasure of meeting Jenna Esposito an up and coming Italian American Singer. After hearing her sing the Italian National Anthem in front of almost a 1,000 people we wanted to find out more. Who Is Jenna Esposito? According to her website bio: Sin...