Staten Island survivor Bobby Granito is one 'Tough Mudder' on TV
Bobby Granito of Staten Island is using his resilient "New York attitude" for good. Tough Mudder: The Challenge Within is a one-hour special airing on The CW Network Tuesday at 8 p.m., featuring "everyday heroes" completing the 12-mile "mud race" obstacle to prove their personal challenges have made them stronger in the end. Bobby, his brother, Jim...
BOOM ! CIRCUS
When: Friday, March 03, 2017 At 8:00 pm - Where: NYU Skirball Center 566 LaGuardia Place, NYC - Entrance : With fee. This performance is part of: Circus Now International Contemporary Circus Exposure 2017. Directed by Matteo Destro BOOM! breathes new life into the ancient tradition of masked theater, full of spontaneous improvisations with the publ...
Italians Abroad: NYCFC and Pirlo preparing for the new season
With preseason and soccer training camps beginning, Andrea Pirlo and his New York City teammates are ready for an entertaining season of Major League Soccer. Andrea Pirlo plays soccer like few can in the world today. The Italian World Cup winner, who plays for New York City FC, opens up their exciting 2017 campaign in a few weeks at Yankee Stadium...
Italytime, una piattaforma per promuovere l'arte e il teatro italiano a New York
La scena newyorkese ospita un interessante progetto di sperimentazione artistica tutto italiano. Italytime, fondato da Vittorio Capotorto e Frank Pagano nel 2013, ha tantissime storie da raccontare e numerosi progetti in serbo per quest’anno. Abbiamo incontrato Frank Pagano, vicepresidente di Italytime, per saperne di più. Caro Frank, cos'è e com'è...
Luca Pisaroni makes his much anticipated ROF debut this August!
Most American Rossini lovers will remember Luca Pisaroni as the unforgettable Alidoro in the Metropolitain Opera’s “La Cenerentola” a few season’s back. Fortunately it was transmitted in HD, so people all over the US had the chance to experience this exceptional artist. Pisaroni is back at the Met this month for “I Puritani”, and those lucky enough...
Must-see ‘Blaxploitalian’ (documentary on black actors in Italian cinema) screens in NYC & LA throughout February
“BlaxploItalian,” the documentary exploring director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu’s quest to uncover Black film images in his native Italy, leading him to discover a century-long heritage of Black actors, native and foreign, in Italian cinema, will have a special screening in New York City on Tuesday, February 7th. This will be followed with screenings at L...
Carnegie Hall Festival To Celebrate Music And Arts Of The Venetian Republic
From February 3 through 21, Carnegie Hall will lead a New York City-wide festival, La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic, saluting the stunning artistic legacy of the Venetian Republic, the independent, forward-thinking, and influential city-state that stood distinctly apart from Italy and the rest of Europe for a thousand years...
My Grandma's American Dream
The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend to "My Grandma's American Dream: From Italy to a New Life". Thursday, February 2nd, 6:30 PM Presented by: Anthony DiFranco. Light Refreshments Will Be Served. The film is a personal tale of the immigrant generation of a century ago who helped make the world we live in and the people who li...
Announcing the Spring 2017 "Documented Italians" Film & Video Series
Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 6pm The Barese Ice Men of New York (2015), 80 min. Carlo Magaletti, dir. The Barese Icemen of New York follows the story of the Italian immigrants from the region of Apulia who from the 1920s to the 1960s dominated the making and delivery of ice in New York City. Interviews with former icemen and their families as well...
Erene, la voce che ha risvegliato l’italianità a NY
di Maurizio Molinari E' una voce torinese a risvegliare il patriottismo degli italiani di New York. In pochi conoscono la cantautrice Erene Mastrangeli quando a fine aprile sale sul podio del transatlantico "Poesia" ancorato al Pier 88 per il gala della "Italy-America Chamber of Commerce" in onore della baronessa-filantropa Mariuccia Zaril...
Cristina Fontanelli to Perform at Baruch's Engelman Recital Hall, 5/15
Acclaimed singer/PBS-TV host Cristina Fontanelli (www.cristinafontanelli.com) will perform selections from her concert, "The Great International Songbook" (plus wine reception) on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 4:00 PM at the Engelman Recital Hall at the Baruch College Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, in New York City. Ms. Fontanelli'...
Quando party fa rima con Italy
By Maurita Cardone New York, lo si sente dire spesso, "is all about networking": relazioni, conoscenze, rete. La capacità di far sapere alle persone giuste che sei lì fuori e che hai del talento, è la più importante carta da giocare in una città estremamente competitiva dove c'è tutto e di più. Lo sa bene Francesco Belcaro, 34 anni e una carriera...