July 1 – August 26thItalian Landscapes Redefined by Linda Labella-Morgan This collection of watercolor paintings blends Italian landscapes with the art of Rome and includes portraits of the artist's family. The paintings highlight the spirit of today's Italian life and culture. Symbolic imagery provides additional layers of meaningful content to t...
READ MOREFriday, Dec. 5 & Saturday, Dec. 6 - 10 to 6 pm / Sunday, Dec. 7-12 to 4pmShare this truly old Italian Tradition with us. Our Museum rooms will be filled with many items Decorations Unique Gifts for Children & Adults Ceppos (some fully decorated) Italian Music CD's - Cookbooks Aprons Italian Novelties Befana Figures Jewelry - Italia...
READ MOREThe Hon. Vice Consul Comm. Stefano Acunto will be traveling to Albany on Thursday March 26th to be in attendance at TASTES of the World on behalf of the Consul General of Italy and representing the Italian Government. His role is to assist ICCR in honoring Professor/CAV Philip J. DiNovo, President/Director of the American Italian Heritage Associati...
READ MOREWho says the state legislature can't agree on anything?Monday there was widespread support that Tony Danza, star of "Taxi" and "Who's The Boss", deserves an award. "You can be an Italian-American but you can't be an Italian-Russian or an Italian-Swede or an Italian-Frenchman, only in America," Danza said to an assembled crowd in the Legislative Of...
READ MOREAn Italian music duo will perform Sunday afternoon in the second concert of the Symphony @ the Museum series. ##The D'Antonio and Montanari Duo, a guitar and flute duo, will perform a program of a variety works by composers Carl Nielsen, Terry Riley, Astor Piazzola, Toru Takemitsu and others at the Albany Museum of Art, 311 Meadowlark Drive. Part...
READ MOREItalian tenor Andrea Bocelli will return to the United States for a select run of concerts in 2013 as he drums up support for his recently released "Passione." "Passione" is a collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with global pop stars Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado and the late Edith Piaf. The legendary singer is the biggest sell...
READ MOREA trio of U.S. Army veterans has teamed up to establish a memorial in Italy to the 25 American soldiers who drowned in an Alpine lake when their amphibious vehicle sank during World War II. The marble monument is being dedicated in the northern Italian village of Torbole on Saturday, the 71st anniversary of the sinking of the vehicle known...
READ MOREThe Albany Symphony Orchestra will present its season finale on April 12 in the Darton State College Theatre at 7:30 p.m. and on April 13 at 3 p.m. at the Rylander Theatre in Americus. These performances cap off a year of celebration of 50 years that the Symphony has been entertaining audiences in Southwest Georgia. A combined chorus of area colle...
READ MOREBy Paul Grondahl It has taken more than 50 years, but the silently displaced South End residents pushed out of their homes, businesses and tight-knit Italian-American enclave by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's South Mall government complex are finally having the last word. "I wanted to give voice to the voiceless," said Mary Paley, t...
READ MOREby Joseph Spector Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will become the state's next chief judge if she's confirmed by the state Senate next year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday nominated DiFiore, 60, to head the state Court of Appeals, the state's top court. Cuomo had until Tuesday to name a successor for Chief Ju...
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