You may be dreaming in Italian and wishing you were a member of the Cabrelli Family before you finish reading The Good Left Done (Dutton) by deservedly popular author, director and podcaster Adriana Trigiani. Whether you have been a fan since her first novel, The Big Stone Gap, was published or are discovering her work for the first time, this is a...
READ MORENyle DiMarco wears many hats: model, dancer, activist, actor, producer. But above all else, he’s a trailblazer. As the first Deaf person to win both The CW’s America’s Next Top Model and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, he has brought mainstream visibility to his underrepresented community and sparked necessary discussions about Deaf representation in...
READ MOREThe column keeps exploring some of the masterpieces produced by Italian literature and this one is no exception as – like the ones before – has laid the foundation for our culture, history, and language. It continues to be studied in schools and to be considered as one of the pillars of our literary treasure. The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), by Al...
READ MORE“The Buccellati story is an Italian story of beauty,” says Alba Cappellieri, who curated the Assouline book Buccellati: A Century of Timeless Beauty, celebrating the 100 years of the house’s history. “More specifically, it is a Milanese story, one that symbolizes the city’s creativity, its craft smanship, its traditions and its adventurous, innovat...
READ MOREBest-selling author Adriana Trigiani speaks with Broadway actor and comedian Mario Cantone about her new novel "The Good Left Undone" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at Algonquin Arts Theatre, 60 Abe Voorhees Drive, Manasquan. Tickets are $40 and include a signed copy of the book. Doors open at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by BookTowne, 171 Main...
READ MOREMonday, April 25 2022 | 6PM. Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, NY. Please, RSVP HERE. Italian Masterpieces. Foundation for Italian Art & Culture (FIAC). Alain Elkann, President, FIAC in conversation with Fabio Finotti, Director, IIC New York. Free entrance. Guests will be asked proof of vaccination and ID upon entry. The event will be st...
READ MOREProf. Lawrence A Baldassaro's latest book, Tony Lazzeri: Yankees Legend and Baseball Pioneer, has been selected to receive the 2022 SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) Baseball Research Award. Baldassaro is a professor emeritus of Italian at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and a frequent contributor to SABR publications. Lazzeri...
READ MORETuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. — VIRTUAL — Phoenix Books and Vermont Italian Cultural Association present an evening with New York Times bestselling author, Adriana Trigiani. Trigiani will be joining us on Zoom to talk about her upcoming book which will be on sale on Tuesday, April 26. Registration is free and required to attend the stream viewing on...
READ MOREWith 20 titles to her credit, Adriana Trigiani is one of Italian America’s most profound and authentic voices. This week, she joins us to celebrate the launch of her latest book, “The Good Left Undone,” a generational story that will easily secure a place of honor in anyone’s Italian American book collection upon its release on April 26. Adriana te...
READ MOREMonday, May 9, 2022 7:30 p.m. - Parkway Central Library (1901 Vine Street, between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) Philadelphia, PA 19103. Cost: $15 or $32.00-Book with ticket. Buy tickets here. “A comedy writer with a heart of gold” (The New York Times), Adriana Trigiani is the bestselling author of 20 books of fiction and nonfiction that ha...
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