Multi-award winning filmmaker, director, producer and cultural historian. He'll take the JetBlue red-eye from New York to Albuquerque in early February to headline the Albuquerque opening gala of the 2015 NM Italian Film & Culture Festival — "Strings Attached". Why the reference to strings? Well, because Tony brings with him the fascin...
READ MOREBehind beautiful music sometimes lurks the shadow of violence. Something horrible awaits the audience in the final scene of many operas. And at least one composer, the Renaissance’s Carlo Gesualdo, was a murderer. Two concerts this weekend touch upon this aspect of music. And while they may cause an occasional shudder, they should ultimately leav...
READ MOREby Cori Urban In anticipation of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16, members of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society will carry a statue of the Blessed Mother through the streets of the South End to their headquarters where they will provide a free brunch and music. The procession will begin Sunday, July 12, after th...
READ MOREby Valerio Viale Cinema Italian Style (from November 12 through 16), yearly celebration of Italian cinematic art - co-presented by the American Cinematheque and Luce Cinecittà - turned eleven years old, with the 2015 edition. After an introduction from the Consul General of Italy, Antonio Verde, the artistic director, Laura Delli Colli, acting as...
READ MOREGrowing up, Vito Spinelli would go to his grandmother's house, and she would make a simple but delicious Sicilian-style pizza. "Food is such a big part of Italian culture," says Spinelli, owner of Brick Pizzeria Restaurant & Bar in Bethlehem. He now makes that pie, which he calls Grandma Pie, at his downtown Bethlehem restaurant....
READ MOREMaybe it was all the prayers to Saint Anthony going on near the Saint Anthony di Padova Society's booth. Or maybe it was just a stroke of pure Italian luck. Looming overcast skies with threats of impending rain seemed to pass as the afternoon wore on Sunday, causing the sun to shine on hundreds of people and dozens upon dozens of vendors a...
READ MOREBy Malcolm Hall Bring on some bocce tournaments, tarantella folk dancing, Mediterranean food and not to mention homemade wine and one might feel as if they recently arrived in this country from Italy. And that is somewhat the goal of the folks at St. James Catholic School as they stage an Italian American festival from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday...
READ MOREBy Greg MoragoThe Taste of Italy Houston calls itself the country's largest food and wine trade fair devoted exclusively to Italian products. And for the first two years, the trade show was open only to those in the wine and food industry. Until this year: The 2017 Taste of Italy Houston, to be held on March 6 at the Omni Houston Hotel, is wel...
READ MORE10 cantanti, 12 ospiti, 2 serate su Rai International, 18 canzoni, 3 direttori artistici, 20 coordinatori, più di 70 persone nello staff tecnico, 5 telecamere, 6 continenti su cui saranno trasmesse le due puntate del Festival... sono all'incirca questi i numeri della quinta edizione del Festival della Canzone Italiana di New York, che si svolgerà a...
READ MORE34th Annual Sea Music FestivalJune 6th–9th, 2013 Mystic Seaport The Museum of America and the Sea75 Greenmanville AvenueMystic, Connecticut 06355(860) 572-5315 Read more Fonte: Magna Grece
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