When: January 17-18-19 — 8 p.m. Where: Boston Symphony Hall — 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA [map] For tickets, please visit www.bso.org. To mark the bicentennial of Verdi's birth in 1813, Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, music director of the Orchestre National de France, leads the BSO in three performances of the composer's Requiem with t...

When: September 3 – December 15, 2014Opening Reception: Thursday, September 18, 5 – 7:30 p.m.Where: Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross — 1 College Street, Worcester, MAStarting September 3, the Cantor Gallery will present the exhibition, THE ITALIAN NATIVITY – IL PRESEPE: Cultural Landscapes of the Soul. The exhibit showcases a collaborativ...

Good news, folks! A new Boston gelato shop is opening just in time for spring. Amorino, a luxurious European cafe and gelato shop, is set to debut its first Boston-area location this Thursday at 7:30 a.m. And, per a release, guests can experience a "special discovery period" that day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with complimentary gelato.   The up...

È terminata con grandissimo successo la tournée americana dello spettacolo "L'Auto-da-fé del Camminante" del Teatro del Loto di Ferrazzano (CB), sponsorizzata dalla Regione Molise e dalla Provincia di Campobasso e organizzata da Silvana Mangione. Ne è protagonista Arturo Giovannitti, il poeta e sindacalista di origine molisana che nel 1912 guidò l...

The Pittsfield Chapter of UNICO recently held its scholarship awards ceremony at the Italian American Club in Pittsfield, in conjunction with the Paul J. Capitanio Jr. Memorial Football Scholarship award ceremony.   Since 1987, the Pittsfield UNICO chapter has given out more than $238,000 in scholarships throughout Berkshire County. The cere...

Over one hundred young musicians from the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' (BYSO) premier orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony (BYS) will bring to life one of the most popular operas ever written – Puccini's Tosca. A melodrama in three acts, Tosca is an opera filled with lies, lust and corruption that turns a tale of love into a struggle for survival...

The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts (ICCWM) wishes to announce that starting with "Benvenuti al Nord (2012)," on March 6, it will begin a continuation of its Friday Night at the Italian Cinema celebration of Italian movies. There will be three movies that will be shown the first Fridays of March, April and May.   Benvenuti a...

A Boston police officer recovering after being shot in the face during a traffic stop was honored by the National Association of Italian American Police Officers on Saturday. Officer John Moynihan, 34, was shot just below his right eye in March, with the bullet lodging below his right ear.   Moynihan received the Distinguished Medal of...

by Rachel Leah Blumenthal   Union Bar & Grille, part of the Aquitaine Group, closed at the end of 2014 after more than a decade at 1357 Washington St., but the Aquitaine Group promised to open something new in the space in 2015. Today, the company has announced details for the new concept, La Motta's Italian Specialties, which will open...

ll Console Generale in Boston rende noto che è indetta una procedura di selezione per l'assunzione di n.1 impiegato a contratto da adibire ai servizi di autista-commesso contralinista. REQUISITI GENERALI PER L'AMMISSIONEPossono partecipare alle Prove i candidati in possesso dei seguenti requisiti: 1) abbiano, alla data del presente avviso, compiut...