Carol Ann Benanti, Staten Island Advance columnist and features writer, was recognized as the Honoree of the Year Friday by the Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation at its annual dinner dance, held at the Staaten, West Brighton. A crowd of 180 supporters, friends and family members turned out to fete Mrs. Benanti and to help support the non-pr...
READ MOREAldo de Vero and Giuseppe Campisi met in 2006 and decided to form a piano duet. Since then, they have played an amazing number of concerts in Italy and Europe, though Aldo lives in Naples and Giuseppe lives in Avola, Sicily. What makes their (very long distance!) rehearsal meetings fruitful and alive is the awakening of a deep-rooted love...
READ MOREExhibition opening: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 6pm On view: September 19, 2014-January 9, 2015Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Roundtable discussion: Monday, November 3, 2014, 6pm Italian Americans, mostly from Sicily, make up about a quarter of the population of Gloucester, Massachusetts--the oldest fishing port in the United States. Ma...
READ MOREChelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Pagnacco artist Giorgio Linda in Divergent Realities. The exhibition opens on October 10, 2014 and continues until October 30, 2014. The opening reception takes place on the evening of October 16, at 6-8pm. Entrance is free and all are warmly welcomed to attend. About the ArtistGior...
READ MOREPaul's Focacceria opened in 1904, the same year the ice cream cone was invented and Cy Young threw the first perfect game. Paul's was located on a residential street just a few blocks away from the Brooklyn piers, and it served traditional Sicilian sandwiches to the local Italian community and Italian longshoremen clamoring for a taste of home. &n...
READ MORESeptember 19 (Saturday) 2:00 pm. Author Dr. David Mercaldo will present his latest book The Other Italians. The book is an historical view of a major component of the Italian and Italian American culture dealing with the historical legacy of the Roman Catholic Church and its new millennia transitions. Dr. Mercaldo has authored several books, w...
READ MORE"Cucina povera" and "alta cucina" may be apples and oranges (or rather mele e arance), but we Americans adore them just the same—indeed more than any other foreign cuisine, according to recent reports. These 20 best Italian restaurants in America—which stretch from the best restaurants in Miami in the south right up to San Francisco's best...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #74 2015 December 11Author : Ladyvette Translation by: Dear Italian "Divetti", as you know we are in the Big Apple. We have received all your letters of concern, but we are writing to reassure you that we will return soon. New York is definitely not what we expected. Very cold in the winter, hot in the summer, the coffee...
READ MORECOSI' FARAN TUTTI or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE Seductive sisters, brazen soldiers, a meddling maid, and a self-proclaimed master of the science of love provide the power play of Cosi faran tutti (or They'll All Do It). What really happened in the days leading up to Mozart's and da Ponte's Cosi fan tutte? What y...
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...
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