The Italian Academy Foundation, Inc. (IAF) has produced a new CD entitled Romanze, the songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916), performed by baritone Lawrence Harris, accompanied by pianist Renee Guerrero. The CD which includes 14 songs by the great Abruzzese master, born in Ortona al Mare in April 6, 1846, represents selections from his work d...

The Fingerlakes Mall announced Tuesday that a new pizza place will soon be opening at the Aurelius mall. In a news release, the mall said it has signed a lease with Sal Musumeci to open a 1,075-square-foot eatery. Brooklyn Slice Italian Eatery plans to renovate the existing Pizza Slice location.   Musumeci also operates GJP Italian Eatery o...

The New York Philharmonic is kicking off their 2014-15 season on September 16th with LA DOLCE VITA: THE MUSIC OF ITALIAN CINEMA, a special concert presented in collaboration with Sugarmusic. Celebrating the music of Italian cinema, the tribute concert will feature famous suits and songs pulled from Filippo Sugar's impressive library of soundtracks....

This Major Arena Soccer League's Rochester Lancers will hold their annual kick-off dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Italian-American Sports Club, 1250 Buffalo Road in Gates.   It's a chance for fans to meet and mingle with players for the indoor soccer team and its dance team, too. For ticket information, call the Lancers' of...

Il 12 marzo 1915, a Città di Castello, nasceva Alberto Burri. Il Centenario della sua nascita è occasione per un ampio programma di iniziative che in diverse sedi italiane, europee e negli Stati Uniti ricorderanno il grande Maestro.   Tra i momenti di maggior rilievo, la grande retrospettiva al Guggenheim Museum di New York, che sarà success...

by Alan Morrell   Carpani's Italian Seafood Grille started as a sort of culinary therapy for owner Mario Tartaglia. He had sold his three other local restaurants to care for his wife, Lena, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died in 2004, and three years went by before Mario realized it was time to move on, which is when he opene...

April 29, 6:30 pm — 9:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope Place , Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States Adorning the crown of the peninsula extending from Piemonte through Lombardia to Veneto, the great Alpine lakes of Italy continue to exercise an irresistible allure on natives and non-natives alike. Lago di Como, infused with a...

by Leonica Valentine   Parishioners kept the faith Saturday at Our Lady of Peace Church — holding mass outside of the locked church in defiance. The church, at 239 E. 62nd St., was shuttered on July 31 as part of the archdiocese's initiative to merge 112 parishes to create 55 new ones. Under the "Making All Things New" program, Our Lad...

By Hailey Eber   Read almost any article on healthy eating and it will tell you: If you want to clean up your diet, cook at home and don't eat out. Wily restaurant chefs are using unhealthy tricks that you can't even fathom to make their food taste great.   But chef Marco Canora is out to change that. "There's a lack of transpare...

Portare l'Italia dentro a New York nelle più spettacolari ambientazioni per farsi conoscere nella più favolosa città del mondo non è più solo un sogno oggi per le PMI italiane, per gli stilisti e per gli artigiani. Grazie al fatto che quest'anno è l'anno della cultura italiana negli States Francesco de Biase ha creato un modello che permette a tutt...