Sacramento film festival celebrates Italian culture
by Jennifer Crane The 33rd annual Sacramento Italian Film Festival kicks off Friday, at the Sacramento Italian Center in Carmichael. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society of Sacramento, the series consists of six films that will be screened over the next nine months. "I think the quality of the Italian film festival is very go...
Movie'n'Food - Sapore di Cinema in Washington
What connects a photo of Sharon Stone baking pizza at a restaurant in Piazza Navona, a gown made by Gattinoni inspired by the color of olive oil, the renown Antonio de Curtis – also known as Totò- in Poverty and Nobility, the famous timbal dish prepared for The Leopard, portrayed by Burt Lancaster? A fascinating virtual trip through Made i...
38th Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade
Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc presents the 38th Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade. Saturday, October 10th, 2015 - Kaufman Studios, 34-12 36th Street, Astoria. Assembling at 11:00 A.M., Parade begins at 12:00. Parade route: Steinway Street left to 30th Avenue right to 33rd Street, ends at review...
Italian Musical and Comedy Show
October 18 (Sunday) 3:00 pm. Italian Musical and Comedy Show. Enjoy the mesmerizing golden voice of Moreno Fruzzetti, a professional Italian American singer who was awarded The Ambassador of Italian Music to America. Floyd Vivino will entertain you with his very unique Italian American humor. Sponsored by Italian Club of Westchester Comm...
House Hunting in ... the Italian Alps
This four-bedroom apartment occupies the top two floors of a four-story chalet just outside the resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomite mountains. The 2,800-square-foot home was renovated in 2000, and rustic wood beams — many salvaged from a 17th-century barn — floors and paneling lend it a traditional Alpine feel. The apartment i...
Cristina Fontanelli Set for NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 12/19
Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli "Live From Central Park" and "Il Volo Takes Flight" CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 12th-Annual "Christmas In Italy®" show at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday,...
Family sees first signs of soldier Missing in Action from service in Italy 70 years ago
by Catherine Awashti There were 131 service members from Lauderdale County who were killed during World War II. Thirty-one of those were listed as Missing in Action - including Pfc. Mack Tays. 70 years later, things belonging to Tays are starting to come home. "You know, for a long time, I thought, 'well, he's going to come back,...
Giorgio Morandi Creates a Universe on a Tabletop
by Roberta Smith In memory, the still lifes of the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) can sometimes seem like the medium's best comfort food — familiar, satisfying and a little monotonous. His repeating images of humble domestic objects — bottles, long-necked vases and little cookie tins set against expanses of empty wall and tabletop — c...
Commemorazione della tragedia mineraria di Monongah alla Camera dei Deputati
Non una semplice commemorazione che guarda al passato ma un punto di partenza per il futuro. Questo è quanto emerso dall'incontro tenutosi alla Camera dei Deputati per ricordare il "Disastro Minerario di Monongah" avvenuto il 6 dicembre 1907 in West Virginia. Ricordare in un luogo simbolo delle Istituzioni la tragedia e le sue vittime ha permesso...
"Potere e Pathos" a Washington DC
Dopo l'anteprima mondiale a Palazzo Strozzi di Firenze e la successiva tappa al Getty Center di Los Angeles, è giunta a Washington DC la grande mostra "Potere e pathos. Bronzi del mondo ellenistico", che si è aperta il 13 dicembre nella prestigiosa sede della National Gallery of Art. L'esposizione è organizzata dalla Fondazione Strozzi e dal Getty...
Hermitage Club opens Piacenza at the Inn at Sawmill Farm
by Chris Mays Hermitage Club Culinary Director Terrance Brennan says a new Italian restaurant inside The Inn at Sawmill Farm is a very unique operation for the Green Mountain State. Brennan skied at Stratton for many years and was asked to take on the job by an official at the Hermitage Club who knew him from their days at the ski res...
Italian Festivals of New Mexico (IFNM) Rolls Out its 9th Edition of the NM Italian Film & Culture Festival, February 16 – 21 in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill with a Delightful Cinematic Stew of Contemporary Italian Films, Food and Wine, and a Visit From Some Top
The NM Italian Film & Culture Festival: It's a slice of life in The Old Country today, as seen through the eyes of some of the best screenwriters and directors Italy has to offer. It's the annual flagship event of Italian Festivals of New Mexico, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness of Italian culture and its leading rol...