The Harvard Italian Law Association is glad to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Italian Constitutional Court with a conference. Tuesday March 29th - 12:00-1:00 PM. Harvard Law School, Hauser Hall,102 Malkin -1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge On March 29, 2016, please join Justice Cartabia and other Itali...
Westminster Opera Theatre brings Verdi's comic opera Falstaff to the stage of the Robert L. Annis Playhouse at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. It will be sung in Italian with English supertitles and fully staged with chamber ensemble. The comic opera will be...
Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT). Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts - 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Professionisti Italiani a Boston (PIB) and Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts are proud to invite you to a joint event to learn the fascinating history of the Italian immigration in Boston in the...
One of our fundamental challenges is keeping the Rossini revival alive; this is a particular problem in the US where we are not blessed with the density of opera houses found in Europe. We can hardly expect the Metropolitan Opera to carry the "burden" since there doesn't seem to be a lot of enthusiasm for Rossini among the "powers that be"...
Curious to what you're going to experience next Wednesday and Thursday? We have an exciting lineupof seminars, cooking classes, and products selected exclusively to you at Truly Italian. Who will be there? Coco Pazzo is bringing Truly Italian their top-rated Tuscan style Italian dishes. John Coletta from Chicago's own Quartino w...
By Rachael Krause One of the area's biggest festivals is up and running and already preparing for its busiest days. The concerts start this weekend at HerrinFesta Italiana in Herrin, Illinois. You can now hear all the music from their newest tent: the Festa Giardino, or Festival Garden. Organizers say even with 40,000 expected to tur...
By Frank Cipparone Christ stopped at Eboli, a lament of isolation and poverty that marked the lives of people in the hinterlands of Lucania. For them, the town of Eboli was the last outpost of the Church and civilization, neither of which had any impact on them. The Greeks and Romans hadn't crossed the Apennines, nor had Christ. T...
By Rachel Weiss Multi-talented chef, author, and "cooking Contessa" Enrica Rocca sat down with Gotham to discuss her favorite New York cuisine, how she would change the city's restaurant scene, and why she doesn't think of chefs as "rising stars," in advance of her James Beard Foundation dinner. Craving a trip to Italy this summer but can...
"My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men's hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague production, transitory and isolated, but a power, which must be directed toward the refinement and improvement of the human soul." — Pietro Montana, in an address before the Hudson Valley Association * After stumbl...
The Columbus Citizens Foundation announced today that it has named culinary trailblazer Mario Batali and visionary business leader Federica Marchionni as honorees of the 2016 Columbus Day Parade. They will join top executive Robert LaPenta, who was previously announced as 2016 Grand Marshal. Angelo Vivolo, President of the Columbus Citizen...
Eskenazi Museum of Art will showcase Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo's master drawings from the Anthony J. Moravec Collection from October 1. 12 New Testament drawings by Domenico Tiepolo, from among the now scattered 320 drawings, will be on display. Tiepolo's drawings are regarded as the most extensive and sustained visual representati...
The Italian Studies Division in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania seeks applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level in Italian Studies. Ph.D. is required to be in hand at the time of application. The successful candidate will have native or near-native proficiency in Italian, a...