Bada Bing Italian Comedy Night at Seven Angels Theatre
Tired of winter? Need some laughs to get rid of the blues? Seven Angels Theatre has the cure with Bada Bing Italian Comedy Night on Saturday, January 31 at 8 PM. Four fantastically funny New York City comedians will take the stage including some favorite regulars. Performing will be Rich Francese, Fran Capo , Bob Luparello with Rob Falcone...
Belinelli to defend All-Star three-point crown
San Antonio shooting guard Marco Belinelli will defend his title in the Three-Point Contest during the NBA's All-Star festivities in Brooklyn next week. The Italian will try to become the first repeat winner of the event since Jason Kapono in 2007-08, but will face a talented field that includes Golden State's sharp-shooting duo of Stephen...
Fogolar Furlan in Michigan
by Irene Marcuzzi My name is Irene Marcuzzi and in collaboration with the organization "Friuli nel Mondo" I am trying to reach out to any Italian born in Friuli Venezia Giulia that lives in Michigan or in the surrounding area. Friuli nel Mondo was created in 1953, to assist Friulians in foreign countries and to coordinate the activities o...
Good Bye My Love-Opening: A Journey of Italian Immigration to the US through the Eyes of the Lens
There is a new wave of Immigration from Italy to the US. Are young people immigrating for the same reasons that their grandparents did? How is this different from the turn of the century? Are the trades different or the same? Take this journey with Michele Petruzziello (photographer). Read more Source: http://www.iic...
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The world is hers
It’s generally agreed that the most popular Italian-American in Hollywood were from the seventies and the eighties. That’s because they were often first generation from immigrant parents and the link to their roots still very well regarded in their life. Younger generations often have it in the name but sometime they have lost touch with m...
Castel del Monte, Abruzzo: Dark Ages and silver screen
Places like Castel del Monte in the province of L’Aquila – with steep alleys and cylindrical towers, crystallized almost a millennium ago – are irresistible for creative types with fantastic stories set in Italy’s Middle Ages. Indeed, the small municipality inside Gran Sasso National Park has welcomed a number of cinema troupes, becoming t...
The Cinema of Francesco Rosi – 22 April at 6 pm
Francesco Rosi was one of Italy's most acclaimed and influential film-makers from the 1950s to the '90s. Committed to portraying social issues, he continued the post-war neo-realist style, often examining corruption and criminality in his movies. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. "Hands O...
Metafore e cultura gastronomica nei modi di dire dell'italiano
by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Come ho scritto in altri articoli, i modi di dire usati nelle conversazioni degli italiani sono parecchi. Le espressioni e i proverbi fanno parte del nostro patrimonio linguistico e culturale, le quali, tramandate da una generazione all'altra, rappresentano il mezzo di comunicazione fra diversi livelli social-...
Italian American Museum Gives a Tenant More Time to Move
by Mireya Navarro An elderly woman whose pending eviction from her apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy by the Italian American Museum was denounced by housing advocates has until June 30 to leave under an agreement between the two parties. The woman, Adele Sarno, 85, the daughter of Italian immigrants, went to Housing Court last mon...
General Dinner Meeting of the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey
On Wednesday May 6, 2015 the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey helds its General Dinner Meeting at Villa Maria in Bayonne. The society inducted 6 new members and recognized its visitors from the Aruba Police. The attendees were treated to an mazing dinner from their hosts Luciano and Antonio Ventrone. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Smith...
UNA student chosen for Italian opera festival
By Jennifer Edwards Jessica Bailey left for Italy last week with the University of North Alabama Chamber Choir, but when the rest of the 30-member elite vocal ensemble returns to Florence next week, Bailey won't be on the plane. She will stay behind to prepare for the four-week Operafestival di Roma, a select opera festival in Rome. Bailey...
Giant Italian women invade the Palazzo
by Ashley Oñoz-Wright Ciao Bella (insert exaggerated hand gesture here). Carnival is annually marked by an over-the-top celebration with elaborate costumes and masquerades, glittering decorations and a whole lot of inebriated revelry through the streets. Wait a minute – that sounds a lot like Vegas. And because we're always looking for a...