'The Light in the Piazza' brings a taste of Tuscany to campus
Wichita State University's School of Music and Performing Arts will present "The Light in the Piazza" as part of National Opera Week at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in Miller Concert Hall. The romantic musical comedy, which won six Tony Awards, follows the story of two young lovers in 1950s Italy. Par...
Prominent Italian-American organization awards scholarships to NJ medical school, Seton Hall law school students
The Columbian Foundation hosted their 74th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President's Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 17 at at Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Honorees included the Foundation's first ever father/son duo, Senator Anthony R. Bucco and his son, Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, East Hanover Mayor Joseph Pann...
Michael Caine, Paolo Sorrentino Will Kick Off Cinema Italian Style Showcase With ‘Youth’
by Nick VivarelliMichael Caine and Paolo Sorrentino will kick off the Cinema Italian Style showcase of contemporary Italian films in Los Angeles by introducing a pre-opening event screening of Sorrentino's "Youth," the tender reflection on old age that just swept the European Film Award Nominations, ahead of its upcoming release via Fox Searchlight...
Little Italy to participate in Light City Baltimore
The first Light City Baltimore festival in 2016 will feature light art, concerts and performances of dance, theater and puppetry March 28 through April 3 along a 1.2-mile art walk in the Inner Harbor. [Sun story]. "Neighborhood Lights" is a program that will award $10,000 to five communities, including Little Italy, to create public art projec...
Joe Piscopo brings Frank Sinatra to Sands Bethlehem Event Center
By Jim Deegan Joe Piscopo's impersonation of Frank Sinatra was a hit on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980s. On Saturday, Dec. 12, Piscopo will reprise his impression in a show at theSands Bethlehem Event Center, held on Sinatra's 100th birthday. Piscopo, who lives not far away in Hunterdon County, will mix comedy and music wi...
Progetto “ERE- Eccellenze Romane per l’Export”.
Nel mese di Ottobre la Camera di Commercio Italiana di Houston ha organizzato un fitto calendario di appuntamenti, tra Houston ed Austin, al fine di promuovere il progetto "ERE- Eccellenze Romane per l'Export". L'intento del progetto é quello di promuovere e sostenere i processi di internazionalizzazione tra le migliori imprese artigiane del t...
Culinary Collabs: Italian Chef Mario Batali & NorCal’s Belcampo Meat
by Flora Tsapovsky The trend of lucrative collaborations has reached an unexpected frontier – charcuterie! The superstar of everything Italian Mario Batali and Belcampo Meat Co, the prime Northern Californian destination for prime cuts, announced a gourmet 'collection' of collaborative salumi called "Belcampo by Mario Batali". The...
Red Gravy, a modern Italian eatery, replaces Lucha Cantina downtown
By Matthew Schniper Following a nearly two-year run, Lucha Cantina closed its Colorado Springs location at 23 S. Tejon St. on New Year's Eve. Co-owner Chuck Holcomb says though he was making money, he's having better success in the Denver marketplace and wishes to focus efforts there, as well as on impending expansions elsewhere in the sta...
Renzo De Felice's "The Jews in Fascist Italy": An Historical Appraisal
Thursday, January 28, 6:00-8:30 pm - John D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) - 25 W 43rd St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036 On the occasion of the paperback reprint of Renzo De Felice's The Jews in Fascist Italy, this panel will explore the genesis of the book and its place in contemporary historiography. Commissioned...
In sordina, l’Italia ritorna in scena al Natpe
La presenza italiana a Natpe 2016, la principale fiera Tv per il mercato Latino Americano (Latam) a Miami, in Florida, si é praticamente limitata a Mediaset Distribution e Mondo Tv. Quest'ultima proveniva dalla sede spagnola della societá di animazione romana ed era rappresentata da Maria Bonaria Fois, responsabile di Mondo Tv Spain a Madrid. &nbs...
Free Sunglass Promotion From Leading Italian Manufacturer Rudy Project Turns Consumer Heads
Rudy Project, Italian craftsmen well known for their performance sunglasses and cycling helmets, have launched a new industry leading consumer promotion aimed at boosting awareness of the company's street shades. With their new Free Casual Sunglass Offer, anyone shopping on their consumer website at www.e-rudy.com, will automatically recei...
Giacomo Tachis, Remembrance of the Italian Wine Legend
by Jennifer Martin On Saturday February 6th, 2016 the Italian wine world lost a legend. Giacomo Tachis, a legendary enologist and consultant to many Italian wineries throughout Italy, passed away in his hometown of San Casciano in the Val di Pesa of Tuscany at the age of 82 years old. Throughout his life he advised, produced, and in same...