Southern Italian Folk Music and Dance in Philadelphia
Saturday, March 21st (3pm—6pm) Moving Arts of Mt. Airy6819 Greene StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19119 Entrance $15 Through the notes, the rhythms and the steps of Southern Italian folk music and dances you can hear the echoes of an ancient past, made of ground, paganism and superstition. During Pre-Christian Age people used to dance by the...
MEN OF THE CLOTH - Philadelphia Premiere (June 29, 2015) in Philadelphia
June 29, 2015. Monday 7:30 PM - 9:30 PMRitz Bourse - 400 Ranstead Street - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The independently produced documentary film MEN OF THE CLOTH will have its Philadelphia premiere on Monday June 29th at 7:30 PM at the Landmark Ritz at the Bourse. This inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors had...
Yo movie buffs! Rocky Balboa’s house in South Philadelphia is for sale
PHILADELPHIA — Want to live like Rocky Balboa? The Italian Stallion's house is on the market. The home in South Philadelphia was featured in the 1979 movie "Rocky II." In the sequel to the Oscar-winning smash, the fictional boxer played by Sylvester Stallone buys the house after he loses a bout to Apollo Creed but gains renown for his toughness....
Essential Verdi Week: il Washington Chorus e l’Ambasciata d’Italia in USA celebrano il genio di Giuseppe Verdi
Il Washington Chorus e l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington uniscono le forze per celebrare il genio di Giuseppe Verdi. Al compositore italiano, a 200 anni dalla sua nascita (1813), sarà dedicata un'intera settimana di eventi, la Essential Verdi Week. In programma un concerto di celebri arie verdiane domenica 2 marzo alle ore 17 al prestigioso Kenned...
Veramente magico "Il faluto magico" di Mozart alla Washington National Opera
La prima de "Il Flauto Magico" trasmessa in simulcast nello Stadio di Baseball dei Nationals di Washington ha certamente convertito all'Opera i tanti che per la prima volta hanno potuto godere uno spettacolo in cui la musica ,le scene,i colori,le proiezioni costruivano e narravano la trama fantastica della stupenda fiaba. Dall' ini...
Great Conversations in Music
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, presents a documentary selection, from the four part television series "Great Conversations in Music", featuring some of the world's most renowned artists in candid and revealing discussions, with the participation of Marta Istomin and Anne McLean (Senior Producer, Libra...
Grandmother of 12 and Cabaret Singer Tonia Tecce Sings the Story of Her Life November 20 & 24 at Curtis Institute of Music's Field Concert Hall
Mother of 6, grandmother of 12, and now cabaret singer, TONIA TECCE sings the story of her life in A COCKEYED OPTIMIST Why We Believe The Songs of Richard Rodgers on Thursday, November 20 and Monday, November 24, both at 7:30PM at Curtis Institute of Music's Field Concert Hall (1726 Locust Street). Tickets at $25 each are available by calling 610-5...
Romeo Castellucci's unsettling 'On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God'
Over the past 15 years or so, visionary director Romeo Castellucci has blossomed into a star of Europe's theater festivals and prestigious institutions with largely plotless, large-scale shows that operate at a dizzyingly high conceptual and technical level, and are so abstract that they become strangely accessible (you can project anything onto th...
West Orange High School Athletes to be Honored at Annual Sports Awards Event
By Emily Everson The Orange/West Orange chapter of UNICO, the largest Italian American service organization in the country, will host its 41st Annual Sports Awards Breakfast on Sunday. Feb 22. The event honors 'unsung heroes' from local high schools and within the community. Each year the breakfast honors an outstanding male and f...
Il giovane favoloso: Leopardi on Screen
U.S. premiere of Il giovane favoloso. Alessandra Mirra, University of Pennsylvania, will introduce the film with a short presentation of its subject, Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, and his portrait by director Mario Martone. After the screening, Prof. Gaetana Marrone Puglia, Princeton University, will offer a technical analysis of the film and will...
Lucine Amara Calls Singers to Audition for New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Chorus
Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), invites singers to apply to the Verismo Opera Chorus. Open auditions will be held on Wednesdays, September 9 and 16 beginning at 6:15 p.m. at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Auditions will also be held on September 12 at the organization'...
The Godfather of Pittsburgh
A&E introduced four new reality programs to its lineup before its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York last tonight. One of the new reality series, "Godfather of Pittsburgh," puts the cameras on Vince Isoldi, an Italian-American who owns an empire of nightclubs and restaurants in the Steel City, where he has made friends and...