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Liverpool Football Club has announced that the team will return to Boston as part of the club's 2014 preseason tour in July. The Reds will play Serie A (Italian first division) club AS Roma at Fenway Park on Wednesday, July 23 — 30 years after the two teams met in the final of the 1984 European Cup final in Rome.   That game was famously won...

When: Sunday, March 1, 2015 — 3 p.m.Where: The Great Pond, Manor Function Hall — 120 Baystate Dr., Braintree MATickets $20 (children under 12 free), can be purchased at the door. Boston's own southern Italian folk group Newpoli will be performing at the South Shore's Italian American Cultural Organization on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Starting at...

By Jenna Pelletier  The independently produced documentary film "Men of the Cloth" will premiere in Rhode Island Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Showcase Cinemas Warwick. Directed by former menswear fashion editor Vicki Vasilopoulos, it presents an intimate look at three Italian master tailors in the twilight of their careers. The film follows Nino...

When and Where:Sunday, September 21, 2014 — 3 p.m.Holy Cross College — 1 College St, Worcester, MASunday, September 28, 2014 — 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.St. Andrew's Episcopal Church — 79 Denton Rd., Wellesley, MA Noted Italian organist Andrea Toschi plays music of Bossi, Capocci, Neglia, Respighi, Debussy, Becheri, and Padova on the 2005 Juget-Singla...

You are invited to another fun evening of music and dancing! South Italy Folk Dance Night with Ornella Iuorio Learn to dance tammurriate, pizzicas, & tarantellas! Live music by Fabio Pirozzolo and Roberto Cassan Click here for more details   Saturday, January 31 - 6:30 pm -- 8:00 pm 41 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA -&nb...

Please join PIB at the Boston Children's Museum on Friday, November 15th for a celebration of Italian culture. Your children will have the opportunity to watch a show by the famous Colla marionettes, participate in an Italian magic show, learn to dance the tarantella with Newpoli, explore a special exhibit science playground, and much more!  ...

"An Italian-American Family," a film and exhibit of mixed-media artwork inspired and informed by the Benedettos of Noroton Heights, Darien, Conn., will be presented at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Presidents' Hall in the Mazzaferro Center, 291 Highland Ave. Admission is free.   The exhibition was created using Fitchburg State Professor Helen Obe...

By Desmond Conner   Steve Addazio is as traditional as, well, New England. The Farmington native is set to enter his third season as the Boston College football coach and says he feels right at home. "I'm really just happy to be in the Northeast where my family is, my friends are, where I enjoy living," Addazio said.   "We h...

Journey into the fantastical land of fairy tales as Colla Marionette's incredible puppetry takes on Sleeping Beauty. This legendary Italian marionette company – considered the best in the world – depicts the beloved classic, using Tchaikovsky's score and intricately involved puppet technique to breathe new life into the story. Fantastic visio...

When: Friday, April 5, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013 — 8 p.m. Where: Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre — 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA [map]  Photo by Marco Bravi, courtesy of Portland Ovations Founded in Italy in 1994, Spellbound Dance Company will be making their long-awaited arrival to the United States with a debut U.S....

By Owen McNally   What the taste of a small rich cake called a madeleine was for triggering a famous flood of memories in French novelist Marcel Proust's classic "Remembrance of Things Past," the sound of the accordion is for the celebrated, Waterbury-born, avant-garde jazz composer/bassist and bandleader Mario Pavone in his latest, groundbr...

By Erik Dobratz   The Italian-Americans in Connecticut used their hands to build much of the state, but that's not all they used them for. Some of them "put them up' as prizefighters and made a lot of history.    Branford High School social studies teacher and track coach Rich Biondi loves teaching and coaching, but boxing really...