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Join us on March 15 at the Wigwam Resort for "An Italian aFare to Remember" with Sinatra Stylist Sebastian Anzaldo. The foremost Sinatra impersonator, Anzaldo has starred as the "Chairman of the Board" from Vegas' "Tribute To The Rat Pack" show to ABC-TV's "The Next Best Thing, Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?" And more recently he has h...

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Verrà presentata mercoledì prossimo, 20 agosto, alle 12.30, a Genova la settima edizione di "Hello, Frank!", l'omaggio musicale degli artisti liguri e ospiti a Frank Sinatra, il più grande cantante popolare del '900, in programma a Lumarzo, in Val Fontanabuona, dove, nella frazione di Rossi, nel 1896, nacque la madre di "The Voice", Natalina "Dolly...

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Saturday, October 17 at 7:00pm | Broad Stage. Barbara Sinatra cordially invites you to attend an evening of laughter and memories of Frank Sinatra, starring Tom Dreesen. This celebration of Frank's 100th birthday will be chaired by Hollywood icon Frank Mancuso and his wife, Fay.   It will be followed by a VIP reception, attended by Barb...

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by Cookie Curci   As a writer of nostalgia, I have a passion for things and events that have faded into the past: things such as the grand old Wurlitzer jukebox that once held a place of honor in my Dad's 1940's soda shop, and the classic chromed Seeburg jukebox that later took center stage in the 1950's and '60s. As the youngest child in my...

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By Richard Muti   Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa, not yet 17, and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, older by two years, ran away from their Hoboken homes—but didn't go far. They eloped to Jersey City, two miles away, and were married on Valentine's Day 1913.   Both had emigrated from Italy as children—Dolly from the north, near Genoa, and...

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by Erica Schmitt   Gilbert Gigliotti can recall the moment he fell for performer Frank Sinatra. As a young Italian-American boy growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the mid-1970s, he stumbled upon a greatest hits album in the back of a record store.   Over 40 years later, the devout "Sinatraphile" understands why the $1.99 record w...

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by Kevin Jagernauth   With so many projects on the go at once, perhaps it's not surprising to hear Martin Scorsese share the following sentiment: "... I've never been on vacation. I began with my wife Helen. And with my daughter Francesca, who's turning fourteen. Now I'm taking a break for a week, a week and a half.   We might go and...

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The Italian American Museum presents "CENT'ANNI: The Sinatra Legend at 100". Book Presentation by Richard Muti - Thursday, June 30th, 6:30 P.M. Light refreshments will be served. Please join us at the Italian American Museum on Thursday evening, June 30th. Author Richard Muti will present his book entitled, "Cent'Anni: The...

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di Francesco Salvatore Cagnazzo   PERCHE' SE NE PARLA Tutta l'America rende omaggio a Frank Sinatra, The Voice, nato da padre palermitano, esattamente, di Lercara Friddi, e da madre ligure, di Lumarzo. Il 12 dicembre il mito della musica avrebbe dovuto compiere 100 anni, ma le celebrazioni sono già ben avviate.   A New York c'è la mos...

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by Stanislao Pugliese As Hofstra University prepares a six-day conference on Frank Sinatra, it has given me an opportunity to re-think Sinatra's relationship with Italy and Italian-American culture. While often depicted as a staunch defender of his rich ethic heritage, I would argue that Sinatra had an ambiguous relationship with Italy and Italian...

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