The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is very excited for their Children's Choir debut with the Landmarks Orchestra next Wednesday evening at the Hatch Shell! Italian Night is scheduled for next Wednesday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. This is NEMPAC's first program in partnership with the Landmarks Orchestra.   The NEMPAC Chil...

By Sandra Barrera   While interviewing Frank Sinatra's youngest child,Tina, some years ago, Bob Santelli seized upon the opportunity to ask, "If you ever decide to allow anyone to do an exhibit on your father, the Grammy Museum wants to be it."   Her "we'll see" is now "Sinatra: An American Icon." Three years in the making, the i...

The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey (ITANJ) is excited to offer again a Saturday morning webinar series due to the popularity of last year's webinars. Our webinar series provides professional development from your kitchen, with no worries about winter weather! This year we offer two Saturday morning webinars on: Saturday,...

On October 24, 2013 the Maestri Monzu will travel from Naples to the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club to celebrate with the Italian, and the Italian American Communities the Mayor of Naples Hon. Luigi de Magistris, and the artists of Naples' Teatro di San Carlo on the occasion of the United the Two Bays Concert featuring the Teatro di San Carlo'...

The Hamden Arts Commission continues its 2014 -2015 Peter C. Hereld Sunday Performance Series on February 22, 2 pm, when crooner Raymond Suntino presents "That's Amore: An Afternoon of Romantic Italian & American Songs."   Suntino's mastery of beloved Italian songs and his magnetic personal charm have made him one of the region's most po...

by Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner   Among the many guests I have been blessed to interview on THE ITALIAN ART OF LIVING WELL (www.wnhu.net) Micheal Castaldo is perhaps among the most memorable.   Some time ago, I had chosen one of this artist's hit songs, "Calabrisella Mia", as the theme for my program, for the same reason I recently insi...

The Academy of Vocal Arts will present its award-winning Resident Artists in the first professional Philadelphia production of Italo Montemezzi's opera L'amore dei tre re ("The Love of Three Kings") in over half a century January 23 & 26 in the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater and February 2 at Centennial Hall in The Haverford School. This prod...

Rubenstein Public Relations (RPR) has announced that it will be launching and representing The Luciano Pavarotti Foundation USA, the firm's president Richard Rubenstein said today. The Luciano Pavarotti Foundation USA is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization that follows the philanthropic wishes of one of the most successful Italian operatic t...

By Riccardo Chioni La commemorazione popolare che New York si appresta a portare in piazza in occasione del bicentenario della nascita del romantico compositore parmense si annuncia trionfante, come l'avrebbe immaginata lo stesso Giuseppe Verdi.Verdi Square, situata a W 72nd Street tra Broadway e Amsterdam Avenue, diventerà teatro della celebrazio...

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti said Monday he will extend his tenure as the musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through 2020. The famous maestro from Naples has thrilled audiences in Chicago since his arrival in 2010."Chicago is my home away from home, and I am very glad it will continue to be so," Muti said in a statement.  ...