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The Bronx's own Dion DiMucci partnered with Paul Simon on the title track of Dion's new album "New York Is My Home." Never one to rest on his laurels, rock 'n' roll legend Dion recently returned to the studio to record a new album that will be released this coming February. The album was produced by Jimmy Vivino (brother of Italian Tribune columnis...

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by Mike Weatherford   Buddy Greco, the jazz pianist turned Las Vegas showman who had a presence from the 1950s through the 2000s, died Tuesday. He was 90. Like many performers of his era, Greco's live career sustained him well beyond his best-known hit, a finger-snapping 1960 rendition of "The Lady Is a Tramp," which established his Las...

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Chicago's Italian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) presented Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti with a Lifetime Achievement award during a gala event at the Art Institute of Chicago's Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room on Wednesday night. The IACC was founded in 1907 to support the Italian business community and American bu...

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Saturday, Jul 13 8:00pMore dates & times (1) Colony TheaterMiami Beach, FL Two One Act Operas with music by Giacomo Puccini. Il Tabarro (The Cloak) is a drama evolved from a love triangle that ends tragically.Gianni Schicchi is a classic comedy based on a character mentioned in Dante's Inferno from "La Divina Commedia" that is characterized...

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The Little Italy Merchants Association and Little Italy, NYC has announced its first in a series of live performances featuring some of Broadway's very best shows and brightest stars. Little Italy Sings! will celebrate its opening performance featuring "THE FANTASTICKS."   NYC's longest running show will return to its downtown roots with a p...

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Please join an international gathering of cultural organizations for a multimedia, multilingual evening of poetry, music, film, and theater in celebration of Valentine's Day.   Suzanne Petri will emcee and provide English language love poems amidst performances co-presented by multiple Chicago cultural institutions.   Read more  ...

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A half century after completing a magazine piece that had frustrated and disappointed him, Gay Talese was honored at the 21 Club for his landmark Esquire story on Frank Sinatra.    Tom Wolfe, Robert Caro and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg were among those seated at the banquet table Monday night as toasts were offered to Tale...

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by Matt Stieb Most genre titles suck, serving as meaningless shorthand for nerds in the field. Vaporwave? Gaslamp Fantasy? But, the Spaghetti Western moniker so perfectly nails the phenomenon of Italian directors setting movies in the American West that it gives worth to the entire operation of genre.   In the early '60s, American filmmaker...

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Radio is a friend to carry with you everywhere: it keeps us company, informs us, entertains us. For the Italian-American community, for a long time it also has been a fantastic way to keep alive their link with Italy. The guest of our interview today is Tony Pasquale, who has been for many years a friendly presence via radio for many Italian Ameri...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Donating to the Italian Center of Northern California has the double impact of not only supporting an institution with a legacy of Italian cultural and heritage, but also could put two tickets in your hands to see Andrea Bocelli in Sacramento on Wednesday June 10, 2015 at 7:30pm.   Promoters expect droves of fans...

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