2015
April 23, 2015
Power and Plague
The late director Francesco Rosi
A homage to Francesco Rosi's political cinema and the US premiere of the Taviani brothers' film about love and the Black Death
April 9, 2015
Living by Addition
Photo: George de Stefano
Amara Lakhous, Michael Reynolds, and Carmine Abate at the Italian Cultural Institute
Two "Italian" Writers Talk about the Advantages of Plural Identities
April 1, 2015
Levante Rocks Manhattan
Photo by Tom Keelan
Levante, with guitarist Federico Puttilli and drummer Alessio Sanfilippo, at The Standard
The Sicilian-born singer and songwriter dazzles in a showcase performance
March 26, 2015
Littler Italy
Karsten Moran, The New York Times
Adele Sarno in her Little Italy apartment
An Italian American organization moves to evict an 85-year-old woman who is one of the neighborhood's few remaining residents of Italian origins.
March 11, 2015
Frank Sinatra, "American Icon"
American Theatre Wing
Sinatra sings at New York's Stage Door Canteen in 1944.
It's Francis Albert's 100th birthday, and a new exhibition at Lincoln Center pays homage
February 23, 2015
"Looking" for Daniel Franzese
Photo by Mike The Content Provider
The "out" gay performer is featured in the current season of the HBO series, "Looking."
A Brooklyn-born actor breaks through the Hollywood closet
February 17, 2015
Race, Racism, and Italianità
Historian Peter Vellon's new book documents how the Italian immigrant press "constructed" Italian Americans
January 26, 2015
Family Drama
Genevieve Rafter Keddy
From the new production of Snow Orchid: (l. to r.) Valentina Fratti, director; Angelina Fiordellisi ("Filumena"); playwright Joseph Pintauro, and Robert Cuccioli ("Rocco").
An Off-Broadway revival of Joseph Pintauro's play Snow Orchid inspires a conversation about mental health and immigration.
January 12, 2015
Tom Ammiano, Standup Politician
At 73, the "gay Vito Marcantonio" isn't ready to retire
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