Minestrone
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
December 26, 2014
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Italian Americans in California
Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien
The new film by Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien will come to PBS – with your support
December 16, 2014
Far from Mulberry Street
Suma Kurien and Gianfranco Norelli
"Finding the Mother Lode," a new film by Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, documents the Italian experience in California
December 3, 2014
Louise De Salvo's "personal effects"
Nancy Caronia, Louise De Salvo, and Edvige Giunta with others, at the presentation at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in Manhattan, to celebrate the release of the book, Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo
A new book appraises the work of a major Italian American woman writer
September 12, 2014
Addio, Cosimo
Times-Picayune Archive
Cosimo Matassa at the controls
Cosimo Matassa, a son of Sicilian immigrants, was a key figure in the creation of the "New Orleans Sound" that changed American popular music.
June 11, 2014
Italy in Retrograde
RAI TV
Director Gianni Amelio
Superficial and banal, Gianni Amelio's documentary about Italian gay life is a major disappointment
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