LUCA SANTANIELLO CONCERT “NAPLES IN MY HEART”
Luca Santaniello, New York based drummer since 2001, is presenting a new project on the fusion between Neapolitan traditional music and American Jazz. The most famous songs from the Neapolitan folk tradition such as Maruzzella, A rumba re’ Scugnizz, and Scalinatella longa longa, are given a jazz flavor through Luca’s deep knowledge of the Be […]
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“Francis of Assisi: A New Biography” wins the 2013 Flaiano Prize
Congratulations to Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP on winning the 2013 Flaiano Internatioal Prize for Italian Studies for his book “Francis of Assisi. A New Biography”, published in 2012 by Cornell University Press, and the official candidate of the Italian Institute to this year’s Prize. “Francis of Assisi. A New Biography” is a recent and sound […]
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NAPLES: CREATIVITY & STYLE AS CULTURE – EVENT CANCELLED
ART & CULTURE THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.Naples, one of Italy’s richest capitals of cultural and artistic creativity, is presented to the United States beyond all common stereotypes, thanks to a program centered on the original contamination of the sacred and the profane. Isaia S.p.A., an old and cherished name […]
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THE BRIDGE – BETWEEN THE SEAS
The Bridge by Vanessa Tamburi/FLUSSO Dance (Italy/USA)Tuesday 7/23 at 9pm and Thursday 7/25 at 9.30pm. “I know that I am, because I know there is other than me ” (J. Tischner). Vanessa Tamburi’s newest creation explores the Bridge as a metaphor: a reflection on identities, borders, on welcome, on exclusion; a reflection on difference as […]
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BETWEEN THE SEAS
Between the Seas returns from July 22-28th for its third season at the Wild Project (195 East 3rd street) with its most compelling program ever, featuring cutting edge style, political and innovative new works by contemporary Mediterranean performers. For further information: http://betweentheseas.org/home/ http://www.thewildproject.com/performances/2013-Between-the-Seas.shtml Aghera Project (presented in partnership with Drom, 85 Ave A (b/w 5th […]
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FRANCESCO MIRABELLA
FRANCESCO MIRABELLA began studying piano at very young age and has achieved international recognition by winning several Italian and European competitions. He constantly performs as a soloist and in chamber music in important musical associations and organizations of various Italian and foreign cities, and has been featured in TV programs.Program: L. Van BeethovenPiano sonata op.111I: […]
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MAURO PAGANI & LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA LIVE IN NEW YORK
MAURO PAGANI & LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA LIVE IN NEW YORK
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EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB
The book to be discussed is Cesare Pavese’s The Moon and the Bonfires.The nameless narrator of The Moon and the Bonfires, Cesare Pavese’s last and greatest novel, returns to Italy from California after the Second World War. He has done well in America, but success hasn’t taken the edge off his memories of childhood, when […]
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A SOCIOANTHROPOLOGICAL TALE OF PASTA
As history shows us, the origin of pasta is neither extraordinary nor fancy as many of us had probably wished for. Indeed, instead of being a fashionable food able to please the palate, pasta was a poor and humble product created in the Imperial Rome in order to fight hunger and lack of resources. A […]
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CODICE ROSSO THEATRE PRESENTS “DISCONNECT”
DISCONNECT is the result of a long creative process based on both physical and psychological development, a journey into the depths of the human psyche told through movement. Codice Rosso is constantly exploring dance as a means of illuminating the most intimate parts of life.From the barrier of the social mask to the bitter truth of […]
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