Editor’s note: The 11 th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival gets under way on Friday, Oct. 12. Consult the Festival’s web site at www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org for authors, reading times and ...

Rotella's revelatory follow-up to Stolen Figs is much more than the story of the years after the war and before the Beatles, when Italian-Americans ruled popular music—it's an astute examination of ...

In 1958, the number one song of the year on Billboard contained the following lyrics: "Nel blu, dipinto di blu/E ci dice di stare lassu." The song, "Volare," recorded by Domenico Modugno and, more ...

The land of “amore” is the inspiration for a July 20 concert in Hempfield Park. Alabaster Performing Arts will present Mary McCormack and Jessie Glover singing tunes made popular by Frank Sinatra, ...

In the delightful "Amore: The Story of Italian American Song" (Farrar Straus & Giroux, $26), Mark Rotella spotlights 40 popular hits, from Enrico Caruso's "O Sole Mio" to Frankie Valli and the Four ...

AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD, CHAMPION & More Set for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023/24 Season Cast Announced for GREASE at Drury Lane Theatre Full Cast Announced For ASSASSINS Cast Announced For ...

HAMDEN >> 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 ...

1947 was a splendid year for Italian Americans. For decades, Italian immigrants, especially those from the poorer southern regions, were feared, discriminated against, even lynched on occasion. Then ...