Italy at the Worldwide Music Expo in Tampere, Finland

Italy's ambassador to Finland, Nicola Todaro Marescotti, opened on Oct. 22 the 31st edition of Worldwide Music Expo (Womex), the largest international fair dedicated to the promotion of pop music and live entertainment, hosted this year in...

See Olivia Rodrigo's looks on the red carpet and in concert

VALERIE MACON, AFP Via Getty ImagesRodrigo performs during the American Express Platinum Card x Olivia Rodrigo Concert at Park Avenue Armory on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City. The singer-songwriter followed her 102-show, arena-filling Guts world...

Staten Island resident arranges meeting with President Trump and Andrea Bocelli: White House concert set for Dec. 5 | Inside Out

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Talk about timing! Prior to the high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy that convened at the White House on Friday, Oct. 17, something wonderful happened....

Review: New York Pops' STAGE TO SCREEN Showcases Musical Memories at Carnegie Hall

The opening night of the New York Pops 43rd season at Carnegie Hall last evening had theatergoers ecstatic. The night, aptly themed Stage to Screen, successfully portrayed the symbiotic relationship between the magic of the Broadway stage and that...

Events calendar: Get spooky on Halloween with trunk-or-treats, Palm Coast's Hall of Terror

What to do this week in Ormond Beach and Palm Coast. Thursday, Oct. 30 What is the future of Volusia County Beaches? When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach Details: Volusia's Deputy County Manager...

RI Veterans: Did you know? 30.10.25 (VETS SNAP Relief, Events, Health Ins, Resources) – John A. Cianci

by John A. Cianci, contributing writer, veterans issues Local Veteran Organization Offering SNAP RELIEF/THANKSGIVING for Veterans and Spouses of Deceased Veterans The Italian American War Veterans of the United States (ITAM) is offering local...

After Dark: Week of Oct. 30, 2025

THURSDAY, 10/30 Live Music Boatyard Pub: Jim Friery, 4-6 p.m.; Bluegrass Jam, 6:30-9 p.m. The Canyon:An Evening with Uli Jon Roth, 7 p.m. H Copper Blues: Banda and Grupo Night, 7 p.m. Gibson’s Neighborhood Bar (formerly The Twist on Main): Lost in...

Italy: Meeting of Cuban Residents in Europe opens

A statement from the event’s organizers pòint out that the ECRE delegates will gather in the afternoon before the monument built to Italian hero Giuseppe Manzini, in downtown Rome, to depart for the diplomatic mission with Cuban flags and slogans...

Good music doesn’t expire, says producer Supa Dups

Supa Dups. Fifteen years ago when he collaborated with American recording artiste Bruno Mars on two songs for the singer’s debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Jamaican-born, Florida-based producer Dwayne “Supa Dups” Chin-Quee had no idea that the...

Carly Rae Jepsen, music producer Cole M.G.N. wed in New York

Carly Rae Jepsen and music producer Cole M.G.N. tied the knot at an intimate ceremony in New York. Images: Vanessa Heins and St. Chelle via Instagram/@carlyraejepsen Carly Rae Jepsen and music producer Cole M.G.N. marked a new chapter in their...

Royal Caribbean shares huge updates for European holidays with a new beach club and the return of a popular ship

Royal Caribbean has unveiled its summer 2027 European holiday lineup, featuring the brand-new Royal Beach Club Santorini and marking the return of Legend of the Seas to European waters. The cruise line's latest offerings span the Mediterranean and...

Morris Museum presents Lyrica Chamber Music

originally published: 10/25/2025 (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Cellist Ani Kalayjian and pianist David Kaplan, Co-Artistic Directors of Chatham-based Lyrica Chamber Music, curate a program featuring the triumphant A major Dvorak piano quintet, Florence...

Founder of Talawa, theatre company that champions writers and actors of African and Caribbean heritage – obituary

By the time she founded her influential and still thriving Talawa theatre company in 1986, Yvonne Brewster, who has died aged 87, had made waves in her native Jamaica as an actor and director, worked on British TV versions of plays by Jimmy Cliff...

Italian pianist Beatrice Rana cancels Severance Music Center recital

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Beatrice Rana’s Oct. 29 recital at Severance Music Center has been canceled. In a statement, the Cleveland Orchestra said the Italian pianist withdrew due to “personal circumstances beyond her control.” The program was scheduled...

Watteau’s Theater

In 1984 the three hundredth anniversary of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s birth was celebrated with an extraordinary retrospective of his paintings, drawings, and prints, seen first in Washington, then in Paris and Berlin. That memorable exhibition,...

November events calendar for Europe

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, with attraction rides and a Christmas market, runs Nov. 14-Jan. 1. (iStock) Austria VIENNA: Wien Modern, contemporary music fest, Konzerthaus, through Nov. 30. VIENNA: Blickfang, sales fair for designer jewelry,...

‘Special Forces’ Star Brianna Chickenfry Recalls Shaving Down the ‘Italian Bump’ on Her Nose

Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia made a subtle reference on Special Forces to her past plastic surgery. During the Thursday, October 23, episode of the hit Fox show, the recruits were paired off and instructed to jump backwards from a platform...

Tempting New Restaurants, Must-See Exhibits: The Best Of London Now

The collection of Elton John's shirts designed by Gianni Versace on display at Gianni Versace Retrospective. Laurie Werner So many of the sessions were sold out that it took several tries to get into the Cartier exhibit at London’s famed V&A. And...

This Spanish tenor's already a star in Europe. Now he's made a big splash at the Met

NEW YORK – When tenor Xabier Anduaga first auditioned for Riccardo Frizza, the conductor recalls that “he opened his mouth, and after two notes I understood I was in front of something special. It’s one of the voices you find every 15 or 20...

Lenny Kravitz rocks out at ‘monumental’ homecoming concert to kick off Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival

Rocker Lenny Kravitz made his triumphant Bahamas-performance debut to kick off the 4th annual Culinary & Arts Festival on Friday. “This is the first time we’re playing on home turf,” an emotional Kravitz — whose maternal grandfather was born in...