2008
June 28, 2008
The Return of Frankie Hi Nrg
Frankie Hi Nrg
Francesco Di Gesù aka Frankie Hi Nrg is back with a new album, Deprimomaggio
June 24, 2008
Mangia La Musica
After the driving techno-taranta of "St. Rocco's Rave," Nidi D'Arac make a roots move with "Salento Senza Tempo"
A Tasting Menu of New and Recent Sounds, Some with Italian Flavor
June 16, 2008
Two Sicilian Sisters (and a guy named Tony)
Photo by Joan Marcus
Patti LuPone in "Gypsy"
The self-described "Sicilian diva" Patti LuPone won her second Tony as the ultimate stage mother, "Gypsy"'s Mama Rose
June 14, 2008
Evviva Vendola
Poster from Nichi Vendola's successful 2005 campaign for the Puglia presidency
Can Puglia's president revive Italy's Left?
June 9, 2008
Italy to Gays: Drop Dead
Photo by Giovanni Dell'Orto
Gay Pride marchers at the Coliseum in 2007
Italy has been seized by a "fit" of violent homophobia
June 1, 2008
“I Don’t Recognize My Italy Anymore”
Poster for an anti-Rom (gypsy) demonstration by the neo-Nazi group Forza Nuova
Viewing from abroad the growing anti-foreigner sentiment in Italy, an Italian woman appeals to President Napolitano
May 15, 2008
Tony, Carmela and Me (Shameless Self-Promotion Department)
You Talkin' About Me?
"The Sopranos: A Wake" conference will bring over 60 writers and academics from several countries to Fordham University, May 22-24.
May 6, 2008
Il Bruttopaese, II
Nicola Tommasoli, beaten to death in Verona by neofascist thugs
Neofascist skinheads beat Nicola Tommasoli to death because he refused to give them a cigarette. One commentator sees the killing as a sign of an alarming new social climate in...
May 3, 2008
Il Bruttopaese
Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto
Deja vu all over again --- Berlusconi "absolves" Mussolini, in 2003;
Reflections on the Italian Elections
April 30, 2008
Remembering the Caffe Cino
Joe Cino inside his cafe
In November 1958, Joe Cino started a theatrical revolution when he opened his Caffe Cino in Greenwich Village
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