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Learning Italian in a Los Angeles kindergarten

(10 10 2011) Judith Harris

There is a public, not a private, school in California that is unique: it offers its students, beginning in kindergarten, full immersion in studies of a second language, which can...

LA LINEA ("The Line")

(21 08 2011) Darrell Fusaro

Are you familiar with the work of Osvaldo Cavandol?

Festivals: the Preservation of Culture

(20 08 2010) Chiara Montalto

Festivals are often overlooked as simple events to get your funnel cake fix. But they're often much more than that, especially when culture is concerned.

Why The Stage Name, Tony Denison?

(06 06 2010) Darrell Fusaro

Tony Denison, born Anthony John Sarrero, speaks candidly about his Italian heritage, his mom's sage advice about the neighborhood gangsters and how he became, "Tony Denison."

Arizona Ethnic Studies Bill And Then Some...

(16 05 2010) Anthony Julian Tamburri

I wrote about one thing on the Calandra Institute list-serve (the Arizona Ethnic Studies Bill), and, among the many responses, people spoke to another issue, as you can see below....

Italian-American Nicknames Are No Joke

(15 04 2010) Darrell Fusaro

Everyone’s familiar with nicknames. Mikey, Snookie, Noodles, The Situation. We’ve heard them all. But the ones given to you by your Italian-American friends? They always...

An American with an Italian name; hindrance or advantage?

(06 03 2010) Darrell Fusaro

Most Italian-Italians, the ones from Italy, that is, always seem to be curious as to how we Italian-Americans are perceived by others in America. With all the news they’ve...

High and dry. Is Italy failing its high-school students?

(16 09 2008) Walter De Marco

One third of the high-school students in Italy do not complete their first year. It’s the heavy price they pay for having to pick a specialty without adequate guidance

Signs of Italian - Verso Gardaphe

(07 04 2008) Jerry Krase

i-italy provides a great opportunity for intelligent discourse about the meaning(s) of Italian and Italian American. I hope to contribute to one created by Tom Verso and Fred...

Lost in translation!

(18 02 2008) Luigi Boccia

Italian Opera sung in English? I know it sounds just like another bad hybridization introduced to American culture (would anyone like a frappuccino with that?). Is this is the...

Palazzi's international debut solo album

(02 02 2008) Luigi Boccia

Internationally acclaimed bass Mirco Palazzi, a promising young artist from Morciano di Romagna (Rimini), has recently released his debut album "Recital d'arie d'opera e da...

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