Minestrone
May 14, 2014
Michael and Vito
New York Daily News
Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano
I had been following the Michael Sam story with some interest, but when I found out who his boyfriend is, it really grabbed my attention.
March 5, 2014
"If Only I Were That Warrior"
From: If Only I Were That Warrior
Ethiopians demonstrated in Washington, DC against Italy's honoring the Italian general known as "The Butcher of Ethiopia."
A new documentary sheds light on a dark period in Italian history — Fascist war crimes in Africa
February 7, 2014
Noise in the Waters: the sounds of an ongoing tragedy
Jonathan Slaff/LaMaMa
Alessandro Renda as the General in Teatro delle Albe's Rumore di Acque (Noise in the Waters)
Italy's Teatro delle Albe's dark and disturbing production about Mediterranean migration to Europe has its US premiere
November 5, 2013
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Remembering “Marc”
@BettmanCORBIS
Vice President Henry Wallace, Vito Marcantonio and Paul Robeson, 1949
The Vito Marcantonio Forum champions the legacy of the radical politician from East Harlem
June 18, 2013
One More Time, with Rhythm
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino at the 2012 globalFEST in New York
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino returns to North America for a summer tour
May 27, 2013
If it’s June, it must be Open Roads
Toni Servillo (left) stars in "Dormant Beauty," Marco Bellocchio's controversial film about euthanasia.
Antonio Monda talks about this year’s festival of new Italian films
March 9, 2013
"Liberated to Tell the Truth"
Brooklyn’s Sal Albanese returns to politics after 15 years – as a candidate for Mayor
January 23, 2013
Pizzica Indiavolata!
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino performing at GlobalFEST 2012
On the eve of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino's American tour, Mauro Durante talks about the power of traditional music and the band's new album
January 5, 2013
Italian (Gay) Diaries
Fiorenzo Niccoli, untitled image from the "Incontri" series, 2000-2010
Diaries, an exhibition of gay male-oriented Italian photography now on view at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in Manhattan, presents the work of 11 artists who...
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The “Intelligent Homosexual”’s Italianità
Why do the critics ignore the ethnicity in Tony Kushner’s new play?
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The Poetry of Politics
Photos by Carmine Savarese
Puglia’s president and Italian leftist leader Nichi Vendola envisions “a better Italy”
March 11, 2010
The Massa Meltdown
Ex-Congressman Eric Massa
Why a Congressman’s fall isn’t (just) a laughing matter
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