Minestrone
March 30, 2008
Mafia Cheese
Don't believe the box: Joe Pesci isn't really the star of "Family Enforcer"
Sometimes really bad gangster movies can make you appreciate the classics
March 12, 2008
Want Some Brooshetta with your Fritalian?
Dunkin' Donuts thinks Americans hate ordering coffee with strange foreign names. And that "latte" is an English word.
March 2, 2008
Steve Earle Reads Bartolomeo Vanzetti
The outspoken singer-songwriter Steve Earle, an opponent of the death penalty and a pro-immigrant new New Yorker, reads from the words of the anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
February 14, 2008
Bravo Rava: Italy's Jazz Maestro Returns to New York
By Michele Cantarelli. See more of Cantarelli's photos of Enrico Rava at AllAboutJazz.com
Enrico Rava, Italy's most renowned jazz musician, comes to New York this month for a four-day engagement at Manhattan's Birdland (February 20-23).
January 6, 2008
Another Side of Italy's "Malessere"
Italy's problems are getting a lot of media attention these days but there's one aspect the New York Times and other papers have overlooked -- the outsized presence of the Vatican...
December 31, 2007
"Pompeii Awakened": The Dead City that Still Speaks
Pompeii Awakened
Judith Harris
I.B. Tauris
Judith Harris' fascinating new book examines the Western world's varied and shifting interpretations of Pompeii and its civilization since its rediscovery in the 18th century.
December 21, 2007
Il Ritorno di Raiz/The Return of Raiz
Gennaro della Volpe aka Raiz
Gennaro della Volpe, better known as Raiz, has released "Uno," his second album as a soloist since he left the Neapolitan band Almamegretta. It's a return to form after its more...
November 25, 2007
Organized Crime in Today's Italy. A Commentary
In the midst of the latest overheated political dramas over the national budget, electoral reform, and the high price of pasta, an old specter continues to haunt Italy: organized...
November 11, 2007
Italian Passages. Thoughts from the 40th AIHA Annual Conference
The recent AHIA 40th Annual Conference eschew the language of nostalgia and “filiopietistic triumphalism” in favor of critical engagement with the complexities and...
October 2, 2007
Sancto Ianne
Sancto Ianne offers the energy of rock, the sophistication and creative daring of jazz, the truth-telling directness of folk music, and demands that you Listen Up!
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