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Italy Readies First Ever International Art Rescue Team

Judith Harris

The world's first ever international task force of 31 volunteer civilian art rescue experts known as the UN "Blue Helmets for Culture" will shortly be dispatched, after highly...

Surge in Cultural Tourism to Italy

Juidith Harris

Good news on the tourism front: cultural tourism is on the rise in Italy, in a trend that contradicts what's happening elsewhere in Europe. In 2015, the ì visitors to Italian...

The Voyage of Discovery

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For the 17th consecutive year, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will sponsor its Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program, an educational and...

What a ‘Culture Manager’ Can Bring to the Table

Stefano Albertini

Interview with Giorgio Van Straten, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York

IAWA's Premiere of Student Partners Night Features Three Jersey “Girls”

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On 2nd Saturday, December 12, IAWA will premiere its first Student Partners Reading featuring recent graduates from New Jersey City University (NJCU): Cassandra Casella, Chloe...

In New York, Petition for UNESCO Protection of Pizza

Claudia Sbuttoni

L'Arte dei Pizzaiuoli Napoletani: a tradition to preserve.

NIAF calls Italian Americans to save the US’ first Saint

Roberta Cutillo

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has decided to create a new grant in order to support the ongoing “Save the Saint” restoration process, which aims to restore...

Reading Italy: The Book and the Look

Judith Harris

Reading is waning in Italy as elsewhere, and the number of those saying they had read at least one book in the past year dropped from 43% in 2013 to 41.4% in the year 2014. But...

Italian Indie-Sensation Levante Debuts in the US

Natasha Lardera

Like a hot wind blowing in from the East, Levante, born Claudia Lagona, is about to make her US debut at SXSW, the annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held...

The Growing of Anglicisms. Italians “Don’t Really Love Their Language”

Cristina Esmiol

Anglicisms are growing in European languages and Italy is seeing an increasing use of them. Crusca Academy President, Claudio Marazzini, argued about the use of anglicisms among...

Cashing in on its Heritage

Judith Harris

Its culture czars hope that in 2015 Italy will finally cash in on its museums, historic archives, Renaissance and Baroque palazzi and archaeological sites. Until now, income from...

Language as a Strategic Imperative

Ottorino Cappelli

Interview with Professor Robert Viscusi. "“Italian American culture without the Italian language loses its connection with the rhetorical, political, and philosophical...

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