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Family Drama. What Happens When There is Mental Un-Wellness

George De Stefano

An Off-Broadway revival of Joseph Pintauro's play Snow Orchid inspires a conversation about mental health and immigration at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in...

Italian Identity and Italian Americans in the Third Millennium

Azzurra Giorgi

Constructive dialogue at John Jay College. Italian and Italian American authors discussed the changing nature of Italian and Italian American culture in contemporary society....

The Cultural Contribution of Italy to Humanity

N. L.

His fame as a great narrator precedes him, and all the American presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama have visited Rome with him telling them its history.  Art historian,...

Enrico Bruschini: "Italy Is Wonderful. That's It!"

Maria Rita Latto

Interview with the official historian of the US Embassy in Rome. Professor Bruschini is giving a lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York about “The Cultural...

Those Lies about Italy’s Unification

Letizia Airos

Interview with journalist Pino Aprile, author of the successful and contested book Terroni about the conflict between the North, South, and unification of Italy. The cover image...

The Challenge of “Terroni” in English

L.A.

A meeting with the young translator of "Terroni" authored by Pino Aprile. A book that is hard to convey in English, so we asked her how she approached this challenge.

Re-thinking Italian-American Studies. A National Symposium at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

On Sept. 10-11, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY will host a symposium of the current Distinguished Professors and holders of endowed/named...

57 Reasons to Learn Italian

Marina Melchionda

On March 23-25 the Marriott Hotel in Times Square hosted the 57th edition of the North Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language. We walked around the Italian Boot...

How Italian Technology is Trying to Save Venice. The MOSE Project Presented in New York

Interview with Dr. Maria Teresa Brotto, Head of the Department of Design of the Mose Project, Consorzio Venezia Nuova. Dr Brotto, who is in New York to participate to ILICA's 5th...

2000 Pounds of Italian Fish. “Eatalian Style” at ILICA’s 5th Annual Conference

Marina Melchionda

i-Italy met Chef Andrea Tiberi at Cellar 58, a warm “Italian nest” in the East Village. While cooking in the kitchen of his wine bar, the official chef of ILICA’s 5th Annual...

"Saving Venezia & Protecting New Orleans." Introducing the MOSE Project

On 9/25 an international conference in New York will be dedicated to MO.S.E. (acronym for Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, or Experimental Electromechanical Module.) Here is...

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