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USA versus Italy: Diversity versus Mixing

Jerry Krase

Many otherwise astute Italian-born commentators on American life often mistake the grand indicators of diversity in American population statistics as indicators of extensive...

Scopa For a New Generation

Marisa Iallonardo

A tournament for the under-25 set. Scopa, a game of ten associated with southern Italian men sitting around a table

What Determines High-Quality Olive Oil?

Mattie John Bamman

I took a short respite from wine this week to learn about the complex world of high-quality, extra virgin olive oil. Puglia produces two-thirds of all the olive oil in Italy, and...

Pirro Varone: Organic Wine In Southern Italy

Mattie John Bamman

Piero Ribezzo, owner of Pirro Varone Winery, talks about roses, cellphones, and organic wine among his Primitivo grapevines in Manduria, Italy.

"Whether Italy Likes It or Not, We Are Its Children." An Interview with Imane Barmaki of 'Yalla Italia'

Michaela De Marco

Her last name is Persian, her first name is Arabic. “Geographically, I am Moroccan, culturally I am Italian, and historically I am Francophone. I am an identity puzzle that is...

Southern Italian Cult Wine: Q&A with Sergio Botrugno

Mattie John Bamman

Sergio Botrugno, winemaker at Botrugno Winery, keeps production down and quality high, gaining a small but fervent following around the world. At his winery in Brindisi, Italy, we...

Capitalism Without Capitals

Dom Serafini

In Italy capitalism is just an euphemism for state loses and private gain

Whatever Happened to Culture?

Judith Harris

Some of Italy’s top museums and archaeological sites are showing a decline in popularity, reversing the trend for steady growth for the first time in two decades. Moreover,...

Representatives to the European Parliament. Reading the Results

Judith Harris

This past weekend’s vote for representatives to the European Parliament was read beforehand as a chance to show massive personal support for Premier Silvio Berlusconi and to...

Turning Back the Tide: It's Already Too Late Silvio

Jerry Krase

The Italian Right's comically frantic attempts to turn back the clock to a time when non-Italians hadn't polluted (or blessed) Italy's shores is guaranteed to fail (as are...

An American Folklorist in Italy

Joey Skee

Alan Lomax’s stunning photographs from Italy (1954-1955) are published.

Fini Donates Pelosi Precious “Michelangelo. La Dotta Mano”

Marina Melchionda

Italian American politician Nancy Pelosi visits Italy after Obama’s election. The President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini donates to her a copy of the rare...

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