O Roma o morte!
Ad una settimana dalla sconfitta l’incredulità è ancora tanta e quei centomila voti in più presi da Gianni Alemanno, candidato sindaco per il centrodestra, voti che all’inizio dell’impresa apparivano come qualcosa di insormontabile, sono diventati una realtà nella città-roccaforte della sinistra al potere da ben diciotto anni. Abbiamo fatto un giro e chiesto alla gente in alcuni quartieri di Roma...
May 3, 2008
The Island in the Sun Part II
Charles Scicolone
Marsala wine from Florio that was to be imported to the United States during Prohibition.
Dose: A small glass twice a day.
The new and the old come together in Sicily and today's tourist is attracted by the food,
wine and culture.
Deriving Strength from Annoyance: A Conversation with NOIAW's Founder and Chairwoman
Aileen Riotto Sirey, Founder and Chairwoman of the National Organization of Italian Amerian Women (NOIAW), talks identity, the Sopranos and why "noia", the Italian word for boredom or annoyance, is the best acronym anyone could ask for
May 3, 2008
Il Bruttopaese
Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto
Deja vu all over again --- Berlusconi "absolves" Mussolini, in 2003;
Reflections on the Italian Elections
Chicago Conference Dedicated to Professor Rudolph Vecoli
"Reconstructing Italians in Chicago: 25 Authors in Search of Roots and Branches" Conference May 8-10 will be dedicated to Rudolph Vecoli. It will highlight his pioneering work in the field and bring together a constellation of 25 important authors who have written on the subject.
Gepetto (sic), Fairyland, and Oakland’s Lost Italian Americans
Gepetto's been building Pinocchio for over 40 years in Oakland's Fairyland.
May 3, 2008
Gepetto (sic), Fairyland, and Oakland’s Lost Italian Americans
City of Oakland
Entrance to Children's Fairyland, Oakland, California
Geppetto's been building Pinocchio for over 40 years in Oakland's Fairyland.
May 2, 2008
Chicago Conference Dedicated to Professor Rudolph Vecoli
"Reconstructing Italians in Chicago: 25 Authors in Search of Roots and Branches" Conference May 8-10 will be dedicated to Rudolph Vecoli. It will highlight his pioneering work in the field and bring together a constellation of 25 important authors who have written on the subject.
Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins
During the 1960s and 1970s, 40,000 people visited Waterbury, CT annually to pray at Holy Land USA, a Catholic theme park created by John Greco. Now it lies in ruins.
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