May 14, 2015
IAWA-East Welcomes Susan Lembo Balik and George Guida on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Sidewalk Cafe
LIPS Magazine editor and award-winning poet Laura Boss sees Balik as "that rare voice filled with grace and compassion and a lack of cynicism" and finds "the haunting poems dealing with pets" in this impressive debut "among the most moving animal poems I have ever read."
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents Susan Lembo Balik and George Guida on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A (6th St.) East Village, NYC; 212-473-7373; www.sidewalkny.com. Readings begin with an Open Mic followed by featured readers and book sales.
Il dramma dei profughi. Ma davvero non è affar nostro?
Ma davvero non «ci riguarda », come scrive qualcuno? Il problema delle sponde, dei grandi movimenti migratori, quelle masse di popoli spinti dalla fame, dalla disperazione, dai terrorismi politici, dalle guerre, dalle devastazioni ecologiche, frutto del colonialismo del passato e della corruzione presente, è un problema che non può non riguardarci. Paesi poveri, gente del Sud del mondo che per respirare cerca aria altrove.
Aldo Tambellini's Multi-Media Work at 56h Venice Biennale
Visual artist, multi-media pioneer, filmmaker and poet Aldo Tambellini, has been selected to be part of the Padiglione ITALIA at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale. Tambellini, who has dual citizenship, was invited by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Pavilion Curator, Professor Vincenzo Trione to participate with 15 other artists who will exhibit their works in the Italian Pavilion.
Politics and Poetry
Two writers recall the East Harlem of yesteryear and its radical Italian American Congressman
Tackling the Issue of Immigration with Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Set to text by Neapolitan author Erri de Luca, and directed by actor and director Alessandro Gassmann, "Solo Andata" (One Way Ticket) is the latest video, for the song by the same title, by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Italy's leading band on the world music scene. The video addresses the ongoing issue of immigrants arriving from North Africa to Italy's shores.
Light at The End of the Economic Tunnel
Italian economists and business leaders are finally beginning to look on the bright side. During the first quarter this year the GNP surged upward by 0.3%, the same as Germany’s. The news gave the stock market a pleasant jolt. Most importantly, a report May 13 by the national statistics-gathering agency ISTAT, says that Italy has finally emerged from recession.
L'Aquila. E' festa per gli Alpini
Una riflessione sull'Adunata nazionale degli alpini nel capoluogo abruzzese dove sono state rapidamente asfaltate a nuovo e ripulite le strade, rasati i prati ed estirpate le erbacce lungo i marciapiedi
IHCC-NY Mother's Day Ceremony. Honoring Consul General Natalia Quintavalle
Homage to Mother Italy. The annual ceremony for Mother's Day took place once again in the park adjacent to Hunter College, in a courtyard, which houses the sculpture "Mother Italy", a work of art created by the genius from Abruzzo, Giuseppe Massari. The ceremony was the occasion to honor Consul General of Italy to New York Natalia Quintavalle in the last year of her mandate in New York
May 12, 2015
Politics and Poetry
Photo by George de Stefano
Gil Fagiani reads his East Harlem poems at the Cornelia Street Cafe
Two writers recall the East Harlem of yesteryear and its radical Italian American Congressman
Three of a Kind: Three Italian Jazz Prodigies to Perform in Brooklyn All in One Night
An exciting jazz concert sponsored by Enzo Capua and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York will take place at the Roulette Theatre in Brooklyn on June 1st. The event will feature three young and talented Italian jazz pianists: Giovanni Guidi of the Giovanni Guidi Trio, solo artist Alessandro Lanzoni and Domenico Sanna of the “Brooklyn Beat!” Trio, who will all be performing back-to-back throughout the same action-packed night.
May 9, 2015
Daniela Gioseffi Does Climate Change … “Beware the Poets and Tragedians” (Plato)
“Poetry is not to be regarded seriously as attaining to the truth…” (Plato). /// /// Normally I would not consider an article on Climate Change an appropriated topic for a blog dedicated to the history and culture of Italy south of Rome and southern-Italian Americans, and posted in an Italian American e-magazine. However, a recent e-mail I received from “AuthorAndActivist” (see at bottom) announcing a “Docu-Drama” produced by Italian American Anton Evangelista, celebrating the life of Italian American Daniela Gioseffi, gave me pause.
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