April 2, 2015
PBS “Italian Americans” Documentary Perpetuates Garibaldi Myth … Poor Donna Gabaccia – “Sandbagged” or OMG! she doesn’t know?!?
Is there any Euro-American people so systematically denied their European history and heritage as the southern-Italian Americans?
Viaggio nelle parole. Questa volta partiamo dal vocabolario di latino
Dal verbo vìgeo/vigère fino a...
April 1, 2015
Levante Rocks Manhattan
Photo by Tom Keelan
Levante, with guitarist Federico Puttilli and drummer Alessio Sanfilippo, at The Standard
The Sicilian-born singer and songwriter dazzles in a showcase performance
My Easter Week in Naples
In other words, what people (dare to) eat in Naples from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday
Reading Italy: The Book and the Look
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 still they read, and even as Italy celebrates the 90th birthday of its famous Encyclopedia Treccani an amusing website collects details of what commuters are reading these days on trains.
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York finally Gets a New Director
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, has just appointed the new directors of three major Italian Cultural Institutes: in London, Moscow, and New York. The director’s office at 686 Park Avenue will now be occupied by Giorgio Van Straten, award-winning author and manager of arts associations of the caliber of the Venice Biennale and of Agis (the Italian association for the performing arts), among others.
La corruzione si stratifica e giustifica se stessa. Occorre una reale rivoluzione culturale
... E allora tutto è lecito a tutti i livelli, lecite le piccole e grandi manovre di aggiustamento a proprio vantaggio dell'affare, passate come piccolezze, pratiche indecenti di comune indecenza. Il contrabbando di sigarette? Un treno di gomme usate vendute come nuove? Un telefonino di occasione? Uno stock di vestiti a basso prezzo appena arrivato? Un regalo all'usciere per la pratica? La bustarella al commendatore per la raccomandazione? La spesa al brigadiere per ampliare il "puosto" al mercato? E l'esame? Il posto letto all'ospedale? Il posto in tribuna?
Una piscina singolare
La Piscina Mirabilis, grandioso terminale idrico dell’Aqua Augusta, nel comune di Bacoli un zona da visitare, e visitare ancora
The Italian Table: A Trip of Easter Specialties
In Italy, the Easter menu varies from region to region and, like most holidays, Easter time is another reason for great Italian tradition and cuisine
Pizza Makers from Pizzeria Brandi in Naples Celebrates the Expo in Milan
Pizza makers from the Pizzeria Brandi in Naples designed a pizza to celebrate the Expo in Milan, to go with the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life." Pizza is the perfect choice, because it is an iconic food that reminds consumers of the importance of Italian agriculture.
Italian Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Tweets to Support Earth Hour
Samantha Cristoforetti, the first female Italian astronaut, tweeted her support for Earth Hour from space where she is conducting her "Futura" mission. The mission was named to signify the scientific and technological research she is running to help shape our future.
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