Italy Unemployment Rises to New High, Showing Europe Divergence
Italian unemployment unexpectedly rose to a record high that’s more than double the German rate, keeping alive concerns about the diverging growth outlook in the euro area
Meet the 90-Year-Old Italian Grandma
She turned 90 on Dec. 4, 2014, and has no plans to slow down. She says that she loves her job at Trattoria dell'Autotreno in Bologna, where she also embroiders the napkins.
Italian Filmmaker Francesco Rosi Dies at 92
Italian director and screenwriter Francesco Rosi, whose films took on corruption in postwar Italy, winning top honors at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, has died. He was 92.
Farewell to Pino Daniele: A Lifelong Musical Journey to the Center of the Heart
In the lovely summer of 1981, while travelling through my beloved territories in Italy, my free compass after visiting the Umbria Jazz Festival took me to Sardegna. There, in a 'campeggio libero' at at beach near Santa Lucia, I met a free-spirited group of people from Naples. As with meeting any Napolitan, we became immediately close friends, cooking together, and enjoying the sun.
Napoli. Terra mia. Pino Daniele e Francesco Rosi. L'eredità che la loro arte consegna
La dipartita di Pino Daniele e Francesco Rosi ha colpito Napoli con la virulenza con cui nel film “Magnolia” il regista americano Paul Thomas Anderson fa piovere rane su ignari e attoniti personaggi che animano la sua pellicola.
Mi aspetto che l'eredità, che arriva alla città dal genio di uomini così, scuota la sua coscienza civile.
The “Human Capital” into the Ailing Soul of Northern Italy
Interview with film director Paolo Virzì before the release , in the US, of his: “Human Capital”, on January 14.
Viaggio nelle parole: "Hebdo", "Hebdomadaire"
I tristi fatti di questi giorni, è saltato alla ribalta della cronaca il nome del “settimanale” satirico Charlie Hebdo (insieme alle tragiche giornate che hanno stravolto la vita della Francia, dell’Europa e del Mondo).
Viaggio nelle parole. Il nome dei giorni nella settimana
Viaggio nelle parole. Il nome dei giorni nella settimana
Un altro viaggio ... questa volta con i nomi dei giorni della settimana. Scommettiamo che sono tra le prime parole che avete pronunciato?
French Terror Spills Over Onto Italy
As if inevitably the political fallout from the hideous murders and ongoing terror stalemate in France is as great or greater than anywhere else in Europe, save for France itself. Security measures have been tightened throughout Italy, but such concerns are in the forefront, beginning with the safety of Pope Francis and of the faithful who flock into St. Peter’s Square daily in Rome. But repercussions on an already uneasy political situation appear no less inevitable.
The World’s Greatest Opera Houses with Fred Ploktin
Expert Fred Plotkin examines world’s Greatest Opera Houses in Milan, Vienna, London, Paris, Barcelona, and New York in a 6-Session Evening Course at the Smithsonian Associates.
Thurs., Jan. 22, Feb. 12, Mar. 19, Apr. 16, May 21, and June 18, 6:45 to 9 p.m.
Giorno della Memoria in New York - Program
Giorno della Memoria in New York is a collaborative initiative of the Consulate General of Italy, Centro Primo Levi, the Italian Cultural Institute, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, the Italian Academy at Columbia University, CUNY’s John Calandra Italian American Institute and Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi.
Memory Recovered: The Della Seta and Di Segni Family Films (1923)
Recovered Memory - A special screening of a nine minutes archival film of the Della Seta family. The only known video document of Italian Jewish life before the Holocaust, the Della Seta family films were shot in 1923-24 and feature weddings, leisure time and other daily activities. Italian journalist Claudio Della Seta found the films in his family home and never hoped they could be seen again. Recently he discovered that the National Restoration Institute had the capability to restore and digitalize them.
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