Etruscans in virtual Rome-Bologna partnership
A virtual reconstruction in 3D of the famous late sixth-century BC Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses is at the centre of a groundbreaking twinning between the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome and the Genus Bononiae history museum in Bologna.
Researchers confirm powers of olive oil
The consumption of adequate amounts of extra-virgin olive oil helps prevent bowel cancer, new research has shown.
Italo-Canadian returns Pompeii roof stop stolen in 1964
An Italian Canadian woman has returned a first-century AD terracotta roof decoration stolen from Pompeii during her honeymoon 50 years ago, carabinieri police said Thursday
More than 28% of Italian residents at risk of poverty
Some 28.4% of people living in Italy - over one quarter of the resident population - were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013, national statistics agency Istat said Thursday.
iawa Presents Suzanne Petito and Michael Trocchia on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Cornelia St. Cafe
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents writers Suzanne Petito and Michael Trocchia on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at the Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., NYC, 212-989-9319. Each reading begins with an Open Mic followed by two featured authors.
October 30, 2014
Lu Sicilianu … Its Origins and Evolution
The education system is THE most important instrument in the Terroni-izing process (as per Pino Apriel’s book "Terroni" and discussed repeatedly on this blog) whereby the history and culture of a society is obliterated from the minds of the population. For example, the most effective way to destroy the language of a people and replace it with another is through the school system.
October 30, 2014
iawa Presents Suzanne Petito and Michael Trocchia on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Cornelia St. Cafe
Suzanne Petito's debut novel, Nelson’s Castle: A Bronte Fairy Tale has received accolades from Kirkus Reviews for the “stylized, creative retelling” of “a little-known historical event”; The U.S. Review of Books praised it for its “creative blend of imagination and history” comparing it cinematically to “Snow White and the Huntsman under artful Fellini-style direction...
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents writers Suzanne Petito and Michael Trocchia on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at the Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., NYC, 212-989-9319. Each reading begins with an Open Mic followed by two featured authors.
New Light and Life for the Sistine Chapel
After years of criticism, this week the curtain was raised on a drastically improved and better protected Sistine Chapel, through innovative lighting and a bold new air exchange system that will reduce the pollution caused by 6 million visitors a year. Never have its 2,730 square yards of precious wall and ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo, Pinturicchio, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and other great artists been seen in all their stunning glory.
Cultura e lingua Italiana: due realtà legate
Lingua e cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti, aspetti critici, particolarità e ricchezze tra mondo italiano ed italo-americano . Questa volta a guidarci è il Dean del Calandra Institute, quasi un moderno Virgilio, che ha fatto dell'italianità una ragione di vita
President Napolitano Testifies Before Palermo Court
The full text about a presumed swap between the Italian powers-that-be and the Sicilian Mafia back in the Nineties is yet to be released. But already President Giorgio Napolitano’s three-hour testimony Oct. 28 before a Palermo court, transferred inside the Quirinal Palace in Rome, confirmed that the Sicilian Mafia had indeed tried to blackmail the Italian government. Because of his office, Napolitano was not obliged to answer prosecutors’ questions, but elected to do so and, in so doing, offered an admirable image of democracy at work.
Working for Colavita: Between Family and Business
Prize trip to America for the employees of the Italian company that was established in 1938 by the Colavita family in the small region of Molise. Forty years later Colavita found in the US a commercial partner and together they affirmed their presence all over the world. As a big family. We visited them at the Colavita plant in Linden, NJ.
A trip into the secret the American Business Administration Schools haven’t yet discovered
October 29, 2014
Mergers Don’t Help Consumers, Only the Merged Company
Television spurs mergers of giants that want to be titans. Mergers do not benefit consumers but only favor merging companies in several ways: by reducing competition, cutting investments and increasing savings for content and services.
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