L'Aquila, il terremoto ed il Cinema del popolo
Una nota di pura invenzione - ma con riferimenti alla dura attualità - ambientata a L'Aquila il 6 aprile 2049, a 40 anni dal terremoto. Stimolante di molteplici riflessioni, tra le iperboli e i paradossi della narrazione fantastica.
April 3, 2014
Venice Independence Referendum – Predicable! … ‘South of Rome’ Implications per Silvana Patriarca’s “Numbers and Nationhood”
Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Gettu Images
In the March 2014 “Venice Independence Referendum”, the majority of Venetians (2.1 million, 89 % of voters, out of an electorate of 2.3 million) voted that they “want the Veneto to become an independent and sovereign federal republic” (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2112380/evoting-comes-of-age-in-italy-with-venice-independence-referendum.html). --- Typically, mass media reporting placed this ‘separatist’ vote in the context of other European separatist movements: Crimea, Scotland, Catalonia, etc.
Ma come è bella Sulmona!
Gli studenti americani dell'università di Colorado Springs scoprono Sulmona, grazie a Salvatore Bizzarro, un docente campano con l'Abruzzo nel cuore. Una esperienza esaltante per i giovani, che sono stati anache L’Aquila sui luoghi del devastante sisma, all’Istituto Cinematografico “La Lanterna Magica” e al Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
April 3, 2014
Full Johnny Meatballs Episode - As Seen On NYC Life TV
"SHORT ITALIAN TALES" A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE MEATBALL KING
Studiare all'estero. Gli scambi tra università. Una grande opportunità
Dibattito al Calandra Italian American Institute. Tema: "Studio e Ricerca all’estero”. Ad organizzarlo l'United Pugliesi Federation. Presente Antonio Felice Uricchio, rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"
The Italian American Studies Network is Born
The terrain of Italian/American studies is extremely fertile and yet very much uncultivated, both in the Italy and the U.S. So a group of scholars from the two countries met in Bellagio, to discuss how to transcend borders and bridge gaps. Read the interview with Dean Anthony Julian Tamburri.
The Young Italian Filmmakers Award: An International Exchange Program Rewards Young Talent
Italian cinema is planning a comeback. Sorrentino's victory at the Academy Awards has started a chain reaction, and more and more Italian films and filmmakers are crossing the Ocean.
Marco Bellocchio: The Fascination of a Filmmaker
In collaboration with Luce Cinecittà Institute, now celebrating its 90th anniversary, the Museum of Modern Art in New York presents the greatest works of Marco Bellocchio, one of Italy’s finest movie directors
The Italian Table: So Many Easter Specialties
Like most holidays, Easter time is another reason for great Italian tradition and cuisine. The Easter lunch in Italy is a delicious reason for a spectacular meal, great company and a primal celebration of the end of winter and nature’s (not just Christ's) rebirth.
The Routes of Success for a Few Italian American Politicians
Examining the personal qualities and ethnic ties of Westchester County Executive and Empire State Gubernatorial wannabe Robert Astorino, Empire State Governor and Presidential wannabe Andrew Cuomo, and Garden State Governor and Presidential wannabe Chris Christie. All of whom have recently garnered much good and, even more, bad press.
Stolen paintings hung on Italian factory worker's wall for almost 40 years
In 1975 a worker at the car firm Fiat went along to an auction of lost property organised by the Italian national railway in Turin. He paid 45,000 lira (£32 – equivalent to about £300 today) for two paintings that caught his eye – one a still life and one an image of a woman relaxing in her garden.
Italian navy rescues 730 migrants in overcrowded boats off Sicily
The Italian navy rescued 730 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, it said Wednesday.The migrants, who departed in two boats from North Africa, are being taken to a port in Sicily's Agrigento province, the navy said in a statement.
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