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Schumacher 'strayed into rock zone to help little girl'

 Formula One legend Michael Schumacher struck and seriously injured his head over the weekend while helping a little girl who had fallen while skiing, German daily Bild said Thursday. According to the paper's reconstruction from "exclusive" sources, the seven-time champion - five straight times with Italian glamour team Ferrari - was skiing at the back of a group of friends in the French Alps when the daughter of one fell.
 
Source: ANSA

L'Almanacco del delitto

Traci Andrighetti

Selections from "Il Cerchio Verde:" Italian Detective Fiction from the Fascist Era

December 31, 2013

Happy New Year's Folklore

Darrell Fusaro

On New Year's Eve Italians eat lentils: a typical dish which brings you luck. According to tradition, the more lentis you eat more money you will make in the new year.

View Stop Gun Violence - 2nd Amendment

Natasha Lardera

A powerful installation by Italian artist Annalisa Iadicicco, highlights the controversial issue of gun control in American politics. Having grown up in one of the toughest rural areas of Naples, the artist has seen first hand the damage guns and gun violence can cause and the harm they inflict on neighborhoods

Vintage Tour of Italy. Let Your Imagination Travel

Natasha Lardera

Eataly New York is not only about great Italian food and products. The popular store in the Flatiron District is now hosting a “A Vintage Tour of Italy,” an exhibition of historic travel posters. Organized by ENIT, the Italian Tourist Board, the show is an opportunity to travel back in time and re-visit favorite evergreen destinations.

Art Basel Miami Beach: the “Made in Italy” Seduces

Mila Tenaglia

It ended successfully the annual appointment of one of the most important fairs of modern and contemporary art: Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Design. More than 200 galleries and 4000 artists from all continents: Europe, United States, Africa, Asia, Oceania. The Italian galleries, Street Artists and the Made in Italy in the fields of art, design, fashion and much more were very well represented

Italian New Year's Eve. Think Well Before You Act!

Natasha Lardera

Tips on how to invite money and fortune, on how to keep the evil spirits at bay and welcome the good, ones, what to wear, what to eat and do. Italians respect traditions not only because they work but also because they are cost effective.

December 29, 2013

Why did the Italians Leave Little Italy? Part II Urban Renewal:Elite-WASP conspiracy against working-class Euro-ethnic Catholics

Tom Verso

Part I of this series, about the mid-twentieth century migration of southern-Italian Americans away from Little Italy “Urban Villages” to the suburbs (e.g. from Bronx to Long Island), posited that all migrations in world history are ‘caused’ by a combination of pushing and pulling forces: forces ‘pushing’ people away from their habitat and forces ‘pulling’ them to a new.

December 28, 2013

L'Almanacco del delitto

Traci Andrighetti

Selections from "Il Cerchio Verde:" Italian Detective Fiction from the Fascist Era

December 27, 2013

"The Johnny Meatballs Experience" Holiday Special

Johnny Meatballs DeCarlo

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The Spectacle of the Nativity in Valenti Angelo’s Art

Laura E. Ruberto

The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.

December 21, 2013

The Spectacle of the Nativity in Valenti Angelo’s Art

Laura E. Ruberto
Valenti Angelo
Valenti Angelo's The Bells of Bleecker Street, 1949

The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.

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