And it Spins Twice, a Play About Endless Possibilities
For all those who are weary of seeing Italian Americans play mafiosi - GO see two Italian American actresses play SCIENTISTS. And it Spins Twice tells the story of Beth, played by Lucia Grillo, and Liz, played by Marlena Kalm. Beth and Liz are both theoretical physicists and they are involved with a musician named Ryan. A quick Q&A with actress Lucia Grillo.
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Andrea Bargnani battling pneumonia
Knicks forward Andrea Bargnani has been suffering from pneumonia that will keep him from playing for the Italian national team in next month's EuroBasket, according to the Italian Basketball Federation.
Italy’s Garment-Factory Slaves
Aside from the cobbled streets and terra cotta rooftops, the Via Pistoiese that dissects the Tuscan town of Prato outside Florence is not like other Italian streets. You won’t smell sautéed garlic here. Instead the pungent smell of peanut oil and dongpo pork permeates the air. The storefront signs are almost all in Chinese hanzi on vertical ribbons of red or blue with tiny Italian translations across the bottom.
A Call for Aid, Not Laws, to Help Women in Italy
Responding to the persistent problem of violence against women, Prime Minister Enrico Letta this month announced “very harsh, very tough” measures to counter domestic abuse and what he called “femicide,” the killing of women because they are women, often at the hands of current or former husbands or boyfriends.
La Grande Mela, Viola
I tifosi della Fiorentina a New York, possono contare sulla presenza di un fan club fin dal 1990
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Torre Salsa, approda la poesia di Evelina Maffey: il Canto di Colapesce appartiene all'intera umanità. L'intervista
Intervista ad Evelina Maffey
August 20, 2013
2 Weeks Left At Swim Club
Our food stand is not your ordinary swim club snackbar. Sorry, no chicken nuggets here...
August 19, 2013
Tom Dreesen on behalf of Italian American Studies at Loyola University Chicago
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Standup comedian Tom Dreesen became famous for his appearances on the Tonight Show and his work as the opening act for Frank Sinatra
Standup comedian Tom Dreesen explains the important of preserving Italian American culture with an endowed professorship at Loyola University Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmBT3vDfXv0 /p>
The Irreplaceable Mister B, the (Sur)real Obsession of Being Irreplaceable
The Irreplaceable Mister B, the original play written by Sicilian journalist and writer Paolo Tartamella was selected to compete at the Thespis Theater Festival, produced by the Cabrini Theater of Washington Heights. It is the story of a successful Wall Street executive who dumps his lofty life just to be rejected by all those who surround him.
August 16, 2013
“Terroni” and “Polentoni” – Revisited … The Culturally Lobotomized Southern-Italian Americana
Lorenzo Del Boca writes:
“Terroni and Polentioni have become the paradigm for distant worlds, sometimes at odds with each other and often hostile.”
'Right off the Bat' and 'Cutting to the Chase' – as it were, Del Boca sums up the best-kept secret in southern-Italian Americana: North and South Italy are “Distant and at times Hostile worlds.” Why do the southern-Italian American literati persist in ignoring this categorical, unequivocal and demonstrable FACT of HISTORY?
Napolitano Has the Last Word, for Now...
Through careful mediation, President Giorgio Napolitano has succeeded in calming at least some of the troubled waters of political Italy. This is a victory for Italy, for justice, for Premier Enrico Letta's coalition government, but also for the moderates within former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's splintered Freedom Party (PdL), who have been counseling a cautious approach even as an obviously depressed Berlusconi himself launches a new party. "I'd like to grant an amnesty but can't," said Napolitano in essence, while guaranteeing that Berlusconi will not go to prison.
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