10 things Italy does better than anywhere else
We Know Italy does some things incomparably well.But travelers to the elegant boot don't just want to eat spaghetti, deal with opera and gawk at old ruins. Beyond the clichés, you'll find 10 other surprising ways in which Italy shines.
New York e il Napoli: l’amore è pronto a nascere
Passione, internazionalizzazione e punto di riferimento per tutti i tifosi di calcio. Sono queste le parole chiave del nuovissimo Napoli Club NYC
Berlusconi: "Still on the Playing Field"
Because he is over 70 years of age, Silvio Berlusconi will not actually go to prison for the coming year, but will serve his sentence either under house arrest or re-education at the hands of social workers. His passport will be confiscated, and for six years he cannot run for public office. A crucial question is whether he will be forced to resign his Senate seat or will choose to resign beforehand. As Berlusconi himself said, in an emotional TV monologue just hours after his conviction of fiscal fraud Thursday, the judges "have come down on me without precedent.
Italy marks anniversary of Bologna bombing
Italy on Friday marked the 33rd anniversary of the Bologna train station bombing, in which 85 people died. The bombing is the most devastating terrorist attack in the country's history.
Italy’s first black minister hit with bananas as she makes speech
Italy's first black minister who was dubbed an orangutan by a fellow politician has suffered another racist attack — after a spectator threw bananas at her during a rally.
Italy's top court confirms Berlusconi conviction
Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld a conviction against for prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, but it stopped short of enforcing the five-year-ban on politics that would have likely ended the tycoon's political career.
August 1, 2013
Pizza Friday, Pulled Pork Saturday In Hasbrouck Heights!
WEEKEND SPECIALS AT OUR SWIM CLUB FOOD STAND
August 1, 2013
The New Bishop of the Bridgeport Connecticut Diocese – Son of Campania Immigrants, and from Brooklyn … No Less!
Most Rev. Frank J Caggiano
At a time when the Catholic Church in general and the Diocese of Bridgeport in particular are rife with controversy, the Pope appointed a southern-Italian American who immediately demonstrated he is not afraid of controversy. At the news conference announcing his appointment, Bishop Caggiano unequivocally, empathically and vociferously said: “I’m a New York Mets Fan!” Needless to say, that raised a lot of eyebrows.
Cassations Decides on Berlusconi
At 8:04 pm Silvio Berlusconi, 77-year-old former premier, learned from the TV set in his huge apartment within Palazzo Grazioli, just steps away from Palazzo Venezia in Rome, that the Italian high court, the Cassations, had come down on him, but softly enough that he can breathe a deep sigh of relief. And so can today's left-leaning premier, Enrico Letta, who heads a government in tandem with Berlusconi's Partito della Liberta' (PdL). Convicted to a four-year sentence which is unlikely to be served, he will be retried, however, on the question of his possible interdiction from public office.
How Italian are You? Let Your Voice be Heard in a New Research Project
How to help a visiting research scholar at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, City University of New York, to investigate the status of Italian American identity within the greater New York area.
Con il Summer Jamboree Festival Senigallia celebra i mitici anni '50 a ritmo di rock'n roll
Dal 3 all'11 agosto il Summer Jamboree, Festival Internazionale di Musica e Cultura dell'America anni '40 e '50, torna ad animare la cittadina delle Marche con concerti live di swing, rhythm&blues, rockabilly. Si ballerà Jive, lindy hop, boogie, fra icone di stile e hawaiian party in spiaggia
Italian American Monuments, Gramsci-style
Upon visiting Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument in the Bronx, passing reflections on impermanence, aesthetics, and what makes something Italian American.
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