Americans in Love with Italy: The Cinema Connection.
THIS WEEKEND on i-italyTV/ Enjoy a special episode dedicated to cinema and celebrities. Francine Segan meets F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award winner; John Patrick Shanley, playwright and film director; Micheal Tucker, actor and author; and Richard Pena, cinema critic and former program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Sunday, 1:00 pm on NYC Life
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The Problem with Donald Trumping
Donald trumping all in the Republican race is only possible thanks to an undemocratic system. Disguised in the public eye as the ultimate democratic institution, the primaries actually tend to impose minority decisions, nullify political parties, and ultimately destroy democracy and accountability as we know them. These problems are peculiarly American. They are hardly found in other Western democracies in Europe, Canada or Australia.
The Community Gathers to Greet and Say Good Bye to the Consul General Natalia Quintavalle
Competence, humility, love for her job and big humanity and creativity have been the dominant factors for the General Consul Natalia Quintavalle and at the end of the diplomatic career the Italian and Italian-American community gathers to greet her.
Lost and Beautiful: Marcello's Political Cine-Poetry
The 45th edition of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art's festival New Directors/New Films is about to start: March 16 – March 27. Among films from several countries, including Ghana, China, Israel, Denmark and the USA, there is one Italian gem awaiting to be discovered by American audiences: Lost and Beautiful (Bella e perduta) by Pietro Marcello.
What the Allies Knew
March 23, 5:30 pm @ the Italian Academy at Columbia Film screening: What the Allies Knew (2015) by Virginie Linhart, produced by Cinetevè, historical supervision by Henry Rousso.
Following a panel with Umberto Gentiloni (University of Rome and author of Bombardare Auschwitz ?, 2015), Marianne Hirsch (Columbia University). Moderator: Yasmine Ergas (Columbia University). With the participation of Fabienne Servan-Schreiber (producer).
Sagra del Libro Book Fair Kicks off IAWA's 25th Anniversary in Little Italy, NYC
The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) kicked off its 25th anniversary with the Sagra del Libro book fair in an historic collaboration with the Order of the Sons of Italy, Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge #285 that was initiated by IAWA's recently departed Board Member and friend, Emelise Aleandri and is, in fact, dedicated to her memory.
March 9, 2016
Perché i tifosi del Real Madrid sono unici al mondo
Madrid Stadio Santiago Bernabeu
Il bel tifo
Brutti ma buoni! Delicious Hazelnut Meringue Cookies
Piedmont in Northwestern Italy may be famous for the aromatic white truffles and great wines it produces, but the region is also known for some of the world’s nest hazelnuts.
March 9, 2016
Cantare italiano con Domenico Modugno a Manhattan
Il racconto della seconda tappa del tour newyorkese di Mimì De Maio prodotto da Spazio Cultura Italia. Location il Prohibition sull'Upper West Side.
Nonna Caterina, 104 anni e viva la civiltà contadina
“Ma di che cosa non sono capaci le donne calabresi? Se fossi al governo le nominerei, in massa, cavalieresse del lavoro”. A sostenerlo con grande passione e convinzione nel lontano 1907 era una delle pioniere del femminismo italiano, la scrittrice Clelia Pellicano, che aveva sposato un marchese di Gioiosa Jonica.
La comunità saluta il suo console, Natalia Quintavalle
Competenza, umiltà, amore per il proprio lavoro, tantà umanità e creatività sono stati elementi incisivi in questi anni a New York dell'azione del Console Generale Natalia Quintavalle. Al termine del suo mandato la comunità si raccoglie per salutarla.
Jando Music - Via Veneto Jazz Present Ameen Saleem "The Groove Lab"
Ameen Saleem’s main inspiration comes from jazz, but his music cannot be limited to a particular genre. For years he has played with Roy Hargrove’s Quintet and his Big Band, and is one of the most talented bass players on the international jazz scene.
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