June 24, 2012
IAWA Welcomes Kristine Gasbarre and Joel Allegretti on Saturday, July 14, 2012
Best known as a pop culture chronicler, Allegretti's latest book Europa/Nippon/New York: Poems/Not-Poems was published by Poets Wear Prada this year.
New York, NY- The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents noted writers Kristine Gasbarre and Joel Allegretti on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street in New York City’s West Village, (212-989-9319); www.corneliastreetcafe.com. The reading takes place from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes after which the featured writers take the stage. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its Open Reading series at Cornelia Street Café every second Saturday of the month.
Italy Beats England on Penalties to Reach European Semifinals
Italy set up a European Championship soccer semifinal with record three-time winner Germany after a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over England. The Italians were forced to rely on the post-midnight shootout after failing to convert their superior play over 120 minutes at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev into a goal.
Euro: Italy beats England on penalties
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Alessandro Damiani scored the decisive penalty kick Sunday to give Italy a 4-2 shootout win over England and a spot in the European Championshiosemifinals.
Italy Secures Spot in Semifinals on Penalty Kicks
Neither team wanted this. Not the caprice of penalty kicks. A soccer goal is eight feet high and eight yards wide, but for England and Italy, it could seem like a shooting at a matchbox.Italy won the 2006 World Cup in a penalty-kick shootout, but it and England had a mostly tortured history at this lottery that is at once unsatisfying and heart-stopping.
Napoli. IV Edizione del Natale di Partenope. Si premia l'eccellenza
Nonostante la presenza ossessiva di “Scipione l’africano” in città circa mille persone hanno partecipato alla IV premiazione del Natale di Partenope. Un successo strepitoso “quasi un pellegrinaggio, un credo” afferma soddisfatto Claudio Agrelli, il fondatore di Città di Partenope.
June 23, 2012
Mario Monti – On his feet before God, On his knees before Germany, On the Backs of Workers
There is no end to the ways that the rich and powerful can con workers out of their money. And the professional biography of Mario Monti documents his impeccably unblemished career as a technocrat of the rich and powerful.
Italy Shines at the 58th Edition of the Summer Fancy Food Show
Despite the economic crisis and destructive earthquakes, Italy is still leader in quality and variety of food presented at North America’s most important culinary showcase. Italian Trade Commissioner Aniello Musella talks sums things up for i-italy
Strikes cause transport misery
(ANSA) - Rome, June 22 - A one-day strike by transport unions caused misery for commuters all over Italy on Friday, with Rome hit especially hard.The strike against government cuts, the latest in a series of one-day protests staged at the end of the working week, slashed bus, metro, tram and local train services in the big cities.
Ruby witness tells of Berlusconi photos 'of sexual nature'
(ANSA) - Milan, June 22 - A Moroccan model told a Milan court Friday that she was aware of potentially incriminating pictures "of a sexual nature" of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi and underage Moroccan dancer Karima 'Ruby' El Mahroug.
The Diplomacy of Parmigiano: 85 Diplomatic Missions Donate to Emilia-Romagna
The Union of Italian diplomats, SNDMAE, and the Parmigiano-Reggiano Consortium are sponsoring the “Parmigiano-Reggiano Diplomatico” initiative, in the first two weeks of which 100,000 Euros have been donated to the earthquake-struck cheese manufacturing plants of Emilia-Romagna.
Italians make breakthrough in AIDS drug research
(ANSA) - Rome, June 22 - It may mean the end of a lifetime of drugs for AIDS patients.Italian researches have found a treatment to rehabilitate the immune system and get patients off medication, according to a new study.
Why I love Italy
The plan was impromptu and as sometimes happens in such situations, ran into a roadblock. That that difficulty turned into of the best things that happened on our visit to the Lake Como area is typical of Italy. A bunch of friends gathered last week to celebrate a couple of significant birthdays in a splendid house on the Milan Malibu stretch of the lake’s north shore (George Clooney’s place, everyone insisted, was nearly next door!).
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