What's Cooking with this Johnny Meatballs Business?
John DeCarlo aka Johnny Meatballs has developed a vocabulary, image and brand that draws from stereotypical Italian American culture, some of which is exaggerated and degrading and some of which is endearing. I am a firm believer in free speech so his public pronouncements are not my concern. It's what he's serving that may be distasteful.
“Voci nel deserto” at the Figment Festival
Francesco Andolfi , one of the main leads in the show, replicating in Bergamo, Bologna, Rimini, Ravenna, Catania, Paris and finally New Yorks, says: “Our work aroused an exceptional reply”
World's Largest Celebration of Italian- American Culture and Heritage to be Held on October 8, 2012
Mario J. Gabelli, the eminent philanthropist and investment innovator, will be Grand Marshal of the New York City's 2012 Columbus Day Parade, the world's largest celebration of Italian-American culture and heritage. The 68th annual Columbus Day Parade be held on October 8, 2012, and will feature 35,000 marchers and over 100 contingents, including virtuoso performances of traditional Italian and Italian-American music and dance, street performers, historical and contemporary floats, over a dozen marching bands, and national and international dignitaries.
Obama, Romney campaigns celebrate Father's Day
Both President Obama's and Mitt Romney's campaigns celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday, in a brief respite from the increasingly heated presidential race.
Italian workers mass to protest Monti cuts, reform
ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of Italian workers rallied in Rome on Saturday to protest pension cuts, tax hikes and labor reforms imposed by the government of Mario Monti and to demand more stable work, particularly for the young.
Euro 2012: Croatia Coach denounces racist fans after banana attack against Italy's Mario Balottelli
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic on Sunday slammed racist fans and called for them to be banned from football after Italy's Mario Balotelli was abused during the two countries' Euro 2012 match last week.
Italy at the Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington DC
Italy’s food and wine exhibitors show up in ever larger numbers at the annual Summer Fancy Food this year
That’s Amore: Italy as Muse
“I WANTED nothing more than to be a foreign filmmaker,” Woody Allen said recently, “but of course I was from Brooklyn, which was not a foreign country. Through a happy accident I wound up being a foreign filmmaker because I couldn’t raise money any other way.”
Italy Makes Plans to Cut Debt and Revive Growth
ROME — The Italian government moved forward Friday with a wide-ranging package of economic measures worth about €80 billion that were meant both to spur economic growth and make a dent in the country’s unsustainably large public debt.
After Italy settles for draw with Croatia, Azzurri could now use a little luck of the Irish
Italy will need a win over Ireland on Monday and a little Irish lucky as well if the Italians are to advance in Euro 2012.For the second time in two matches, the Azzurri went a goal up only to give up the equalizer and finish with a draw. On Thursday, it was Croatia, whose high pressure wore down the Italians in the second half, which rallied for a1-1 tie.
Un viaggio nell’inesistenza con 200 scrittori
Napoli. Lo scorso 4 maggio; è nata la casa editrice Homo Scrivens diretta da Aldo Putignano in società con Ugo Ciaccio e Francesca Gerla. Coraggiosa impresa, in evidente controtendenza rispetto al momento di crisi. Nonostante la giovanissima età i soci hanno presentato alla stampa dei testi. Titolo di punta è senza dubbio l’Enciclopedia degli scrittori inesistenti 2.0 una vera e propria garzantina paraletteraria. Per i lettori di I-Italy abbiamo incontrato e intervistato i curatori dell’enciclopedia il direttore editoriale Aldo Putignano e Giancarlo Marino.
“Promoting Better Relations Through Education” The Lehman-LaGuardia Award for Civic Achievement
Dean Anthony Julian Tamburri, Ph.D., was honored at this year’s annual Commission for Social Justice-B’nai B’rith Award Breakfast, on June 10, 2012, which was co-sponsored by the New York Grand Lodge Commission for Social Justice of the Order Sons of Italy in America and The Metro North Region of B’nai B'rith International, celebrating 31 years of solidarity between the two groups.
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