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Worry for Italy Quickly Replaces Relief for Spain

By LIz Aldermand and Elisabetta Povoledo
VENICE — Concerns grew on Monday that Italy could be the next victim of Europe’s financial infection, leading nervous investors to sell Italian stocks and bonds and damping euphoria over a weekend deal to bail out Spain’s banks.

Source: the New York Times
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Croatia well primed to test Italy, warns Prandelli

Croatia's ability to vary their tactics, their intensity and their physical prowess make them a very different prospect to facing Spain, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli warned on Wednesday.

Source: Fox News

Star Wigs: Italian Mastery in Hairstyles

Natasha Lardera

On the occasion of the 2012 edition of Open Roads Star Wigs is a tribute to one of the most important crafts in the film industry and to the skilled artisans who work away from the spotlight to create the heads of the film stars. On display at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU)

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See the "Timeless" Designs of Massimo and Lella Vignelli on View at the …

NEW YORK — The works of Massimo and Lella Vignelli, the famed Italian husband-and-wife, design-and-architectural modernist duo, are the subject of a small but stunning exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute on the Upper East Side.

Source: Pans and Pots
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Design That Endures

“Good design lasts,” says Massimo Vignelli, who, with his wife, Lella, has always walked the walk. Born in Italy and trained as architects, the couple founded Vignelli Associates in New York City in 1971, putting their modernist stamp on furniture, tableware, and interiors, not to mention their legendary 1972New York City subway map.

Source: Elledecor

Terraferma, Shun Li & the Poet and La-bas. Immigration in Italian Cinema at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Open Roads

Natasha Lardera

Several films presented at Lincoln Center's Open Roads tackle the difficult issue of immigration and integration critically looking at how the country's authorities and its people struggle to deal with a continuously growing wave of newcomers.

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Italy minister says market situation extremely difficult

(Reuters) - Recent financial market developments show the situation remains "extremely difficult" for the euro zone as a whole and for Italy in particular, Italian Deputy Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters

“Women and the RC Church Misogyny, or Gynophobia? Take your Pick"

Jerry Krase

A small collection of conservative Roman Catholic Bishops are making it difficult for nuns and other Catholic women to do the work they have been called to do. The disarray in the Vatican is another example of how things go wrong when women are left out of the picture, not to mention the hierarchy.

Tie Fails to Settle Anything for Spain and Italy

By Rob Huges
Respect is the slogan under which UEFA wants its Euro 2012 championships to be played, but too much respect can dull the spectacle. That was how things panned out here in the northern port of Poland where solidarity liberated the workers, but Italian and Spanish princes of the sport canceled out one another.

Source: The New York Times

Dai loft di Soho ai lounge di Roma: ArtRom, l’intimità domestica dell’home gallery all’ombra del Cupolone...

Francesca Di Folco

“There is no place like home” questo il lead col quale l’art dealer californiana, Elizabeth Genovesi, adibisce il suo appartamento a galleria casalinga. Le chiavi del successo? Familiarità, stringere legami d’amicizia, vivere l’arte. i-Italy ha poi incontrato Denise Shaw, performer newyorkese che ha condiviso con noi la sua passione per la pittura su tela.

June 12, 2012

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"Grillismo" and the Powerful Forces

Judith Harris

According to the pollsters, Beppe Grillo's share of the Italian electorate amounts to 16%, while Silvio Berlusconi's Partito della Libertà continues to sink like a stone. Meanwhile, the political pundits are suggesting that Mario Monti's government might not last beyond this summer, precipitating elections at least six months ahead of schedule.

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