June 7, 2012
“Cosmopolis” (novel) –Don DeLillo a Theater of the Absurd Existentialist, nevertheless a Bronx southern-Italian American
“What are you doing Saturday night?
St. Anthony’s Italian Festival begins Sunday
The St. Anthony’s Italian Festival, the region’s leading weeklong Italian-American cultural celebration, will begin Sunday June 10 at 2 p.m. at St. Anthony’s of Padua on N. DuPont Street in Wilmington.
New York Hospital Queens Gala raises nearly $1M for cancer center expansion
Bella Italia Mia meets Sunday.Bella Italia Mia meetings are held at Christ the King High School at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village.
The next meeting will be Sunday. Doors open at noon for social time and refreshments.Anthony Julian Tamburri, a professor and Dean of The John D. Calandra Italian-American Institute, Queens College, will speak on “Italian Americans and the Media: Cinema, Video, Television.”
Suspect arrested in Italian school bombing
Italian police have arrested a 68-year-old man accused of carrying out a a bomb attack outside a school in Brindisi on May 19 that killed one student and wounded several others.
Shaken Italian parties flounder as election nears
ROME, June 7 (Reuters) - Gerry Scotti is a reassuringly cheerful television presenter, well known in Italy for advertising a popular brand of rice, but it is a measure of the turmoil in the political system that he was recently also seen as a potential prime minister.
Dress in Dreams. Star Wings - A Tribute
Dress in Dreams presents a tribute to one of the most important crafts in the film industry and to the skilled artisans who work away from the spotlights to create the heads of the stars
June 6, 2012
“Women and the RC Church Misogyny, or Gynophobia? Take your Pick"
Jerry Krase
The first prize I ever won was this crucifix from the nun who taught the Holy Communion religious instruction class I took at Visitation RC Church near the Red Hook Houses where I lived as a child. Although I have heard many horror stories about nuns told by people who went to Catholic Schools, my public school Wednesday afternoon released time for religious instruction memories are distinctly fond ones.
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.
Italy, Netherlands take a break from tournament preparations to make emotional visit to former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland - The Italy and Netherlands teams took breaks from their European Championship preparations Wednesday to make solemn and emotional visits to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps.
Italy farm lobby lifts quake damage estimate
(Reuters) - Recent earthquakes in northern Italy have severely damaged some 2,000 farms and inflicted losses amounting to 705 million euros, agricultural lobby group Coldiretti said on Wednesday, lifting previous damage estimates by over 200 million euros.
Italy’s National Day in Newark: Farewell to Consul General Andrea Barbaria
This year’s celebration of the Feast of the Republic in Newark constituted the occasion for the Italian and Italian-American community in New Jersey to wish farewell to Consul General of Italy in Newark Andrea Barbaria. After four years of service in Newark, Barbaria has been assigned to the Mission of Italy in Tehran, Iran.
See the "Timeless" Designs of Massimo and Lella Vignelli on View at the Italian Cultural Institute
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.
Timeless by Design
At theItalian Cultural Institute of New York, “Timelessness,” a tiny, tantalizing exhibition of works by the designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli, opens today and runs through July 15.
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