Comic campaigns for Italian default, lira - seriously
An Italian comic who is campaigning for local elections riding a wave of discontent
among voters says the solution to the economic crisis is default on the country's enormous debt and a return to the lira.
among voters says the solution to the economic crisis is default on the country's enormous debt and a return to the lira.
On High-Speed Rails, a New Challenger in Italy
FLORENCE, Italy — It took over five years, a roughly $1.3 billion investment and a neck-and-neck race with Italy’s national rail lines to get Europe’s first private operator of high-speed, domestic trains on track.
Le Grechesce, Italian Folk Music with Khaossia Ethno-Ensamble Salentina
High school and college students of America are being treated to a piece of Italian history where the Sea was an unknown world dominated by the Republic of Venice and encounters between different musicians, mostly amateurs and merchants, resulted in dreamlike music.
We went to their concert at La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
April 27, 2012
The Status of Interpretation in Italian American Studies: Shameless Promotion of My Books, Part II
Jerry Krase San Gennaro, Mulberry Street 2006
In the fall of 2006 I gave a walking tour of New York’s Mulberry Street Little Italy for an Elderhostel group. This is one of the sights that greeted us on the trip. I interpret the display to mean that San Gennaro was a cigar smoker.
The First Annual Forum in Italian American Criticism was held in Manhattan in 2008 at which internationally renowned scholars were invited to comment on “The Status of Interpretation in Italian American Studies.” After the lively event, I was given the pleasant task of lightly editing and arranging the contributions into a volume of the same name as the 30th volume in the highly respected Forum Italicum book series in Italian and Italian American Studies published in the spring of 2012.
Two arrested for allegedly helping Camorra Casalesi clan
Caserta, April 27 - Two people were arrested in the southern town of Caserta near Naples Friday for allegedly organizing summits and hiding firearms for the Neapolitan Camorra mafia, police said.
High-speed train to make maiden voyage
Naples, April 27 - NTV, a new high-speed rail company that promises to compete with the Italian FS state railway monopoly, will have its maiden voyage on Saturday, CEO Giuseppe Sciarrone said on Friday.
Cucinelli's stellar debut seen boosting Italy IPO appeal
Cucinelli's initial public offering (IPO) was relatively small but was still seen by the Italian bourse as a welcome boost, coming after Ferragamo's flotation last year and the loss of fashion house Prada to an Asian listing in 2011.
US Vigilant in Fight against Chocolate Eggs
People travelling to the US would be well advised to refrain from taking Kinder Surprise eggs with them. The chocolate eggs are illegal in the US because of a law dating back to 1938 which bans inedible objects inside confectionery. There are concerns that small children could choke on the mini-toys found inside the eggs.
Goodbye Rai Corporation: Laid-Off Workers Protest and File Suit Against Company
Rai Corporation closed and its assets will be auctioned next week. The laid-off workers, left without health insurance and compensation, are protesting in front of the Italian Consulate on Park Ave. In the meantime, Rai transferred the news correspondents to AP through expensive subcontracts.
Steve McCurry, l'Italia e l'Oriente. Viaggio tra intensità di volti e pathos della natura
Al Macro di Roma, nel cuore di Testaccio, una grande exhibition celebra l’elite della fotografia contemporanea, il Cartier Bresson “a colori". Oltre duecento scatti raccontano tutti i suoi reportage di viaggi, compreso quello fatto nel Belpaese per commemorare i 150 anni dell’Unità
ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella Wins 2012 Urbino Press Award
Sebastian Rotella, Senior reporter at ProPublica, is the recipient of the 2012 Urbino Press Award, the Italian journalistic prize awarded each year to an American reporter who distinguished himself for his "ability to describe a world in change."
For an Old Italian Game, a Crescendo of Sorts
There was one corner of Woodlawn that seemed as if it would always remain stubbornly Italian: the bocce courts inVan Cortlandt Park. But as older Italian men died or moved away from this north Bronx neighborhood, the nightly bocce games stopped. Weeds sprouted. Children mistook the rectangular courts for sandboxes. Dogs ran loose on them. Eventually park officials considered razing them to make way for more benches.
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