Held Hostage: Italians in the Hands of their Captors
Following the failed hostage rescue by the British commandos in Nigeria where an Italian and a Brit were killed, thoughts go to the other Italian hostages who have been missing for months. Silence can ensure the positive outcome of the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but it should not be mistaken for social oblivion.
Thinking Out the Box
An Italian American proposal for the future of Old Lady of Loreto and its statues.
How reading a recent New York Times article may stimulate some creative reflections and maybe a call for talented Italian American artists to save part of our cultural patrimony.
Towards an American Terroni “Education Manifesto” – i-Italy’s role (if any)
So Pretty / So Witty / Not Phony / But Soooo Not Terroni .... Spare me Manzoni - Yo / Don’t yah know / American Terroni want / a South of Rome show
Angelo Musco's Parthenogenesis. From a Personal Experience to a Universal Language
When art births before artists are born: Angelo Musco’s Parthenogenesis Sequence. The project is curated by Ombretta Agrò.
Fiat Tries Again in the U.S.
Italian food is the most popular type of restaurant cuisine in America. As Fiat has learned over the past year, that’s not the case with Italian cars. U.S. sales of the Turin-based automaker’s tiny 500 subcompact have been disappointing—about half the company’s targets—since Fiat’s return to the North American market last spring following a 30-year hiatus. “We thought we were going to show up and just because of the fact people like gelato and pasta, people will buy it,” says Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne. “This is nonsense.”
Exhibition Program: Votive Offerings in Edible Media
Diana Fane of the Brooklyn Museum discusses examples of edible ex-votos from Southern Italy and Mexico, regions in which Christian and pre-Christian traditions frequently co-exist: their domestic production and significance for the local community; their role as substitutions for and imitations of the "real thing" whether it be a human, animal, or natural formation; the medicinal or sacred properties attributed to the medium; and the ease with which the ex-voto could be divided in portions and shared.
Votive Offerings in Edible Media
Diana Fane discusses examples of edible ex-votos from Southern Italy and Mexico, regions in which Christian and pre-Christian traditions frequently co-exist.
Exhibition at NYU Casa Italiana: Italy’s Margins-- Social Exclusion in Photography and Film, 1860-2010
The margins of a country are real places - the poor peripheral areas of cities, overseas colonies, 'backward' rural areas, Romani camps, fast-track removal centres and many others - but at the same time they are places that are imagined and produced as margins by particular processes of definition and representation.
Lake Garda, Italy: the glories of Italy's largest lake
In 1921 Ezra Pound wrote to James Joyce from a pink-walled hotel that still today overlooks Sirmione's harbour on Lake Garda: "Dear Joyce, I'd like you to spend a week here with me. The location is well worth the journey – both Catullus and I can guarantee it!" It is still worth the journey.
Tax Cheats Become Italy’s Public Enemy
ROME — When five officials from Italy’s internal revenue service entered the Dal Duca restaurant in Rome’s trendy Trastevere neighborhood one night two weeks ago, they were not there to eat.
Coppola’s Italy for Guests, Not Moviegoers
BESIDES being a filmmaker and a winemaker, Francis Ford Coppola has owned hotels and resorts since the 1980s. With his latest, Palazzo Margherita,palazzomargherita.com, in Bernalda, Italy, he now owns five properties.
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