October 5, 2009
USA versus Italy: Diversity versus Mixing
Jerry Krase
In states like Montana and Wyoming diversity is most likely found in national parks such as Yellowstone, but even there 'they' are more likely to be foreign visitors than more and less indigenous Americans.
Many otherwise astute Italian-born commentators on American life often mistake the grand indicators of diversity in American population statistics as indicators of extensive social mixing. Although America is far more diverse than Italy, and in some places like New York City, a great deal of more or less pleasant social mixing is apparent, the facts on the ground are that in most of the USA the situation is not very different from that which can be found back home in Italy.
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October 5, 2009
Between Black and White. The First Columbus Day of the Obama Era.
Musings on the symbolic coincidence of the first "Italian month" under an African American president—and what we could make of it.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT / STUZZICHINI. Episode One: The AP Italian
The Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY), inaugurates today his weekly video-column on Italian/American culture. The series, entitled "Food For Thought / Stuzzichini," will be broadcasted on i-ItalyTV and YouTube every Monday. This week the subject of "Stuzzichini" is the AP Italian.
KENYA: Here Come Kofi Annan Yet Again
Kofi Annan urges Kenyan leaders to take action, implement reforms and be accountable.
October 5, 2009
Inglorious Basterds, il capolavoro di Quentin Tarantino
Un manipolo di soldati americani viene mandato in Europa, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, con una missione precisa: collezionare scalpi di nazisti. Nel frattempo una giovane donna ebrea la cui famiglia è stata massacrata dagli uomini delo Terzo Reich medita vendetta quando il cinema che gestisce a Parigi viene scelto per l'anteprima di un film di propaganda cui parteciperanno Hitler e Goebbels.
L'ultimo film di Quentin Tarantino è, con pochi dubbi, il suo film più riuscito, un canto d'amore appassionato e potentissimo alla forza dirompente del cinema.
October 4, 2009
KENYA: Here Comes Kofi Annan Yet Again
Kofi Annan urges Kenyan leaders to take action, implement reforms and be accountable.
Accademia Italiana della Cucina’s Monthly Dinner. Searching for True Italian Spots in NYC
Every month the Soho Delegation of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina organizes a dinner with its members and guests in a different Italian restaurant in NYC. On September 21 the Serafina Restaurant on Madison Avenue had its turn. The Accademici were called to vote on every aspect of the dinner, from the environment and service to the food and wine offered. What was their opinion? Is Serafina a “true Italian restaurant?”
Pino Daniele & "His Way" per New York
L’uomo blues partenopeo per la prima volta ha suonato dal vivo negli USA e lo ha fatto in un luogo d'eccezione, lo storico teatro Apollo di Harlem. Il pubblico si è lasciato incantare in un crescendo di partecipazione
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Rode Island's Brown University kisses goodbye to Columbus Day
THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL. The faculty voted Tuesday to drop Columbus Day in favor of “Fall Weekend” when a student group urged the change “after controversy arose over the nature of Christopher Columbus’ conquests and treatment of Native Americans.”
The school will celebrate Fall Weekend on the same day as Columbus Day, according to the student group Native Americans at Brown. That name may change in future years, the group said in a news release announcing the development on Wednesday.
Read the article on the Providence Journal and different opinions on The Brown University's Alumni Magazine.
One of the Alumni (Robert M. Wigod) actually brings up an interesting point when he says "If the Brown faculty really felt compelled to make a change, rather than run the risk of antagonizing thousands of Italian American alumni, including the mayor of Providence, perhaps it could have renamed the day for Garibaldi."
The school will celebrate Fall Weekend on the same day as Columbus Day, according to the student group Native Americans at Brown. That name may change in future years, the group said in a news release announcing the development on Wednesday.
Read the article on the Providence Journal and different opinions on The Brown University's Alumni Magazine.
One of the Alumni (Robert M. Wigod) actually brings up an interesting point when he says "If the Brown faculty really felt compelled to make a change, rather than run the risk of antagonizing thousands of Italian American alumni, including the mayor of Providence, perhaps it could have renamed the day for Garibaldi."
Since 1971, the Columbus Day holiday has been commemorated in the U.S. on the second Monday in October, the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring Canada. It is generally observed today by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies, most state government offices, and some school districts; however, most businesses and stock exchanges remain open.
States and city observations
Alaska
The State of Alaska, which has a large indigenous population, does not recognize Columbus Day.
Arkansas
Some public schools throughout the state are closed in observance of Columbus Day.
California
The city of Berkeley celebrates Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day every year with a pow wow and Native American market.
Cleveland
The Columbus Day parade in Cleveland takes place in the Little Italy neighborhood near University Circle. The day begins with Mass at Holy Rosary Church which features the combined choirs of the four historically Italian Cleveland area churches - Holy Rosary, Holy Redeemer, St. Rocco and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The parade then goes down Murray Hill featuring over 100 units and a dozen marching bands.
Colorado
The Columbus Day parade in Denver has been protested by Native American groups and their supporters for nearly two decades.
Hawaii
Hawaii does not officially honor Columbus day and instead celebrates Discoverer's Day on the same day, i.e., on the second Monday of each October. The day is "in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands". Neither Columbus Day nor Discoverer's Day is regarded as a holiday by State government; state, city and county government offices and schools are open for business on Columbus Day, while Federal government offices are closed.
In Hawaii, the Discoverer's Day celebration has become a day of protest for some advocacy groups. A popular protest site is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and the Chancery building of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Such advocacy groups have been commemorating the Discoverer's Day holiday as their own alternative, Indigenous Peoples Day. The week is called Indigenous Peoples Week.
Massachusetts
The city of Boston, which has a large Italian population, marks the occasion on the Sunday before Columbus Day with a parade through the city that alternates each year between East Boston and the North End.
All state agencies are closed, and parking at meters is free in the city of Boston.
New York
In New York State, Columbus Day is a holiday, as government offices and public schools are closed. However, the stock markets remain open. Not all universities in the state university system, SUNY, choose to observe the holiday.
Nevada
Columbus Day is not a legal holiday in Nevada, but it is a day of observance. Schools and state, city and county government offices are open for business on Columbus Day.
Puerto Rico
As in the mainland U.S., Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
South Dakota
In the state of South Dakota, the day is officially a state holiday known as "Native American Day", not Columbus Day.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Due to opposition against Columbus Day, in the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the day is celebrated as "Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Friendship Day."
Virginia
The second Monday in October is a legal holiday in Virginia: Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day, honoring Christopher Columbus, and the final victory at Yorktown in the Revolutionary War.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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States and city observations
Alaska
The State of Alaska, which has a large indigenous population, does not recognize Columbus Day.
Arkansas
Some public schools throughout the state are closed in observance of Columbus Day.
California
The city of Berkeley celebrates Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day every year with a pow wow and Native American market.
Cleveland
The Columbus Day parade in Cleveland takes place in the Little Italy neighborhood near University Circle. The day begins with Mass at Holy Rosary Church which features the combined choirs of the four historically Italian Cleveland area churches - Holy Rosary, Holy Redeemer, St. Rocco and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The parade then goes down Murray Hill featuring over 100 units and a dozen marching bands.
Colorado
The Columbus Day parade in Denver has been protested by Native American groups and their supporters for nearly two decades.
Hawaii
Hawaii does not officially honor Columbus day and instead celebrates Discoverer's Day on the same day, i.e., on the second Monday of each October. The day is "in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands". Neither Columbus Day nor Discoverer's Day is regarded as a holiday by State government; state, city and county government offices and schools are open for business on Columbus Day, while Federal government offices are closed.
In Hawaii, the Discoverer's Day celebration has become a day of protest for some advocacy groups. A popular protest site is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and the Chancery building of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Such advocacy groups have been commemorating the Discoverer's Day holiday as their own alternative, Indigenous Peoples Day. The week is called Indigenous Peoples Week.
Massachusetts
The city of Boston, which has a large Italian population, marks the occasion on the Sunday before Columbus Day with a parade through the city that alternates each year between East Boston and the North End.
All state agencies are closed, and parking at meters is free in the city of Boston.
New York
In New York State, Columbus Day is a holiday, as government offices and public schools are closed. However, the stock markets remain open. Not all universities in the state university system, SUNY, choose to observe the holiday.
Nevada
Columbus Day is not a legal holiday in Nevada, but it is a day of observance. Schools and state, city and county government offices are open for business on Columbus Day.
Puerto Rico
As in the mainland U.S., Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
South Dakota
In the state of South Dakota, the day is officially a state holiday known as "Native American Day", not Columbus Day.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Due to opposition against Columbus Day, in the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the day is celebrated as "Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Friendship Day."
Virginia
The second Monday in October is a legal holiday in Virginia: Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day, honoring Christopher Columbus, and the final victory at Yorktown in the Revolutionary War.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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"Saving Venezia & Protecting New Orleans." Introducing the MOSE Project
On 9/25 an international conference in New York will be dedicated to MO.S.E. (acronym for Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, or Experimental Electromechanical Module.) Here is an interview with Cav. Vincenzo Marra, President of ILICA, and Professor Anthony J. Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
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