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An Italian Road That May Be Too Scenic

The New York Times. Bubuggiate (Northern Italy) It is well known that driving while talking on a cellphone greatly increases the risk of an accident. But what about being distracted by art, particularly if it happens to be the hard-to-miss showpiece of a roundabout? Take the sculpture of a pack of cyclists in a traffic circle here on a route to Lake Varese, in northern Italy. (Read the article by Elisabetta Polovedo)

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Venice. Festival Stresses Its Italian Accent

The New York Times. This is a challenging year for the Venice Film Festival, given that construction has now started on a brand new Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, due to be completed in 2011, on the same site where the world’s oldest filmfest has taken place since it began in the 1930s. (Read the article by R. C. Morris)

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Venice film fest set for launch. Cucinotta to present Tornatore's Baaria

ANSA. The Venice Film Festival kicks off Wednesday night with a gala showing of Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic Baaria, one of four Italian films competing for the top prize. (Read the article)

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Italy. Ethnic restaurants boom. Foreigners also moving into Italian food

ANSA. Ethnic eateries are booming in Italy and foreigners have also carved out a big chunk of new Italian restaurants. (Read the article)

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San Rocco in Mahattan. 120 Years Later

Discovering the Saint

After this wonderful Feast, Saint Rocco deserves a presentation. Here you have a short biography of the Saint and a guideline to all the places in Italy and in the US where He is celebrated

Comunicare per il Sistema Italia. Luci ed ombre di un lavoro svolto con passione

Letizia Airos Soria

Incontro a New York con il Consigliere per il coordinamento della Comunicazione Pubblica del Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Antonio Bettanini. "Quando uno parla di comunicazione interna a volte la gente si mette a sbadigliare. Ma è l’ABC"

John Schiumo. Un italoamericano a New York 1

Andrea Riccio

John Schiumo, il brillante conduttore di "The Call", una trasmissione molto seguita dal pubblico newyorkese, ha origini italo/americane. Lo abbiamo incontrato all'Union Square Park per un'intensa chiacchierata sul suo background italiano e sulla sua professione

Per un “Verso” o per l’altro, non è un caso “Piccolo” da scartare*

Anthony Julian Tamburri

We need Italian language classes in our public schools, as well as courses in Italian/American history and culture. Both are necessary for our culture to thrive into the future.

August 31, 2009

Per un “Verso” o per l’altro, non è un caso “Piccolo” da scartare*

Anthony Julian Tamburri

Photo by Fuvio Minichini for i-Italy

We need Italian language classes in our public schools, as well as courses in Italian/American history and culture. Both are necessary for our culture to thrive into the future.