May 20, 2009
Chicago Area: Casa Italia Library to be Relaunched June 5
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Library volunteer worker, Vincenzo DiVito, sits in front of new Library shelves of the Florence Roselli Casa Italia Library in Stone Park (Chicago)
The Florence Roselli Library at Casa Italia will stage a grand rededication on June 5. In an auspicious atmosphere of growth and collaboration, your blogger invites the national Italian American community, to unite in support of the preservation of Italian Americana.
Support La Scuola d'Italia with Monica Guerritore
On May 28, 2009, Italian theater, movie, and TV actress Monica Guerritore will give a double performance in "Giovanna d'Arco" and "Dall'Inferno all'Infinito" in New York. Her show is the first of a series of cultural events or "Incontri" organized to benefit La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi and support its cultural events and activities
Dean Benedetti, Jazz Ethnographer
Vilified for decades, Dean Benedetti is now lauded as a “true jazz hero.”
Berlusconi faces calls to quit over false testimony in corruption trials
TIMES ON LINE. Silvio Berlusconi faced calls to resign yesterday when a judge ruled that David Mills, the British tax lawyer, had given false testimony at two corruption trials to protect the Italian Prime Minister and his business empire. (Read the article)
Shark teeth found in Chianti hills. Two ancient whales discovered two years ago
ANSA. Hundreds of fossilised teeth of a small shark-like creature have been found in the clay soil of the Chianti winegrowing country in Tuscany. (Read the article)
Rome to host Mideast council. Permanent forum to be based at Ara Pacis, symbol of peace
ANSA. Rome is to host a permanent council for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation, the city's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, announced on Tuesday. (Read the article)
Nemo Propheta in Patria. Marco Albonetti, storia di un sassofonista emigrante
Abbiamo incontrato Marco Albonetti in uno dei teatri più prestigiosi del mondo, il Carnegie Hall, dove ha presentato "Astor Place", il suo ultimo lavoro, un tributo a Astor Piazzolla. Ci ha parlato della sua storia, quella di un sassofonista di talento costretto ad espatriare per vivere della sua passione. La sua esperienza è comune a tanti suoi colleghi che in Italia "non trovano spazio". Ve la raccontiamo per questo: per dare, almeno noi, un giusto tributo al loro lavoro, impegno e talento
Un “americano a Roma”. Le opere di Twombly tra sentimento ed astrattismo
Dopo la Tate Modern di Londra e il Guggenheim di Bilbao, alla Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna di Roma una grande retrospettiva sull'artista in cui si conciliano la bellezza dell’antico e l’espressionismo astratto americano
Monica Lewinsky or Noemi Letizia? Flings and Politics in Italy
Many look at Letizia Noemi as an Italian version of Monica Lewinsky. But while Clinton's popularity fell dramatically after his extramarital affair, Berlusconi's has sagged by a mere 3% as a result of his divorce. Thus, although Catholic, Italians seem to be very tolerant... But is religion the only issue involved?
May 19, 2009
Monica Lewinsky or Noemi Letizia? Flings and Politics in Italy
Many look at Letizia Noemi as an Italian version of Monica Lewinsky. But while Clinton's popularity fell dramatically after his extramarital affair, Berlusconi's has sagged by a mere 3% as a result of his divorce. Thus, although Catholic, Italians seem to be very tolerant... But is religion the only issue involved?
Power Plays, Italian Style
Paolo Sorrentino's portrait of Giulio Andreotti is an investigation of post-WWII Italian politics
Susanna Agnelli buried. Italy's only woman foreign minister died Friday at 87
ANSA. Italy's only woman foreign minister, Susanna Agnelli, was buried Monday at Monte Argentario, a village on the Tuscan coast where the Agnelli family had a home. She died in Rome Friday at the age of 87 after being hospitalised following a fall. (Read the article)
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