Celebrating 35 Years of the Calandra Institute
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 7pm to 9pm
AT PICCOLO FIORE RISTORANTE
230 EAST 44TH STREET, Manhattan (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
REGINA DECICCO will perform stand-up comedy.
HOST: PROFESSOR ANTHONY TAMBURRI
DEAN, JOHN D. CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE
Between The Seas 2015 - A Festival of Mediterranean Performing Arts
This year the festival presents some of the most acclaimed and innovative performers from the Mediterranean region.
Revolution Sweeps Italian Museums
In a radical change of policy, the Italian government has just appointed twenty new directors for museums and archaeological sites from Milan to Paestum. Among them are ten women. Seven are non-Italians, such as German art historian Eike Schmidt, who will head the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. Not everyone is thrilled at the sweep of this new cultural broom.
It's Not What They Think About You
When we think thoughts of love and appreciation towards others, we feel connected, confident, and optimistic.
August 23, 2015
Words of Wisdom: My 2¢ on the Television Biz
Editoriali da due soldi ora anche in versione audiobook
August 21, 2015
It's Not What They Think About You
Fusaro 2015
When we think thoughts of love and appreciation towards others, we feel connected, confident, and optimistic.
IAWA Presents Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta on Saturday, September 12, @ Cornelia St. Cafe
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents two Italian American scholars -- Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta -- on Saturday, September 12 at Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St., Greenwich Village. Open Mic followed by features.
Italy Gasps at Mobster’s Show Funeral
The gala gangster funeral that has Italians gasping has escalated into a national political issue. The fallout puts the Rome city administration at risk, even as Mayor Ignazio Marino tweets that, “It is intolerable that funerals should become the tools of the living to send out Mafia messages.”
Part II -- The Unfortunate Pilgrim*: Or You Can’t Get There From Here
Finding her roots in the almost mythic hometown of my wife's father, Anthony Charles Nicoletti, wasn't as easy as we thought it was, but it was well worth the effort. To paraphrase Cristoforo Colombo: "If we ever go back, I think we'll use a different map."
Escape Room Economy
Italy has discovered a game which, it seems, everyone else has been playing for years: “The X-door,” where players are locked into an escape room until they can fumble their way out. But the real X-door remains the economy, and latest figures show that nowhere is it easy to find the way out. Protecting the Made-in-Italy label is an important clue.
August 15, 2015
IAWA Presents Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta on Saturday, September 12, @ Cornelia St. Cafe
Writes Sandra Mortola Gilbert, author of The Culinary Imagination: "... Personal Effects is both a brilliant tribute to a powerful scholar-memoirist and a significant contribution to Italian-American studies and cultural studies more generally. It is a collection to savor!"
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents two Italian American scholars -- Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta -- on Saturday, September 12 at Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St., Greenwich Village. Open Mic followed by features.
Migrants: Help from the Pope, A Politician Heckles
Even as Pope Francis was having foodstuffs delivered to a Roman center for migrants, some Italian politicians were having a verbal field day denouncing not only the newcomers, but also those who feed them. The problem is daunting: in a single day, Aug. 10, the Italy coast guard rescued 1,552 people in seven separate operations off the Libyan coast.
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