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Italian Halloween in N.Y.C.

Patrizia Barroero

At the 'Centro Raccontami', Italian cultural centre in Manhattan, children learn Italian while crafting Halloween masks and watchin a 'Puppet Show'.

Veronamerica. Connecting Women Artists

Filippo Brunamonti

Veronamerica celebrates its tenth anniversary this October at the Italian Cultural Institute and includes strong impact exhibits, high-voltage charisma and moving audio-visual concepts.

Between Arts and Politics: The "Cultural" Background of the Trevi Fountain Attack in Rome

From Italy

From behind the attack an old Italian artistic-political movement resurfaces.

Who were the "Futurists" and what was their relation to the revolutionary Fascist culture of the 1920s?

Immigration. A Threat and a Benefit to Italy

The French research institute TNT Sofres interviewed nearly 4,800 adults in five European countries, finding that Italians had conflicting feelings about immigrants

Rome. A Cinema Feast, not a Festival

FROM ITALY by MARIA RITA LATTO

Many parts of the Eternal City are deeply involved in the second edition of the Rome Cinema Fest (18-27 October) that will bring 167 titles including films, documentaries and retrospectives, 24 tributes and meetings with directors, authors and writers, 15 videos, 12 international projects and 14 movies by debutant directors in the New Cinema Network section. And more...

Italian Bloggers Under Fire: Who's Afraid of a Free Net?

From Italy

The Italian "blogosphere" - a recent phenomenon in comparison to the U.S. and other countries - comes under attack from many sides. Politicians and professional journalists alike are scared that a free Net could mean the end of their life-long monopoly...

The Scarlet Fountain

FROM ITALY

A man threw paint into the waters of Rome 's famous Trevi Fountain, that within minutes turned blood red. The act seems to be inspired by the Futurists of the early 1900's...

Google Doodle for Pavarotti

Alberto Caruana

Google pays a tribute to the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

“Let the Bamboccioni Get Out of their Family’s House!"

If the Italian minister of the Economy wanted to make a quip during the meeting of the Budget Commission regarding the main points of the Financial Act, the only effect it had was to start further controversy...

Paolo Canevari. My Work as a ‘Democratic’ Message

Ilaria Costa

Born in a family of artists, with ancestors who date back to the great masters of the ‘Seicento Romano’, he combined his accademic training with the artistic heritage inherited from his family since childhood.

October 17, 2007

Why Gothic? Why a Yank?

Stanton H. Burnett

This initiative supported by the J.D. Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) is bound to feature some brilliant commentary on current politics. But not in this column.

Google Alert: Italian America on the Net

Everything the net says about Italian America, brought by Google to you via i-Italy, once a week

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