NIAF Leaders Welcome New Members of Italian American Congressional Delegation of the 114th United States Congress
NIAF President John M. Viola, Vice Chairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison and Gabriel Battista, and the Foundation’s Government Relations and Public Policy Committee Chair Mark Valente lll, welcomed new and returning U.S. Representatives and Senators of the Italian American Congressional Delegation (IACD) of the 114th U.S. Congress at a special reception on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2015.
The Economics of Sleaze
Minister Maurizio Lupi bent to pressure and resigned. But in the cafés over cappuccino and corneto people here have been asking what this latest corruption scandal means. How did it come to pass that a shady businessman seeking government contracts could give a recent university graduate, whose father happens to be a cabinet minister, a $12,000 wristwatch? The cherry on the cake was the minister’s lame response: “Well, I would not have accepted it.”
Dancing with Italy: Interview with Dancer and Choreographer Emio Greco
Boxing and dancing as metaphors for life; the sense of displacement produced by migrations; the exploration and control of space through body and interaction; the interconnections between brain, skin, and movement; and mostly the cross-pollination between dance and film – these themes were explored in February 2015 over the course of “Dancing a Film,” a multi-part program collaboratively offered at Montclair State University by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (Department of Spanish and Italian) and the Kasser Theater/ACP.
Pope Francis Announces Holy Year
On his second anniversary in the papacy, Pope Francis made the surprise announcement that a new Holy Year is set to commence on December 8 of this year. This Holy Year will be only 15 years since the last one in 2000.
March 17, 2015
Camille Paglia & Tom Wolfe … Two Approaches to Modern Art
Both Paglia and Wolfe have written brilliant commentaries on Modern Art: Paglia’s “Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars”, and Wolfe’s “The Painted Word”. Paglia’s book is, as the title indicates, a comprehensive history of art, with chapters devoted to Modern Art. Wolfe’s whole (little) book is limited to the American Modern milieu. /// /// Both books are informative and interesting, providing ‘the great unwashed’ and ‘aesthetically challenged’ (c’est moi) insight into the cryptic Modern Art phenomena.
March 16, 2015
IAWA-East Welcomes Memoirist Anthony D’Aries and Poet Julia Lisella on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Sidewalk Cafe
"Honesty and mystery coexist in the poems of Always. Lisella uses the resources of poetry to access a moving generosity, as powerfully felt rhythms and keen, courageous self-observation carry human experience to a place that is at once wilder and more encompassing than the ordinary." -Annie Finch
The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents New York natives Anthony D’Aries and Julia Lisella on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 5:30 PM at Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A (6th St.) East Village, NYC; 212-473-7373; www.sidewalkny.com. Readings begin with an Open Mic followed by featured readers and book sales.
All the World’s Futures: The 56th Exhibition of the Venice Biennale
In view of the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale, which will open to the public on May 9th, the President of the Biennale, Paolo Baratta and the curator Okwui Enwezor presented 'All the World’s Futures' at the Italian Cultural Institute. 89 National Participations will be exhibiting in the Historical Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. For the first time Grenada, Mauritius, Mongolia, Republic of Mozambique and Republic of Seychelles will join the Biennale of Venice.
Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries Finally Restored after Two Years
New restoration work began in May 2013 on the Villa of the Mysteries, named for the frescoes covering the walls of the well preserved building. The most prominent interpretation of these frescoes is the initiation of a woman into the cult of Dionysus.
Auctioning Off Street Art
The works of Banksy, Shepard Farey (Obey), and Keith Haring, auctioned at the Major Street Art Auction in Miami. The street art auction, which featured not only the greatest names in international street art but also the new generations of artists coming from Italy, France, and London, just ended. The FAAM - Fine Auction Art Miami - the most important auction house in Florida, involved art charities such as the Arts & Business Council and Guntram Von Habsburg. An artistic, cultural, and social display of emotion and human relations.
Andrea Cuomo, Immigrant Pebble Artisan
My on-going research on the Italian-American art of pebble decoration leads me to the father and grandfather of two New York State governors.
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The Decline of the Italian Language: the Problems with the Education System in Italy
According to a very recent CNN article written by Rome-based freelance reporter and writer Silvia Marchetti, Italy, one of the most culturally rich countries in Europe and the world, is facing an alarming decline in literacy.
Frank Sinatra, "American Icon"
It's Francis Albert's 100th birthday, and a new exhibition at Lincoln Center pays homage
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