June 15, 2010
Cook to Cook, Cugine to Cugina (An Interview with Serena Palumbo of “The Next Food Network Star”)
Serena says her nonna is “the patron saint of marinara sauce”
"I Remember" at the UN. A Docu-Film to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary from the Convention of Palermo
The Screening of "Io Ricordo" (I Remember), a film that recounts the story of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino as well as many other victims of the Mafia, is part of the program scheduled for June 17 in New York to mark the tenth anniversary of the Palermo Convention and the additional protocols established to combat organized crime
Convenzione di Palermo. L'ONU celebra il decennale con il docu-film "Io Ricordo"
"Io Ricordo", il docu-film che racconta la storia dei magistrati Falcone e Borsellino e di altre vittime della mafia, sarà proiettato nella sede ONU di New York il 17 giugno n occasione del decennale della Convenzione di Palermo e dei Protocolli aggiuntivi sulla lotta al crimine organizzato
Sardinia, A Continent Within Italy
The region of Sardinia was one of the main sponsors of the June 2 Gala organized at Cipriani Wall Street to celebrate the Italian National Day. A press conference hosted just before the event allowed us and the numerous New York-area media and tourism operators attending to learn more about this Mediterranean Island, its beauties, its folk and cultural traditions, and the extraordinary hospitality of its inhabitants . Here are some reasons why you should definitely consider it as your next vacation destination...
Where’s the Joke? Not in the Senate, Alas
The "Privacy Law" wanted by Silvio Berlusconi passed in the Senate in a vote of confidence on Thursday. In Italy’s “darkest moments” for press freedom, as the National Federation of the Italian Press defined it, can writer Stefano Benni's telephone jokes make us laugh?
June 13, 2010
Where’s the Joke? Not in the Senate, alas
Cartoon by Ed Stein (www.freedomhouse.org)
The "Privacy Law" wanted by Silvio Berlusconi passed in the Senate in a vote of confidence on Thursday. In Italy’s “darkest moments” for press freedom, as the National Federation of the Italian Press defined it, can writer Stefano Benni's telephone jokes make us laugh?
De Niro picks up Taormina Arte Award
Hollywoodreporter. The Taormina Film Festival Master Class hosted by actor Robert De Niro Sunday turned into an impromptu film pitching session. An insistent member of the audience interrupted a question-and-answer event with journalists to ask the two-time Oscar-winning actor if he would consider making a film about two family members murdered by the Sicilian Mafia. (Read the article)
“Open roads” Towards Italian Cinema
From June 3 to 10, Lincoln Center hosted a film festival of movies made in Italy: it was completely sold out.
But what do Italian directors think about their cinema? A highly attended debate took place at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU).
Did James Joyce Call Bloom the Man who Had Called Himself Svevo?
Join Centro Primo Levi and the JCC in Manhattan in celebrating Bloomsday on an evening dedicated to the Italian writer Italo Svevo (born Ettore Schmitz in 1861 in Trieste)
June 12, 2010
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, Vote for the Guy Whose Name Ends in “O.”
Andrew Cuomo & Rick Lazio
Two (or perhaps three) people with Italian-sounding last names are simultaneously running for governor of the State of New York. This means that Italian American voters will have to decide between them. My advice to them is find out on which side your bread is buttered and which one of them would butter it better as governor.
Legge sulle intercettazioni. Strano Paese l'Italia!
Proviamo a fare il punto sugli avvenimenti legati alla legge sulle intercettazioni, denominata legge Bavaglio, che tiene banco ormai da diverso tempo in Parlamento. Mentre gli altri Paesi si occupano della crisi ecomico-finanziaria, in Italia ...
Le Farfalle della TPO volano al New Victory Theatre
Con The Butterfly Garden la compagnia teatrale TPO di Prato fa tappa a New York, incantando la platea di bambini con uno spettacolo tanto delicato quanto tecnologico
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