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Mafia Museum To Open In New York City

NY1. From "The Godfather" to "The Sopranos," the Mafia has been a big part of the culture of New York City and the whole nation. Now organized crime is getting a museum of its own in Manhattan. The Museum will open on March 7 at 80 St. Marks Place, NYC. (Read the article by Roger Clark and watch the NY1 video.)

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February 23, 2010

“Italian Americans by the Numbers: Guido Education, Employment and Italian American culture.”

Tom Verso

Jersey Shore Reality – Numbers tell the story of Italian American youths ignored by their seniors, under educated and marginal employed. Staring into a cultural abyss, they turn to alcohol, sex and carnival to escape the reality of their oblivion.

February 23, 2010

Ricordando Vincenzo Ancona

Joseph Sciorra
Martha Cooper
Vincenzo Ancona, Castel del Golfo Social Club, Brooklyn, 1987.

Poet, visual artist, raconteur, singer, immigrant laborer, friend.

Senseless Bloodshed. The Brutal Killing of two Young Italian-Americans

G. P.

On Thursday, February 18 the bodies of Michael Mirasola and Jonathan Beneduce were discovered in the latter's Ford Explorer in Teaneck, N.J. by a local resident. This callous act of violence has destroyed lives in countless ways, in addition to alarming communities in Queens and Bergen County of the danger of violence that often remain hushed or underground. An alleged suspect has been arrested in connection with the two men and their deaths

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Celebrating Caravaggio: First Of The Bad-Boy Artists

NPR. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the Italian artist Caravaggio, believed by many art lovers to be the greatest painter of all time. Rome, the city where he was both hailed and rejected, is hosting a major exhibition of masterpieces from all over the world showcasing the first of the bad-boy artists. (Read and listen the article by Silvia Poggioli)

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Breast implant ban for minors moves ahead. Measure first of its kind in Europe

ANSA. The Italian government  sent a bill to parliament banning cosmetic breast surgery for under-18s in a bid to stem their rising popularity among Italian girls. The first measure of its kind in Europe, the bill would put a stop to all breast surgery for minors that has no medical basis. (Read the article)

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Mafia has 'don't ask, don't tell' policy .Gays present but undercover in Italian organized crime

ANSA.- The Mafia observes a strict "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals within their ranks, an Italian psychologist said Friday. "The Mafia is, on the surface, a ferociously homophobic institution," said Girolamo Lo Verso of the University of Palermo. (Read the article)

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February 21, 2010

Mutazioni

Alessandra Grandi
Alessandra Grandi

Sentire il cambiamento e un po' alla volta diventare newyorchesi...o forse noi che questa città l'abbiamo avuta dentro prima di trovarla, newyorchesi lo siamo sempre stati

Growing Up with Sanremo

Cristina Fei

I was a big fan of the Festival of Sanremo since my childhood. Now that it celebrated it's 60th edition, I look back and regret the songs, the singers, the hosts I saw before on the stage of the Aniston Theatre. What happened to the Italian music tradition? I tried to retrace the history of the Festival...and this is what I saw...

New York. Talking with "Il Maestro". Riccardo Muti reveals Attila at the Met

Julian Sachs

Interview. The great Italian conductor has been in New York since early February working on a new production of Verdi's early opera Attila, and will remain in town through mid-March performing almost every night between the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic

Crescendo con Sanremo. Cosa rimane della tradizione?

Cristina Fei

Al sessantesimo anniversario del Festival di Sanremo trionfa il pop dei talent show. Tra polemiche e provocazioni vola in finale anche il principe di Savoia in un terzetto inedito. L’edizione condotta da Antonella Clerici piace a 14 milioni di italiani, ma la rassegna canora ha ormai cambiato pelle. Un viaggio personale nelle pagine della memoria alla riscoperta di una tradizione quasi dimenticata.

February 20, 2010

By the Breath of Their Mouths: Narratives of Resistance in Italian America

IAWA .

Resistance in Italian America by Bona

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