February 20, 2010
Emily Dickinson's Wild Night-March 12, Friday
Daniela Gioseffi will celebrate,
a book & birthday party Friday, March 12, 2010
at Poets House, 7-9 PM
for WILD NIGHTS, WILD NIGHTS
The Story of Emily Dickinson's "Master Figure,"
Neighbor and Friend and Bridegroom
February 19, 2010
Partecipare ad un rito
Quando il Natale ha bussato alla mia porta newyorchese. Ho cercato un rito che sapeva di vecchio sogno, tra disincanto e le mille luci del Rockfeller Center
February 19, 2010
Addio Pizzo- Non Traditional Tour Sites In Sicily
A group of young Sicilians make a new tourist itinerary in Sicily, stopping at all the places where judges and magistrates, entrepreneurs and citizens met their end through violent means. Reclaiming their cities through new organizations such as Addio Pizzo, these young people are making a difference.
February 18, 2010
My friend Nelson
Bea Spadacini
A portrait of Nelson
A friend recently told me I should write about Nelson... I had never thought about this but maybe she is right.
Human Rights Scholar Makau Mutua delivers ‘Straight’ Talk on Homosexuality in Kenya
Homosexuality in Africa remains a taboo subject but increasingly dissenting voices are being heard. I had the good fortune to hear one of them.
A Family Store in Bensonhurst
Louis Coluccio, grandson and son of the founders of D. Coluccio & Sons Italian Specialty Store, tells us the charming story of this family business and the role it plays in promoting the Italian Culinary Tradition in Bensonhurst, an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. It's a Saturday morning and the costumers are buying all they need for the upcoming week. As we take a look at their carriages, we chat with some of them...
February 18, 2010
Human Rights Scholar Makau Mutua delivers ‘Straight’ Talk on Homosexuality in Kenya
Bea Spadacini
Professor Mutua delivers a lecture to human rights activists at Palacina in Nairobi
Homosexuality in Africa remains a taboo subject but increasingly dissenting voices are being heard. I had the good fortune to hear one of them.
Italy backs Draghi for ECB, denies Greek crisis link
AFP. The Italian government has said it will support the head of the Bank of Italy as the next president of the European Central Bank and is denying reports of his role in financial deals that hid Greece's debt problems. (Read the article)
Graft claims up twofold in 2009. 'No antibodies for corruption tumour,' says court
ANSA. Reports of graft and corruption more than doubled in 2009, the Italian Audit Court said Wednesday during the ceremonial opening of its judicial year. Judge Tullio Lazzaro, the court's chairman, described the phenomenon as a "malignant tumour" on the nation and said that the state lacked the "antibodies" necessary to fight it. (Read the article)
Coffee king Lavazza dies. Third-generation exec expanded empire, started popular ads
ANSA. Turin, February 17 - Italian coffee king Emilio Lavazza died in his native Turin Wednesday. He was 77. Lavazza took over the reins of the family firm in 1971 when his father Giuseppe died after helping grandfather and founder Luigi turn a 19th-century grocery store into a domestic and international powerhouse. (Read the article)
Videocracy -- Berlusconi's Jersey Shore
Videocracy links Silvio Berlusconi's political longevity to his decision to put scantily clad girls on TV.
February 17, 2010
Note di un Runner. Parte Seconda.
Carmine Savarese
La Signora Camaleonte, Coney Island NY 2009
Le seconde istantanee del mio aggirarmi rapito nei meandri di Nuiorc. E l'estate incalzava.
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