December 24, 2009
Radical Italian American Christmas Cards
Laura E. Ruberto
Mock-up for a Radical Italian American Christmas Card Set, the "Holiday Modotti"
Thinking about next year’s holiday cards, I turn to the leftist artists, Tina Modotti and Pietro di Donato.
Rocco Rossi per un Canada che torna a fare notizia
E' canadese di origini pugliesi il primo italiano ad affrontare la sfida come sindaco di Toronto
Tusiani, l’italiano che regala poesia al mondo
San Francesco, Foscolo, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante, Manzoni e Pascoli, ecco i classici tradotti in inglese. “Ho realizzato il sogno di Lord Byron”.
December 23, 2009
The Meanings of Christmas Present
Jerry Krase
This is the depleted basket in which guests to our annual Christmas party have taken the small gifts collected by my wife Suzanne during our most memorable trip this year (quest' anno). This year the trip of note was to Sicily where I visited the village of Marineo near Palermo in which my roots are sunk. Therefore the "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" sign hanging from the basket handle is written in Sicilian. il insegno "Buon Natale ed il nuovo anno felice" scritto in siciliano
Decorating for Christmas can say a lot more about people than the words they use to talk about it. These are some of the things I saw around me during the day before Christmas and what some of them mean to me.
In Italy, Scenes From a Year
The New York Times. As the Paris correspondent for The New York Times, Stephen Erlanger, wrote here on Monday, European countries seem “less and less sure” why they are fighting. Here, Rachel Donadio in Rome looks at where Italy stands at the end of 2009. (Read the article by Rachel Donadio)
St Mark's Square column restored. City's first patron St Theodore stands on top
ANSA. ne of two famous columns in St Mark's square has been restored, a Venice conservation group said Tuesday. The column, topped with a statue of the city's early patron Saint Theodore, stands across the lagoon-front from the pillar with the Lion of St Mark on it. (Read the article)
Florence unveils 2010's top shows. Caravaggio, cameos, wine among six crowd-pullers promised
ANSA. Florence has a host of spectacular exhibitions lined up for the coming year, the Tuscan city's museum chief Cristina Acidini announced on Tuesday. (Read the article)
Tomorrow think of me
Il sogno di aiutare i bambini, il progetto di fare la differenza. Domenica 13 Dicembre l’obiettivo comune è stato dedicare sforzi, economici e sociali, a sostegno di DEBRA International, l’associazione che in ben 40 paesi si impegna a fare informazione, sostenere la ricerca e dare assistenza ai Bambini Farfalla
SD26. A Delightful Combination of Tradition and Modernity
"I did a restaurant that I think is what the consumer wants today. I give them quality and use only the best ingredients. The dining room has an open kitchen, it creates a lot of movement in the restaurant, like a theater where you can eat well." Interview with Tony and Marisa May, owners of the recently opened SD26, a stylish and contemporary Italian restaurant and wine bar located in the heart of Manhattan
Premio Napoli Prize. A Neapolitan Tribute to John Ashbery in NYC
"The jury gives the award to the master of vastness and detail, that looks at the world as a place for meditation, for his book "Un mondo che non puo' essere migliore" (A world that could not be better). Art critic and refined music expert, Ashbery creates poem-pictures and poem-scores". On December 5 John Ashbery was awarded with the "Premio Napoli Prize" 2009 for International Literature during a ceremony held at the Italian Academy at Columbia University and organized in collaboration with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute/ Queens College, CUNY.
Globus et Locus. Networking the World Community of Italici
Who and where are the Italici? How can we define them, and what is their place in the new glocal world? Interview with Piero Bassetti, President of the Italian Foundation “Globus et Locus”
December 20, 2009
Rocco Rossi per un Canada che torna a fare notizia
Nella foto, il nostro collaboratore chiamato dal potenziale prossimo sindaco di Toronto affinché il Canada torni a fare notizia in Italia
Il primo italiano ad affrontare la sfida come sindaco di Toronto
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