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Ciao Italia! A Conversation with Mary Anne Esposito

Michele Scicolone

The renowned television host and cookbook author was in New York recently and talked about her latest book "Five Ingredient Favorites" and her cooking show "Ciao Italia", broadcasted nationally and internationally on PBS.

Interviews / Belladonna at (H)itWeek in Los Angeles

Darrell Fusaro

(H)itWeek L.A. is redefining America's perception of Italian music. Darrell Fusaro interviews Italian quintet Belladonna, whose rock noir genre has seduced hordes of music lovers sick’n’tired of being force-fed today’s computer-driven, fake-angst-ridden pseudo-rock down their ears. (Photography by Jennifer Biagiotti)

November 5, 2009

Young Music Festiva: a Great success

Commissione Giovani NY
Alex Kroke

That’s Amore! New Yorkers Show Their Love for Italian Pop Music at the First-Ever Young Italian Music Festival on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Want to Cook Italian? Ask a Nonna!

Marina Melchionda

Rossella Rago is the host of the food show “Cooking with Nonna”, broadcasted every Monday night on her website. We talked with her about the Italian nonnas she had on set, the new season of episodes that has just started, her personal experience with Italian food and tradition, and her very special relationship with her own nonna from Mola di Bari!

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Chef Michael Ronis, the food architect of famed NYC Carmine's restaurant, dies at 60

THE NEW YORK TIMES. Michael Ronis, one of the creators of Carmine’s, a NYC Italian American restaurant famous for its huge portions and its moderate prices, died yesterday at 60. The idea behind Carmine's "was to serve every meal in the style of an Italian wedding feast, offering piles of spaghetti and meatballs and other Italian-American standards in a nostalgic environment." (Read the article by Douglas Martin)

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November 4, 2009

Ciao Italia! A Conversation with Mary Ann Esposito

Michele Scicolone

The renowned television host and cookbook author was in New York recently and talked about her latest book "Five Ingredient Favorites" and her cooking show "Ciao Italia", broadcasted nationally and internationally on PBS.

Bloomberg versus Berlusconi

Jerry Krase

As one looks closely at the behavior and battles of Bloomberg and Berlusconi it seems that, besides being big buck billionaires, they have a great deal more in common than lots of money.

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Italian Creativity’s 190 Young Talents. Young Blood, the yearbook of award-winners around the world

Corriere della Sera. Young Blood, a volume edited by the reporters’ co-operative that publishes Next Exit magazine. “It’s a yearbook of Italian talent, Italy’s unsung successes in art, architecture, design, fashion, advertising, photography and graphic design”, says the book’s editor, Daniela Ubaldi. (Read the article)

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Venice mayor to quit politics. Massimo Cacciari says he has seen defeat enough times

ANSA. Venice Mayor Massimo Cacciari has announced his intention to quit politics altogether once his current mandate expires next year. (Read the article)

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Alarm over prison conditions. Inmate deaths and violence spark concern

ANSA. Criminal lawyers, inmates groups and opposition politicians sounded the alarm over conditions in Italian jails, following two recent prison deaths and a probe into violence by staff. (Read the article)

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Italy appeals crucifix ruling. European Court of Human Rights verdict causes uproar

ANSA.  Italy has appealed a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling against crucifixes in Italian classrooms that sparked a storm Tuesday in this heavily Catholic country. (Read the article)

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First Young Italian Musical Festival. Dancing with Commissione Giovani at the Hudson Terrace

Gabrielle Pati

The First Young Italian Musical Festival organized by Commissione Giovani NY was held at the Hudson Terrace on October 28. Five young Italian music stars performed for the occasion. They were Gaetano Fava, Eleonara Bianchini, Daniele Stefani, Daniele Battaglia, and Max de Angelis. i-Italy attended this event filled with positive energy, music, and love for Italy

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