Instant Book, Giovani Artisti Italiani a New York
"Instant Book è una specie di censimento o se vogliamo di polaroid degli artisti italiani sotto i 45 anni che hanno scelto di vivere e di lavorare a New York, che hanno portato qua il loro immaginario e che da questa città traggono la fonte d'ispirazione principale", dice Renato Miracco, direttore dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, e principale promotore dell'iniziativa. Il progetto è stato realizzato in collaborazione con Charta e presentato prima alla biennale di Venezia ed ora a New York in una grande mostra collettiva che ospita i lavori dei protagonisti dell'opera
FOOD FOR THOUGHT / STUZZICHINI. Episode Five: The American Italian Historical Association
In this fifth episode of his 'Stuzzichini' Anthony J. Tamburri talks about the American Italian Historical Association, the one and only scholarly association dedicated to Italian American studies, which has just held its 42nd Annual Conference in Baton Rouge, Luisiana.
“From Italy to America: Faces of Italian immigrants/Italian Americans”. Communities of Newark reunited in a photo exhibit
The Newark Italian Consulate and Seton Hall University sponsor a photo exhibit depicting Italian immigrants and their families in the early 1900s.
(H)itWeek L.A. Redefines America’s Perception of Italian Music
By all accounts the very first HitWeek L.A. was a success. Americans were treated to artists and performers of which maybe only a few have even heard of prior to the festival, one of which being Franco Battiato at the 499-seat Broad Stage theatre in Santa Monica, CA. Those who experienced any one of the thirty events organized for the occasion are right now probably sharing their new discovery with their friends
November 3, 2009
Bloomberg versus Berlusconi
Jerry Krase
This is a collage I assembled to represent the deluge of "Mike Bloomberg for Mayor" literature that has been delivered to our door. It is a tiny bit of the $100,000,000 spent in his campaign, best represented here by the city-wide blanket of newspaper endorsements from the Nowy Dziennik to The New York Times. If Berlusconi had such a love affair with the press, he'd have no need to change the Italian Constitution to keep himself out of jail.
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.
How Italy Became Racist. A Conversation with Lia Levi
On November 4, Lia Levi will present her book 'The Jewish Husband' at the Center for Jewish History in New York. It provides a poignant reflection on the far-reaching consequences of Mussolini's anti-Jewish legislation of 1938. It illustrates the way fiction can serve as emotionally powerful shorthand for biographical memory and historical accounts...
Geraldine Ferraro's Pride to be an Italian-American Woman
Geraldine Ferraro was honored at the annual luncheon of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW). In her speech to NOIAW and its many supporters, that we report here in full, Geraldine Ferraro underscored the ethnic element of her political and personal life experience
Don’t go to Howard Beach if You’re…Images of Italian Americans vs the Real History
Many Italian Americans acquire their notions of heritage from depictions in popular media. This adversely affects us, as we fail to see the real history of our people and those who positively contributed to Italian American history
Addiopizzo diventa tour operator contro la mafia
«I turisti avranno la possibilità di soggiornare e consumare pasti presso strutture ricettive e ristoranti che non pagano il pizzo, potranno utilizzare i servizi delle aziende della lista Pizzo-free, e avranno la possibilità di visitare le aziende sorte su terreni confiscati ala mafia», spiegano i ragazzi di Addiopizzo Travel, l'associazione satellite promossa dai giovani di "Addiopizzo" volta a coniugare la promozione del patrimonio turistico della Sicilia con l'impegno contro il racket
From Guardiagrele to New York, from Nazism to Freedom. Meeting Doris Schecter
On October 19, 2009 Doris Schecter, an Austrian Jew who escaped Nazi persecution, met Mario Palmerio, the mayor of Guardiagrele, the small town in the Abruzzo region where she and her family found refuge from 1939 to 1943. During the ceremony, held at her restaurant “My favorite food” in Midtown Manhattan, she told us about her years in Italy and how they really became the basis of who she is today
NH restaurant sets meatball record
AP. The bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast. Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials. (Read the article)
'Berlusconi wanted in outlaw book'. PM would join Robin Hood, Calamity Jane
ANSA. An Italian publishing company wants to put Premier Silvio Berlusconi into the Italian version of a new French book on the world's greatest-ever outlaws, a French weekly reported Friday. (Read the article)
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