November 2, 2009
Da San Diego a L’Aquila per documentare il dramma del terremoto
Generoso D'Agnese
Da s. a d.: Sante Di Santo (responsabile Protezione Civile Nuova Acropoli Pescara), “big” Luciano Borsari, Berardino Fiorilli (vicesindaco Comune di Pescara), Diana Narcisi (direttrice Nuova Acropoli Pescara)
Nato a Caracas, vive a San Diego, ha casa in Venezuela e Brasile, ma si rilassa nella casa dei genitori a Guardiagrele, in Abruzzo
Newark. Immigrazione. Foto che parlano. Emozioni d'inzio '900
Raccoglie ritratti dei primi immigrati italiani e le loro famiglie del 1900, la mostra organizzata e voluta dal Consolato italiano di Newark e l’ateneo Seton Hall del New Jersey. Intervista alla curatrice, la scrittrice e professoressa Sandra Lee Seton
Poet Merini to get state funeral. Literary world to pay tribute in Duomo
ANSA. Italian poet Alda Merini is to receive a state funeral in her native Milan, Mayor Letizia Moratti said Monday. Wednesday's funeral in the Duomo would pay tribute to a writer whose importance was both local and national, the mayor said. ''Alda Merini charted a course through the history and culture of our city, providing important reflections for the rest of the country,'' Moratti said. (Read the article)
Caravaggio's secret self-portrait. Tiny portrait uncovered in Uffizi 'Bacchus'
ANSA. A tiny-self portrait of Caravaggio in his famous painting of Bacchus can be seen clearly for the first time, thanks to a new study by researchers and restorers. The image of the artist working at his easel, hidden in a reflection of the glass carafe in the young god's hand, was first spotted by a restorer cleaning the canvas in 1922. (Read the article)
Nancy Pelosi’s political balancing act
POLITICO. In 2006, Pelosi became the first woman, first Italian-American and first Californian to serve as speaker. She’s also second in line for presidential succession, behind the vice president. That’s a distinction most politicians would fight hard to not to lose. The gravitational pull is just too great. (Read the article)
Vatican warns parents on Halloween
UPI. The Vatican warned Roman Catholics this week of the dangers of Halloween and urged parents and church leaders to direct children to more wholesome pursuits (Read the article)
Vinitaly: Premier Wine Event. A Must For All Industry Insiders and Wine Enthusiasts
Vinitaly is Italy’s enormous wine fair, held in Verona every year in April. It lasts for four days, two of which are open to the public and the other two are exclusively for the “trade.” The trade in this case can be restaurateurs, wine stores, wine importers and wine journalists, essentially everyone who works in the business in one fashion or another.
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò Director Stefano Albertini appointed Knight by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
On November 3, 2009, Italian Ambassador to the US Giulio Maria Terzi di Santagata and Italian Consul General in New York Francesco Maria Talò, will bestow the knightly insignia upon Stefano Albertini during a private ceremony. Albertini has been appointed Knight of the "Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" for his contribution to the promotion of Italian culture abroad, recognizing his work for Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU and his successes in coordinating relations between the Italian cultural institutions of New York.
Mafia execution video made public. Prosecutors release scene of Camorra hit to find killer
ANSA. A mafia execution caught on surveillance cameras shocked Italians on Thursday when Naples prosecutors released the video in an attempt to find the killer. Police have had no success in finding the killer of Mariano Bacioterracino, a man with possible mafia links, gunned down in broad daylight outside of a bar in central Naples last May. (Read the article)
I gossip della politica e noi terremotati senza uscita
Oggi in Italia, presi nel vortice di questa paludosa e vergognosa situazione, in cui il privato è pubblico ed entrambi sono indecenti, ci troviamo più ad argomentare se un compagno preso a “transeggiare” in strada è meno colpevole di un premier colto a “escortare” in villa o viceversa, che a parlare di cose serie, di problemi urgenti e reali, anche fra le macerie di un terremoto mediaticamente ormai consumato e al collasso.
Franco Nero a New York. Cinema e solidarietà
L’attore Franco Nero presenta all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York il film “Mario il Mago” ed un documentario sull’Abruzzo. Con lui la compagna ed attrice, Vanessa Redgrave
Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimò. An Italian Landmark in New York
On November 4 2009 the Italian Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimò will be awarded The New York Landmarks Conservancy 2009 “Living Landmarks” Award. The founder of Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, hosted in a US National Historic Landmark building in Greenwich Village, she has deeply boosted the debate on Italian culture in New York City and is the first non-American to be granted this recognition.
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