July 23, 2009
Serendipitous Encounters of an Italian-American Kind
Alfredo Bascetta (1889-1982)
The shared histories of Neapolitan singer Alfredo Bascetta and political activist/film worker Gino Bardi are revealed by a Brooklyn walkabout.
The Beat Goes on
21st century pizzica from Mimmo Epifani and Rione Junno. The pizzica (also known as pizzica pizzica and pizzica taranta) originally was the music of tarantismo, a cultural phenomenon that emerged in the southern Salento peninsula of the Puglia region
July 23, 2009
The Beat Goes on
Il maestro Mimmo
21st century pizzica from Mimmo Epifani and Rione Junno
Car- boat adventurers' quest halted. Men hoping to sail round Italy in converted pink Maserati
ANSA. Two men bidding to sail around Italy in a converted pink Maserati were fighting to persuade the coastguard to release their 'car-boat' on Tuesday after it was confiscated for not being seaworthy. (Read the article)
Chefs of world leaders tour Italy. Exclusive club in Rome to learn tricks of national cuisine
ANSA. Twenty-five members of the exclusive Club de Chefs des Chefs (Club of Leaders' Chefs) will travel around the country, with stop-offs in Assisi, Florence and Modena, to eat, learn and take notes so that they can bring an authentic taste of Italy to the tables of world leaders. (Read the article)
Dolce Vita- era bar linked to Mob. Cafe' de Paris immortalised in Fellini film
ANSA. (ANSA) - Rome, July 22 - A bar which came to symbolise the Dolce Vita era in post-war Rome was sequestered on Wednesday on suspicion that it was a front for the powerful Calabrian crime syndicate 'Ndrangheta. (Read the article)
Brambilla appeals to Japanese. Tourism minister urges tourists to come to Italy
ANSA. Italy's minister for tourism, Michela Vittoria Brambilla, issued an open letter on Tuesday to the Japanese people urging them to visit Italy. (Read the article)
Massimo D’Orta at Più Tono. Celebrating an Anniversary with a Neapolitan Brush
On July 9, PIù Tono, the Beauty Salon owned by the renowned Italian Hair Stylist Maria Teresa Sansolone celebrated its first anniversary. On that occasion, painter Massimo d’Orta made his debut in the US with the exhibit “Sponde”, hosted in the venue for two weeks. I-Italy joined the celebrations and interviewed the Neapolitan artist
July 20, 1969: “I’m Going to the Moon, Too. Dad, Will You Come with Me?”
I remember the night of July 20, 1969 spent in Vasto, Abruzzo, in my grandparents’ home with my dad. The church bells were still not able to chime simultaneously and yet man was about to make history. At least at the time. There was no Internet, there weren’t CDs, Apple hadn’t invented anything yet, and there weren’t even cell phones.
Italian Americans by the Numbers – Where We Live.
This is the second report in the series “Italian Americans by the Numbers” which appears on my ‘i-Italy.org’ blog. The series presents demographic data about Italian Americans based on the US Census Department's “2005-2007 American Community Survey (ACS)”. This report provides tables showing the ‘total number of Americans’, ‘total number of Italian Americans' and ‘percentage of Italian Americans’ living in each State, and Census Department defined Regions, Divisions and Metropolitan Areas.
20 luglio 1969. “Si anch’io andrò sulla luna. Papà vieni con me?”
Ricordando la notte del 20 luglio 1969. Trascorsa a Vasto, in Abruzzo, nella casa dei nonni. Con il papà. Le campane non riuscivano ancora a suonare in contemporanea eppure l’uomo si accingeva a compiere un passo importante della sua storia. Almeno per allora. Non c’era Internet, ancora non c’erano neanche i CD, la Apple non aveva inventato niente, non c’erano persino i cellulari.
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