G8. First Ladies Get Ecological and Chic with Carmina Campus
The G8 first ladies love the brand “made in Italy”. Even better if it’s ecological, ethical and chic. It all started from an idea of Ms. Alemanno, the wife of Rome’s Mayor. During a lunch break for the G8 summit she thought to give the first ladies a very original present and she bought twelve message bags by Carmina Campus
July 11, 2009
Saving the AP in Italian. Is it just a question of money?
Edizioni Farinelli
Some not-too-random thoughts on the current situation of the Advanced Placement Program in Italian and who else might be able to come to the rescue…
“Lettera alla mia terra”. Beauty and Hell for Roberto Saviano
Festival delle Letterature di Roma. Roberto Saviano presents his new book “La bellezza e l’inferno – Scritti 2004-2009”. In this collection of editorials, tales, and articles he describes the two opposing aspects of his life since Gomorrah was published: the hell of what he saw and continues to see and the beauty of the art itself that he uses so that he can be a fair and accurate witness.
A Magical Evening in Celebration of Futurism
In the complete darkness of the crowded hall of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, gloomy music and a high pitched saxophone note suddenly break the silence...
In a Class of Their Own
DOP certification guarantees that specific foods and agricultural products are authentic and of superior quality
July 10, 2009
Yearning for Commonality
Renata Conte
In Siena ordering dinner; Food the greatest Italian Commonality
Commonalities on the surface, jealousies underneath, not conducive to our mainstreaming or to our recognition of a cultural identity.
July 9, 2009
Beware the Boomerang
Photo by Marco Delogu
Italian activists confront racism and homophobia
Italy lawmaker resigns after making racist chant
AP. An Italian lawmaker in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's coalition has resigned after being filmed singing a racist chant about Naples and its residents. Matteo Salvini, a member of the often xenophobic, anti-immigrant Northern League party, resigned his seat in the lower chamber of Parliament on Tuesday. He denied the decision was connected to the scandal. In the video published by left-leaning daily La Repubblica, Salvini is shown at a party gathering in June leading a profanity-filled chant often sung by northern fans at soccer stadiums to denigrate rivals from Naples and other southern towns. (Read the Article)
Obama tours Italy town hit by quake
USA TODAY. President Obama took a shirt-sleeved tour Wednesday afternoon of the earthquake-ravaged city that's hosting this week's Group of Eight summit. Walking through the old town's narrow streets, about 15 minutes from the summit site, the president saw collapsed buildings, scaffolding and piles of rubble everywhere. (Read the Article)
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