February 18, 2009
From the Field: IA Scholars are Busy This Season
Carnevale
Book Jacket of Carnevale's New Language, New World
Candeloro compiles blurbs from scholars in the US and Italy to create a veritable "gossip column" about the high-spirited public intellectuals who "make" Italian American culture. If you would like information about your latest adventures to be included in next month's blog, send a 200 word, third person, message to [email protected] by March 15. Include in the text your email address and your affiliation.
Pope admonishes Pelosi on duty to protect unborn
AFP. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admonished visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who advocates abortion rights, that "all Catholics" should uphold the Church's teachings on life. ( Read the article)
Alfa Romeo: Milano e Giulia sono le prossime Alfa Usa
CORRIERE DELLA SERA. Secondo alcuni media americani nel piano presentato dalla Chrysler alla Casa Bianca ci sarebbero delle interessanti novità sui prossimi modelli della casa automobilistica torinese. La nuova Alfa Romeo 149 (che sostituirà la 147) e la futura erede della 159 saranno in futuro costruite anche negli Stati Uniti. Si chiameranno rispettivamente Milano e Giulia. (Leggi l'articolo)
Armani Donates $1 Million to New York City Public Schools
THE NEW YORK TIMES. The Italian designer and billionaire Giorgio Armani celebrated Fashion week on Tuesday with the announcement of a $1 million donation to promote arts programs in New York City public schools. The money will be used to create the Armani Arts Institute, an umbrella program that will fund arts initiatives in schools serving some of the city’s most disadvantaged populations.
(Read the article by Javier C. Hernandez)
Il giudice anti-crocifisso vince la sua battaglia
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL. Dopo sei anni annullata la condanna inferta a Luigi Tosti, il giudice ebreo che tanto creò scalpore per il suo rifiuto ad entrare in aula se dentro v’era appeso un crocifisso. La Corte Suprema aveva condannato Tosti a sette mesi di carcere nel 2007. (Leggi l'articolo)
Settore automobilistico: Italia pronta ad ‘armonizzare’ gli aiuti del Governo
REUTERS. Il Ministro dell’Industria Claudio Scajola ha annunciato l’intenzione di proporre una nuova iniziativa a livello europeo finalizzata ad armonizzare gli aiuti del Governo destinati al settore automobilistico, nel tentativo di prevenire eventuali distorzioni nel mercato. (Leggi l'articolo)
February 18, 2009
What’s his name?! What’s his name?!
True Love (1989), Nancy Savoca, dir.
Italian-American naming traditions of abandonment, reclamation, nicknaming, and forgetting.
Actor and director Roberto Benigni advocates gay rights live at the Sanremo Festival
AFTERELLEN. Roberto Benigni, the multi award winning Italian director/actor/writer, took to the stage tasked with providing a comic interlude in his usual inimitable style - passionate, eloquent, intelligent. Italy lags far behind its European neighbours on this subject, but it seems that homosexuality and bisexuality are not the taboo subjects they once were. (Read the article)
New painting of Da Vinci uncovered. Portrait of the artist found in southern Italian hill town
ANSA. painting of Leonardo Da Vinci that experts are dating to the 16th century has come to light in a hill town in Basilicata, southern Italy. (Read the article)
Snow falls in Naples. Vesuvius tourist bus trapped in snow
ANSA. Snow fell in Naples Wednesday and gave Mt Vesuvius another dusting of white. Snow is unusual in the southern Italian city, even at the coldest times, and Wednesday's snowflakes didn't stick. (Read the article)
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