“Three Wise Women.” The NOIAW Annual Epiphany Celebration
On Friday, January 9th, 2009, the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) will hold its annual Epiphany Celebration at the Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York City to benefit NOIAW's Scholarship, Mentor and Exchange Program for College Students.
The Voice of a Generation. Lorenzo Jovanotti to Debut in the U.S.
Until now, American audiences have had to make do with mere glimpses of the brilliant career of one of Italy’s most famous contemporary artists, the Tuscan singer and songwriter Lorenzo Cherubini, professionally known as Jovanotti...
New Year's Resolution: Don't Be Too Grumpy about the Motherland
With Barack Obama elected as president and Silvio Berlusconi back as prime minister, the differences between America and Italy seem greater than ever.
January 7, 2009
Village People and Bronx Tales
Don Hunstein photo
Suze Rotolo flanked by Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk
Two Italian American memoirs recreate lost (New York) worlds
Italian Makers of Prosecco Seek Recognition
From The New York Times. Italian wineries want to protect their newly popular product’s name, as well as expand sales.
"The Italian winemakers worry that upstarts will weaken prosecco’s image just as it is taking off. (...) In recent weeks, the winemakers have been scrambling to nail down a final proposal to the Italian government before a year-end deadline. The producers hope to be eligible for a streamlined European Union system that goes into effect in August. If all goes well, the new prosecco protections will be in place for the 2009 harvest." (Read the article by Amy Cortese)
January 7, 2009
New Year's Resolution: Don't Be Too Grumpy about the Motherland
Can Italy find the fireworks to get out of its political slump?
With Barack Obama elected as president and Silvio Berlusconi back as prime minister, the differences between America and Italy seem greater than ever.
I’ll Have Some Pancetta with My Mob Reference, Please
With Leon Panetta’s potential return to Washington, comes a new focus on his Italian connections.
January 6, 2009
I’ll Have Some Pancetta with My Mob Reference, Please
Chip Somodevilla/Getty
Leon Panetta
With Leon Panetta’s potential return to Washington, comes a new focus on his Italian connections.
Watch Out: the Befana is Coming to Town!
More than 2000 years ago the Three Wise Men visited Jesus after his birth and gave him three symbolic gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh. From that time on, the Befana comes every year, on January 6, to fill Italian kids’ stockings with all sorts of goodies!
Noi, gli Italiani stranieri
Figli di immigrati, o ancor meglio, figli dell’immigrazione. Nati e cresciuti Italia, lottano ogni giorno per il riconoscimento della loro identità. Sono i ragazzi della Rete G2, italiani di ‘seconda generazione’.
Messaggio di fine anno del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana Giorgio Napolitano
Briadcasted by RAI on YouTube
From Luigi Barzini to Karl Rove (Oh, Vergogna America!)
I was thinking about writing a blog about the work of Luigi Barzini and decided not to as I assumed there would be little of further value to say after the recent symposium about him held at the Casa Italiana of Columbia University then I made the mistake of reading another one of Karl Rove's contributions to the pages of The Wall Street Journal and decided that at least I ought to take his name in vain and continue my critique of what passes for journalism today.
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