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Standing ovation for Gina Lollobrigida at NIAF Gala

The Gala was attended by Barbara Sinatra, wife of music legend Frank Sinatra, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and the former Mayor of New York Rudolph W. Giuliani. Among the others present, Leonardo DiCaprio’s father who accepted award on behalf of his son

Students in Piazza

Alfredo Valentini

IACE’s Summer Program has partnered with Progetto Scuole in organizing a contest among American students of Italian. The students wrote articles about the “Italian Piazza”. The winners were awarded with a trip to Italy and had a ‘real’ taste of its piazzas.

Scooter, USA

Letizia Airos Soria

Vespa: Italian excellence in America. Interview with Paolo Timoni, President and CEO of "Piaggio Group Americas."

Racism/Razzismo Part III: Lest We Forget: Racism Will Make Victims of Us All

Jerry Krase

This essay is the third, and last, in my series alluding to the similarities between Bensonhurst 1989 and Italy 2008.

Uncharted Territories - Per territori sconosciuti: Paolo Riani in Argentina

L'architetto "esploratore e poeta" sbarca in Argentina. La mostra all'Università di Belgrano, Buenos Aires, dal 6 al 20 novembre.

Nobel Winners Come Out for Saviano

George De Stefano

The Italian government must protect the "Gomorra" author, said six Nobel Prize winners this week

October 21, 2008

Nobel Winners Come Out for Saviano

George De Stefano
Roberto Saviano

The Italian government must protect the "Gomorra" author, said six Nobel Prize winners this week

The Agorà of the Youth

Silvana Mangione

The youngest "Italian piazza" ever: waiting for the First Convention of "Young Italians in the World" (Rome, December 2008)

Clash of Civilizations in Rome. Interview with Amara Lakhous

Marina Melchionda

Amara Lakhous is in the U.S. to present his new novel "Clash of Civilizations in an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio"

“Italians Are Better Than This”

George De Stefano

Italy's only black member of Parliament this week denounced the government for inciting xenophobia and racism

Proverbial Questions, American Elections

Maria Laurino

Americans might find inspiration in a Neapolitan proverb, and Italians might find inspiration in America.

October 19, 2008

“Italians Are Better Than This”

George De Stefano
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Member of Parliament Jean-Léonard Touadi greets the press in Rome

Italy's only black member of Parliament this week denounced the government for inciting xenophobia and racism

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