October 19, 2008
Second Annual San Diego Italian Film Festival Closes Today
P. Verdicchio
The Second Annual San Diego Italian Film Festival will close today, October 18th, after a run of two weeks.
October 18, 2008
Proverbial Questions, American Elections
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Only in America?
Americans might find inspiration in a Neapolitan proverb, and Italians might find inspiration in America.
Cappuccino Connoisseur, and Proud of It
Nel bicchiere, in vetro or in tazza? Poca or molta schiuma? Boiling or tepid? However you like it, a cappuccino will sure become part of your Dolce Vita in Rome. And can make you understand Italians more than you can imagine...
Racism/Razzismo Part II: Yusuf Hawkins and the Closing of the American Mind
This was the first of two articles I wrote in The Brooklyn Free Press shortly after Yusuf Hawkins' murder in the summer of 1989. Although it concerns his brutal slaying by a cowardly group of bigoted hoodlums in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, it connects that single, very local, act to city-wide, nation-wide, and indeed world-wide issues of racism and politics.
October 18, 2008
Cappuccino Connoisseur, and Proud of It
Photo from: "Scene di vita italiana a Bensonhurst" (by Luca Fantini)
Nel bicchiere, in vetro or in tazza? Poca or molta schiuma? Boiling or tepid? However you like it, a cappuccino will sure become part of your Dolce Vita in Rome. And can make you understand Italians more than you can imagine...
All’emigrato illustre
Quando Romilio, adesso il Sindaco del paese, mi telefona a New York e mi dice, “Pierì, allora, ritorni questa estate? Guarda che il consiglio ha deciso di onorarti con una placca d’argento quale lappanese emigrante illustre!” non seppi di primo acchito cosa rispondere. E’ uno scherzo, mi dissi, anzi, gli dissi...
October 18, 2008
All’emigrato illustre
Quando Romilio, adesso il Sindaco del paese, mi telefona a New York e mi dice, “Pierì, allora, ritorni questa estate? Guarda che il consiglio ha deciso di onorarti con una placca d’argento quale lappanese emigrante illustre!” non seppi di primo acchito cosa rispondere. E’ uno scherzo, mi dissi, anzi, gli dissi...
Scontro (incontro?) di civiltà nella Piazza di Amara Lakhous
Amara Lakhous, autore di “Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio”, ci racconta come percepisce e vive l'esperienza della "piazza italiana". I lettori americani potranno incontrarlo il 21 ed il 22 Ottobre all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York.
Crazy Craigslist
A finance yuppy advertises a really cheap room for a lady between 18 and 27 that is fine with walking around the house in her underwear
Origins of Fantasy
"....but he liked the part about the Modern World as well. He read that in New York there was a building that was 102 stories high! Per la miseria!"
Italianità on FaceBook
Nowadays several Facebook groups focus on the theme of Italian Culture. In which way they can be considered adequate testimonials of "Italianità"?
Once Upon a Piazza
In 1970 in Settefrati, a small town in Lazio, the piazza was a meeting place for the town’s citizens, a shopping center, a playground, a resting spot, a political forum. And it still is...
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