RADIO/Fred Gardaphe: Beyond the Immigrant Paradigm
Fred Gardaphe's keynote lecture "Beyond the Immigrant Paradigm: Identities and the Future of Italian-American Studies" at the Calandra Institute's conference "Italians in the Americas" (April 2008)
Amalia Piccinini/ Entrando nei colori del silenzio
"Wearing the silence", indossare il silenzio, questo il titolo del solo show con cui l'artista Amalia Piccinini ha debuttato a New York lo scorso 6 giugno presso il Tenri Cultural Institute of New York (43 A West 13th street).
RADIO/Laura Ruberto: Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation of Women at Work
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. The Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies presents: Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College, “Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation of Women at Work”
June 15, 2008
Becoming Italian-American
Personal photo
My mother, Ann Marie, and me in Guardia dei Lombardi (AV), Italy in 2005 in front of the house where my grandfather, Joseph Longo, was born.
Sometimes ethnicity is a choice rather than a fact.
Donne ed uomini alle prese con i campionati di calcio
Si mormora che un giorno di tantissimi anni fa, Winston Churchill abbia pronunciato la seguente frase: «Gli Italiani perdono le guerre come se fossero partite di calcio e le partite di calcio come se fossero guerre». Io ora cosa potrei aggiungere? Non ero presente ai tempi della guerra e quindi non potrei né confermare né obiettare, ma riconosco che Churchill fu un grande osservatore. Ma si sa che il mio popolo è – per così dire – molto emotivo anche in campo sportivo.
Nel mezzo del cammin...
“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita,/ mi ritrovai in una selva oscura (Midway upon the journey of our life,/ I found myself within a dark forest).” This powerful beginning could be enough to fall in love with the Italian language. With its musicality, its verbal intelligence, its expressive force...
Bush's Roman Holiday
President Bush goes to Rome and contends with an angry populace. Beyond the protests already timed for his arrival, the President's security needs and emergency plans disrupt an entire city, and only add to the popular ire. His "Roman holiday" turns out to be anything but...
"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song
An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”
June 14, 2008
Dancing Barefoot
Frank and Carmen, dancing.
Thoughts and memories on love and dancing.
June 14, 2008
"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song
Pete Seeger singing "C'è la luna" (1967).
An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”
June 14, 2008
Evviva Vendola
Poster from Nichi Vendola's successful 2005 campaign for the Puglia presidency
Can Puglia's president revive Italy's Left?
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