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Sex and the City is One Limp Flick

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Sex and the City the movie, I'm just not that into you. For anyone who was a fan of the series, and who also happens to have a brain, this film version is sure to be a disappointment. The girls are back, and they may have plenty of style, but not much else

Non Parlo Italiano: Part 1

Mary Saracino

This is Part 1 of a four part essay entilted "Non Parlo Italiano" about the ways in which assimilation impacted my ability, as a second generation Italian American, to learn my Italian grandparents' mother tongue.

Conference Puts Blogger in Seventh Heaven

Dominic Candeloro

From May 8 to May 10 I was in Seventh Heaven. My dream of bringing together all the writers who have focused their work on Italians in Chicago came true.

Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist

Joey Skee

Representations of brigands have shaped and continue to reshape perceptions of Italy and its people throughout the world.

The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno

Joey Skee

A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”

Connecting Through the Corsa

Stephanie Longo

Jessup, Pennsylvania’s St. Ubaldo Day celebrates family, friends, and the bond between Italy and the United States.

Queer Encounters of the Italian Kind: An Interview with Filmmaker, Marie Martino

Mary Cappello

The first in a series of conversations with (mostly but not exclusively) gay and lesbian writers, artists, filmmakers, and public intellectuals who have some link to Italian or Italian American life and letters. Today's feature: emerging filmmaker, Marie Martino.