Napoli ritrovata a New York

La proiezione napoletana di "Closing Time", il documentario della giovane filmaker Veronica Diaferia sulla chiusura del negozio di Rossi a Mulberry Street, ha regalato alla città italiana uno degli eventi più intensi della sua storia perché le ha restituito il racconto della vicenda avventurosa dell'editore musicale Ernesto Rossi...

Garibaldi e il coraggio delle idee

Fu il dottor Ferdinando Zanetti il 23 novembre 1863 ad estrarre la famosa pallottola dal malleolo del Garibaldi “ferito” pochi mesi prima durante l’agguato in Aspromonte. L’episodio segnò definitivamente la vita e la carriera del medico pisano consegnandolo per sempre alla mitologia Garibaldina, portandolo a ricevere riconoscimenti ed attestati di stima da ogni parte del mondo.

Art In Italy: Autum and Winter 2007

This Autumn Italy offers an increadible number of magnificent artistic exhibitions.

Will Italy set up a DNA Databank?

Political disagreements and preoccupations are voiced. Will the tests also used to stop illegal immigration? Will people's dignity always be respected? May this be the beginning of an effort to “catalogue" the entire population?

The Prince of Grand Street

The small store is abuzz with activity. Two phones ring non-stop, the cash register clangs, four employees cut, slice and wrap orders of cheese and cured meats and customers are lined up nearly out the door, because four employees called in sick. Yet despite the apparent chaos, owner Lou DiPalo is unruffled, even serene. He looks tenderly at an elderly customer across the counter and in a hush voice assures, “Call me Friday. Tomorrow I’m making...

Great Italian Americans: Sam Rodia

“I no need to come in America. That's my mother's, my father's fault.”
-- Sam Rodia

Sam Rodia is the son of Italian-American immigrants hailing from Serino, a small town in the province of Avellino, who reached Los Angeles at the end of the 1800s. After a failed marriage, a passionate love for the wine bottle, a job as a miner, and a harsh love-hate relationship with his adoptive country, Sam reinvents himself.
After all this work, a fall from one of the towers, and two days of continuous sleep, Sam leaves everything behind and moves to his relatives’ house in nearby Martinez.

The Venetian Dilemma

Who doesn’t love Venice?