September 19, 2016
Frank J. Barbaro: A Powerfully Gentle Giant
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34290
Campaign website photo of Frank J. Barbaro in his unsuccessful bid for the United States House of Representatives New York District 13 in 2004. It captures the smile I remember best.
Frank J. Barbaro passed on Labor Day Weekend. He championed progressive causes such as the rights of organized, unorganized, and even disorganized labor, government corruption, aggrieved tenants, small home owners, minorities, and anyone else who deserved, but lacked, a champion.
September 18, 2016
IAWA Joins Bordighera Press @ Brooklyn Book Festival 2016
IAWA is proud to join The Brooklyn Book Festival, the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. One of America’s premier book festivals, this hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival’s lively literary marketplace.
The Extraordinary Italian Taste sbarca a Newport
La Resolute Cup occasione per una serata a base di 'Food e Wine" italiano. I velisti hanno trovato ad attenderli un ricco rinfresco italiano, offerto ed organizzato dall’Italian Trade Commission, con la sponsorship di prestigiosi marchi dell’eccellenza italiana
September 16, 2016
Maurizio De Giovanni per “The world bridge New York Napoli 2016”
È partita la campagna di crowdfunding su Meridonare per il progetto culturale promosso da Spazio Cultura Italia in collaborazione con New York Italians che si terrà a novembre a New York.
Music! Benefit Concert to to Help the Reconstruction of the Teatro Cinema Garibaldi in Amatrice
A stellar line-up of New York based musicians will perform in support of the cause. Musicians infact decided to devolve the income of fundraising for the victims of the earthquake to the following crowdfunding campaign amatrice for the reconstruction of the Teatro Cinema Garibaldi in Amatrice (one of the small towns the earthquake erased from the map).
September 14, 2016
WOV-AM’s La Grande Famiglia
Ad for WOV-AM from 'Divagando' magazine, July 28, 1954.
Written and audio documents for my research and essay on the radio show "La Grande Famiglia."
September 14, 2016
Post-World War II Italian Immigrants in Cinema
Wild is the Wind, directed by George Cukor
Film poster, 1957
An evolving list of U.S.- and Italian- produced films featuring Italian immigrants to the United States from 1945 to the present.
Music! Benefit Concert for the Central Italy Earthquake
A stellar line-up of New York based musicians will perform in support of the cause
Youth on the March to Save Venice
Even as the ever larger tourist crowds jam its narrow calle, Venice continues to lose almost four local residents every day. What is to be done? Seeking answers, the young Venetians of "Generazione 90" staged a successful march, with shopping carts.
A Reflection on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11
A personal note about the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. By a young Italian-American woman who, on September 11 2001, was only 5 years old.
Heritage in Danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the Requalification of the Iraqi Cultural Heritage
Mer 7 Set 2016 → Mar 27 Set 2016
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, in collaboration with The Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino (CRAST), present "Heritage in danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the requalification of the Iraqi cultural heritage"
Francesca Montillo, a Very Energetic "Lazy" Italian!
Conversation with the founder of a new startup in Boston, “Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures” tells her story...
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