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Politically Correctness, Winners & Losers, Cinema: Let's Talk About it at Le Conversazioni

Natasha Lardera

Le Conversazioni, created by writer and professor Antonio Monda and film festival organizer Davide Azzolini, is a literary festival that every summer, since 2007, brings together...

Open Roads New Italian Cinema at Lincoln Center

Azzurra Giorgi

Showcasing a new generation of Italian actors and filmmakers. An interview with Antonio Monda, the festival’s curator and co-founder.

"View/ Vista": an Italian Artist's Vision on Display

Maya Paula

On display at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò is Gianni Dessì's newest exhibit, "View/ Vista", an evocative collection of paintings which serve as the artist's reflection on...

Falcone Remembered Amid (Mostly Un)friendly Fire

Judith Harris

May 23 marks the 21st anniversary of the murder of the anti-Mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and their three bodyguards, blown up by 500 kilos of dynamite on the highway between the airport at Puna Raisi and the city of Palermo. Most of those considered responsible are in prison. But what is believed to lie behind his murder, and that months later of his fellow magistrate Paolo Borsellino, is still being analyzed by Palermo magistrates investigating allegations that an illegal secret pact had been forged between the government and the Mafia. In the words of Palermo's chief prosecutor, Roberto Scarpinato, "We must take cognizance that the Mafia evil is not outside of us, but also among us."

Living Ponti Style: Design to be Lived by Living Men

Natasha Lardera

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York and Molteni&C present Vivere alla Ponti, an exhibition that features a collection of furniture and a series of letters, family...

Italy-USA : OMRI Orders to the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Italian American Delegation, William Pascrell and Patrick Tiberi

“Pat Tiberi and Bill Pascrell have always been great supporters of Italy and have made major contributions to the relations between our country and the United States,” stated...

Mauro Pagani. Back to US with Taranta

Benny Profane

The multi-instrumentalist returns for concerts in New York and Boston. This time he’s showcasing the tradition and flavor of the taranta. "I hope that Italians and the children...

Vatican at the Biennale: Where Sacred and Profane Art Meet

Judith Harris

For the first time in the 110-year history of the Venice Biennale, open June 1 through Nov. 24, the sovereign state of the Vatican will have its own pavilion within the Arsenale....

Introducing the Italian Side of Jazz Music

Enzo Capua

Even though Jazz was born in New Orleans, the genre has been influenced by artists from all over the world, including Italy. Jazz in Italy has grown tremendously in the past...

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