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May 27, 2013
If it’s June, it must be Open Roads
Toni Servillo (left) stars in "Dormant Beauty," Marco Bellocchio's controversial film about euthanasia.
Antonio Monda talks about this year’s festival of new Italian films
March 9, 2013
"Liberated to Tell the Truth"
Brooklyn’s Sal Albanese returns to politics after 15 years – as a candidate for Mayor
January 24, 2013
Pizzica Indiavolata!
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino performing at GlobalFEST 2012
On the eve of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino's American tour, Mauro Durante talks about the power of traditional music and the band's new album
January 5, 2013
Italian (Gay) Diaries
Fiorenzo Niccoli, untitled image from the "Incontri" series, 2000-2010
Diaries, an exhibition of gay male-oriented Italian photography now on view at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in Manhattan, presents the work of 11 artists who...
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The “Intelligent Homosexual”’s Italianità
Why do the critics ignore the ethnicity in Tony Kushner’s new play?
November 19, 2010
The Poetry of Politics
Photos by Carmine Savarese
Puglia’s president and Italian leftist leader Nichi Vendola envisions “a better Italy”
March 12, 2010
The Massa Meltdown
Ex-Congressman Eric Massa
Why a Congressman’s fall isn’t (just) a laughing matter
March 4, 2010
Whose Family Values?
Trailer for Mine Vaganti (Loose Cannons)
Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s new film challenges Italian attitudes
February 10, 2010
Tano da morire: Singing, Dancing, Shooting
"The first musical about the Mafia"
The 1997 Mafia musical satire "Tano da morire" (finally) gets a U.S. release. There has never been a movie about the Sicilian Mafia quite like it... Surreal and often very...
January 23, 2010
Roots, Re-Imagined
Kybele Films presents an award winning short film for "The Almond Sorters," directed, written, produced by Sibel Guven.
Michael Occhipinti crosses genres with The Sicilian Jazz Project
January 1, 2010
From Eva to Elettra
Sicilian singer/songwriter Carmen Consoli returns with a new album and US tour
October 14, 2009
Sicily Rocks 'Bruccolino'
Photo by Rob Eisdorfer
Roy Paci and his band Aretuska make their US debut
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