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Napoli ritrovata a New York

Simona Frasca

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...

IBLA Grand Prize. How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Through Sicily

Eleonora Mazzucchi

The town of Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, where the IBLA Grand Prize is annually held, can add "talent scout" to its list of functions. The 2007 international winners and finalists of the...

The Immigrants’ Hardships and Good Fortune as Told through Song, Photos, and Narration

Anthony J. Tamburri

NYU’s Casa Italiana "Zerilli-Merimò". A review of the multi-media performance of Compagnie delle Acque, a socially committed musical quartet of piano, guitar, accordion, and...

Eduitalia. Trading Italian Culture

Lucia Grillo

In occasion of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, we met with Emmelina De Feo, the USA Manager for Eduitalia: “Our main goal is to disseminate...

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

Joey Skee

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

"La Spartenza". Valigie da non dimenticare

Letizia Airos Soria

"La Spartenza", spettacolo teatrale con la regia di Enzo Toto, è stato presentato a New York. I giovani attori del Teatro del Baglio di Vìllafrati, hanno raccontato i diari di....

Louis Prima. Even On FIlm He Makes 'Em Swoon

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Louis Prima was one of the greatest musical talents of his time, with a career that took off at the height of the 1930's jazz era and that lasted well into 60's and 70's. He was a..

'Pane Amaro': The Bitter World of Italian Americans

Letizia Airos Soria

Presented by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) a documentary film by Gianfranco Norelli representing a rare tribute to Italian-American...

Between Arts and Politics: The "Cultural" Background of the Trevi Fountain Attack in Rome

From Italy

From behind the attack an old Italian artistic-political movement resurfaces. Who were the "Futurists" and what was their relation to the revolutionary Fascist culture of the...

A True Italian/American Marriage

Letizia Airos Soria

"Saints and Sinners", by Abigail Honor, tells the story of an Italian/American gay couple planning a wedding according to Catholic rite. It was screened in the CUNY TV studios by...

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