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Fictional Italians: Ten Hall of Fame Entries

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Here they are! My favorite Italian and Italian-American Fictional Characters. This Hall of Fame will have 10 new inductees each year. Like the Oscars, these inductees are for...

Una stella nell'universo dei campioni

Alberto Caruana

Andrei Howe Besozzi. In molti lo definiscono l’erede di Carl Lewis. Il talento è giovane e a parere degli addetti ai lavori le potenzialità per migliorare sono tante. Ai...

The Prince of Grand Street

Michael Anstendig

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...

“All for the Love of Olive Oil”

Michael Anstendig

“This is my heart. We put so much into this,” said Matthew Battaglia, as he proudly held up a 750 ml bottle of his much-prized olive oil, called Olio D’Oliva Extravergine...

Consoli, oltre la bella musica

Veronica Diaferia

Per quelli che la invece conosco, la notizia non stupisce affatto: la fama internazionale non è altro che la naturale conseguenza di una carriera votata all’evoluzione e a...

Padre Pio Through the Looking Glass

Eleonora Mazzucchi

A body always draws a crowd. Lenin's pickled remains at the center of Moscow's Red Square is the site of thousands of curio-seekers, but this week the body of Saint Pio of...

Sardinia. Sea, Culture, Traditions, Unique Way of Life

Letizia Airos Soria

Sardinia was the topic at the New York offices of the Agenzia Italiana per il Turismo (Italian Tourism Agency). Minister for tourism, artisan arts, and commerce for Sardinia, ...

MULTIMEDIA. Italians and Immigration: Solidarity, Rejection, Memory

Are Italians racist? Is this “nation of immigrants” turning its back to its own past? A contribution to a better understanding of a complex issue, based on user-created videos..

“Watch the Pallino”. Bocce Ball in Toluca, Illinois.

Eleonora Mazzucchi

“Watch the Pallino”, a documentary screened Wednesday March 5th at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and presented by Joe Sciorra of the John Calandra Institute, traces....

The Celebration of Italy's "Independence Day" in New York

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Italy's Republic Day was elegantly commemorated at Cipriani on Wall Street. Presided over by the foremost Italian institutions in New York, the event also celebrated the 50th...

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