Saluting the design legacy of Massimo Vignelli: A free public forum Monday night at the Cleveland Institute of Art
by Steven Litt If you've navigated the New York subway system, consulted a Fodor's travel guide, shopped at Bloomingdales, Benetton or J.C. Penney, driven a Ford or flown American Airlines, you've been touched by the design of Massimo Vignelli. The great Italian-born graphic designer, who died in May at age 83, immigrated to the U...
Elena Ferrante, Author of Naples Novels, Stays Mysterious
The Italian writer Elena Ferrante's gripping novels about the rich and complex lives of women — as mothers, daughters, wives, writers — have won her a devoted cult following. After several years of growing critical favor, her readership reached new levels this fall with the release of "Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay," the third volume...
Race, Racism, and Italian-American Crimefighters, Part 1: Columbo, the Untouchables, and Joe Pistone
by Marc DiPaolo "There's nothing extraordinary about American gangsters," protested [James] Bond. "They're not Americans. Mostly a lot of Italian bums with monogrammed shirts who spend the day eating spaghetti and meat-balls and squirting scent over themselves.... greaseballs who filled themselves up with pizza pie and beer all week and on...
L.A. Parker: ‘Unbroken’ film breaks mold of Italian-American stereotypes
Italian-Americans have enjoyed minimal films or television shows that highlight real life historical figures. You got your Rocky Balboa, Sopranos, and The Godfather as successful enterprises but those fictional story lines pale in comparison to "Unbroken." The Angelina Jolie directed film tells the story of Lou Zamperini, a second-generat...
Special Event: Screening of THE ITALIAN AMERICANS [Mandatory RSVP]
FEBRUARY 10, 2015 (06:30 PM ). Special Event: Screening of THE ITALIAN AMERICANS [Mandatory RSVP] - NYU Kimmel Center, Eisner/Lubin Auditorium, 4th Floor, 60 Washington Square South, 10012. PLEASE NOTE: This event will take place at the NYU Kimmel Center. Click HERE to RSVP NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimó and publ...
Dal Gargano a Manhattan: Joseph Tusiani, l’emigrante diventato poeta di due terre
Manhattan, undicesimo piano di un elegante palazzo a due passi da Central Park, il "polmone verde" di New York: mercoledì 14 gennaio 2015 è festa grande in casa Tusiani. Il patriarca della casa, Joseph, scrittore poeta e traduttore di fama, compie 91 anni e alla gioia della famiglia si aggiunge l'emozione per l'ennesimo dono arrivato dal l...
Antonello Pileggi President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community
Antonello Pileggi has been elected President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC). Officers of the MSIC will be Vice President Fabio De Furia (Consorzio Roma Ricerche), Secretary Alessia Fornoni (Director and Chair of the Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center at the University of Miami) and Treasurer Ant...
Italian through Opera: A language conversation course about Italian Opera - 6 lessons every Friday
Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Italian language by watching the most important scenes from famous operas. There will also be discussion of librettos and contemporary articles about current performances. Learning the lyrics of a song or an aria helps students expand their Italian vocabulary, learn some slang/typical phrase...
PAM exhibit traces Roman fashion from palazzo to outlet mall
Italian Style is that rare show in Portland, like China Design Now in 2009, that immerses you in a place you might never visit. The subject is high fashion, but the subtext is how Italy reinvented itself after World War II. Don't know your Puccis from your Pradas? Are Dolce & Gabbana a couple? Why are the discount stores stuffed with Tommy...
'Italian Style': Fellini, Antonioni, Audrey Hepburn, and lots of gorgeous clothes
If you haven't seen "Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945" at the Portland Art Museum, what are you waiting for? It's a gorgeous collection of haute couture, made the way only the Italians can make it with silk and sashes and fox trim collars. I saw it last Friday evening, the museum's free admission night, and it was packed with couples and girl's-ni...
Italian Film Festival USA - Pittsburgh
March 26 - April 18, 2015, University of Pittsburgh The Italian American Program is proud to be the Opening/Closing Night Sponsor of this year's Italian Film Festival USA in Pittsburgh. Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh's French and Italian Department, the 2015 festival brings you the best line up of recent Italian cinema with films from...
Artistic director Marco Balich unveils his Padiglione Italia “Beauty and Identity Machine” for Expo Milano 2015
A big tree, visible from a distance, deeply and strongly rooted in the ground, with a large and towering crown, standing shining, un-affected and un-frightened by the thunderstorms. By new and different courses settling in. The tree is the iconic and spectacular symbol Marco Balich chose a few months ago to stand for Padiglione Italia (the Ita...