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  • Events: Reports

    Building Bridges to Build Peace

    (April 17, 2016)
    A great new season of hope with Pope Francis. Book launch at Columbia University - Italian Academy on April 21 at 7 pm. The apostolic nuncio to UN, Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, the Italian minister of Environment, Hon. Gian Luca Galletti, and the director of the Earth Institute, Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs , will discuss about it with a special focus on Francis's effort for the climate change deal. The co-author of "the American Pope", Dr. Paolo Messa (Director of the Center for American Studies in Rome), will be present.
  • Art & Culture

    The Reborn of Cinecittà. American Productions are Back!

    Cinzia Gubbini(May 20, 2015)
    Interview with Chief executive officer di Cinecittà Studios spa, Giuseppe Basso. The Mecca of international film in the 50’s, once again attracts foreign productions, particularly American. And now Cinecittà is ready. A lot of producers want to support projects filmed directly in English. This will bring a big change
  • Life & People

    Reimagining White Ethnicity: a Conversation with Joseph Sciorra

    Diana Del Monte(April 26, 2012)
    The John D. Calandra Institute's Annual Conference promises to be a memorable one in 2012. "Reimagining White Ethnicity: Expressivity, Identity, Race" brings together scholars studying different ethnic groups in contemporary America to redefine the idea of Ethnicity. i-Italy interviewed Dr Joseph Sciorra to know more about the Conference.
  • Art & Culture

    Amerigo's Discovery after 500 Years

    Luca Delbello(March 01, 2012)
    Amerigo Vespucci's voyage to America has been commemorated at St. John's University in a special event organized, among the others, by the Delegates of the Fiorentini nel Mondo, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, the John D. Calandra Italian/American Institute and the Italian Consulate of Italy in New York
  • Op-Eds

    USA versus Italy: Diversity versus Mixing

    Jerry Krase(October 06, 2009)
    Many otherwise astute Italian-born commentators on American life often mistake the grand indicators of diversity in American population statistics as indicators of extensive social mixing. Although America is far more diverse than Italy, and in some places like New York City, a great deal of more or less pleasant social mixing is apparent, the facts on the ground are that in most of the USA the situation is not very different from that which can be found back home in Italy.
  • Op-Eds

    My Best Wishes to Mr. President Barack Hussein Obama

    Jerry Krase(January 24, 2009)
    Now that Barack Hussein Obama has become the 44th President of the United States of America and, incidentally, the newest tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, it seems that everybody wants to give him a piece of their mind. The assumption is that not only does he have one, but it is also an open one. Here is a little piece of mine.
  • Art & Culture

    "La Spartenza". Valigie da non dimenticare

    Letizia Airos Soria(November 11, 2007)
    "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 Tommaso Bordonaro contadino di Bolognetta, emigrato in NewJersey con la sua famiglia

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