Required Reading for
Italian-Americans...
Sicilian
Culture
The People, The History, The Culture
The News, Views & Press
Releases
Senior Editor: Richard A.
Annotico
READ THIS FIRST: We take no
responsibility for the accuracy of the news, opinions and/or materials
contained in this section. We post it here as a voice of those Italian-Americans
wishing to be heard. If you
have a comment or concern for anything you see here, email them directly,
not us, we will not be able to reply.
If you wish to have your press releases, news or structured opinions
here, please email us and it
will be included
or excluded at our discretion, remember, we make the rules. Thank you
for your cooperation, and enjoy.
1999-2001 Hot
Topics
Approximately 370 Articles
See Also: EVENTS SECTION
WINTER/HOLIDAY EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
> Christmas Protest in Support of Muslim Woman Sentenced to Death
> Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from SicilianCulture.com!
> Fire of St. John of the Devine Cathedral, NYC
> Buon Natale! Christmas In Italy
> 12 Days of Christmas Carol Origins
> The Legend of La Befana, The Italian Christmas Witch
> A Baroque Redemption / Luca "Fa Presto" Giordano Exhibit on Display
> Visions of Italy, Southern Style & A Musical Christmas From The Vatican
> Hofstra Cultural Center & Order Sons Of Italy in America Present the Italian-American Experience Lecture SeriesWORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK, WAR ON TERRORISM & AFGHANISTAN
> A Consistant Giuliani Lets Go of Reigns of An Altered NY
> Giuliani Bids New York Farewell
> Giuliani is 'Person of the Year' For Leadership in Face of Attacks
> Presepio Gift From Napoli to FDNY
> Pope Condems Israel's Extremism
> Siqilliyah: Sicily through Muslim Eyes
> Funds to Be Established for Italian-American Victims of Terror Attacks
> Obituary: Maria Grazia Cutuli - Italian Journalist Killed in Afghanistan
> Zinni Has Strong Ties in Mideast
> HBO, Rudy Near Deal for Program On His Finest Hour
> Email Message from Giorgio Soranga to Mario Laurino
> Italy's Efforts on the War on Terrorism
> Giuliani Insists on Gandolfini for Fugazy's Mayoral Tribute
> Rome: Tomorrow A Day of Protest & Support of for the USA
> Oriana Flagellates Italy [Updated with response from Professor Ben Lawton]
> Palestinian Leader Meets With Pope & Prime Minister
> Italy Treasury Minister Establishes Financial Intelligence Unit of 600 to Hunt Possible Al Qaeda Links
> Manhattan Weeps For Its Italians
> A Bush Admirer Longs To Join America's A-List
> Italian Heroes of the WTC Attack
> Foundation To Support Italian Victims of Terrorist Attacks
> Bari, Italy to Help Rebuild Greek Church Demolish by WTC Attack
> US & Italy Discuss Military Support + Other News of Italian Support of USNEWS
> Geneaology Blends Past & Present For Teens
> Prozac & The Price We Pay
> Connecticut Most Italian State
> Historic Italian Hall - The Queen: No Longer In Rags
> AP Tells Us What Everyone Thinks About "JOIZY"
> Body Blow!
> Meatballs A La Concetta: Lottery Winner Chooses Hard Work As Reward
> Italian-American Children At Risk
> A Few Small Victories: PATH & Red Lobster
> Italian Astronaut Launches National PrideWORLD NEWS FROM & ABOUT ITALY
> Poverty & Employment
> Agentine Italians Given Priority for Repatriation
> Wave of Nostaligia Sweeps Italy At "Loss of A Loved One"
> US Not As Gray as 31 Other Countries
> Centre-Right Parties Win Big in Sicily Mayoral Vote
> Three Out of Ten University Students Graduate in Italy
> Rome Researchers Discover Malaria "Shield"
> Italians Willing to Spend More on Culture Than Soccer
> Berslusoni Attacks
> Polishing A Tradition
> Italy Cancels Third World Debt
> High Technology Spurs Italian Growth Rate
> Messina In Old Times & Today
> Civilized Society
> 70 KM of Caves Found in Apun Alps
> Watch Craftsman At Work While Touring The Islands of Venice
> American Rabbi: Pius XII A Righteous Gentile
> Violin Makers Take A Boy in Cremona, Stradivari's Hometown
> Italian Renaissance: A Romantic Language Is Reborn Here for A New Generation
> Journey Into Sex Slavery
> An Elegant Dialogue of Old & New - American minimalism was nurtured and is celebrated in a historic Verona Palace
> Sharon Ends Visit Declaring Italy A Strong Israeli Ally
> Housewives The Biggest Fans of Pay-TV Porno Channels
> Morgue Set Up For G8 Summit - - Unprecedented Violence
> Poor Italians Exiting Argentina
> Mt. Etna in Sicily Erupts
> Judge the Devolution Plan On Its Merits, Not Its Champion
> Istat Says One Italian Family in Ten Lives in Poverty
> News From Italy-News.net
> Fourth of All Italian 18-Year-Olds Risk Illiteracy
> OCSE: Italian Students Failing to Make the Grade
> Southern Italy Catching Up with the NorthVIEWS
> Sicilian Studies: Argument for A University Chair
> Commenting on Italian People: UPDATED WITH APOLOGY
> S.1909: The Wartime Violation of Italian Civil Liberties Act
> Why-Who to Question Positive Stereotypes?
> Italian-Americans Make it Clear They Are Fed Up Cartoon-Like Treatment of Their Lives
> University of Maryland Collegian Speaks Out
> Mafia Put Their Songs On Stage
> AT&T Broadband Attempts to Reach New Low
> Writing Back To A Brick Wall
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology Jim Mancuso Returns from PolandCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & CONTROVERSY
> Mummies' Secret: Ills Not All Columbus' Fault
> America Before Columbus
> Justice & Democracy Served by Celebrating Our Heritage
> Positive Articles on Columbus Day
> President Bush's Speech: Signing of Columbus Day Proclamation
> Man Who Bashed Satute of Columbus Gets Jail Term
> Columbus Events' New Focus: Mourning Opponents Say They Won't Rule Out Protests
> State Overrules Indian Panel on Bid to Kill Columbus Day
> Columbus Boycott Planned
> Columbus Distorted, Exaggerated & Lied About
> Columbus-Bashing Crowd Wants Big Turnout or March
> Compromise Offered for Columbus Day
> The (Alleged) Crimes of Christopher Columbus (& Western Civilization)
> Why Does Urbana Dis Chris Columbus?
> Columbus Bashing - San Jose City Hall Statue Destroyed
> Columbus Day To Be Shared with American Indians in AlabamaCULINARY NEWS
> Wine Heritage: The Story of Italian-American Vinters
> A Monument to the Good Life in Napa
> Olive Oil: All You Ever Wanted To Know
> Customers & Goods Crowd Tiny Italian Deli in Paris
> Winemaker Robert Mondavi Donates $35 Million to UC Davis
> Memorable Pizza in A Historic PizzeriaEVENTS & CULTURAL EVENTS
> Sculptor's Capital Idea Throws A Curve At DC
> Tenor Andrea Bocelli Inspires Love-Hate Relationship
> Proposed Legislation to Create An Italian & Italian-American Commission
> 2300º Celebrates Venini: Masterpieces of Italian Design
> Opera Opens with Patriotic Flair
> The Legend of La Befana, The Italian Christmas Witch
> NYC: Photos of Sicily: Aperture's Burden Gallery "Passion, Justice, Freedom"
> A Baroque Redemption / Luca "Fa Presto" Giordano Exhibit on Display in LA Until January 20, 2002
> A Salute to Italian-American Culture
> Introduction to Sicilian
> World Premiere: Sacco & Vanzetti
> Fantasy Takes A Holiday For Watts Visitors
> The Aesthetics of Economic Performance: Music-Making & The Neapolitan Neomelodici
> Former Teen Idol Fabian At Annual Italian Pittsburgh Summerfest
> Italy's Roberto Plano Wins Cleveland International Piano Competition
> Historic Italian Hall - The Queen: No Longer In Rags
> Use Your Faculties: Baldessari Quietly Urges Read/Write/Think/Dream
> Italian Jews: Memory, Music, Celebration
> ITALICS - The Italian-American Video Magazine
> Novelty for Italy: Venice; University Opens Faculty of Design & Art
> John Recco - Painter of Italian-American Life
> Italian-American Theatre for Christmas
> Mayor 'Don' Rudy Slays 'Em Dead
> Pavarotti's 40-Year Career To Be Posted On Website
> Review of "Mangiacake" - Toronto Star
> Fasanella at Museum in Coopertown NY
> Italian-American Studies Courses - Fall 2001-2002 - Calandra Institute
> Seeking Manuscripts from Canadian & American Authors
> Ellis Island - Passing Through, They Left A Mark
> 3rd Annual Dance of the Giglio Festival In Massapequa, Long Island
> John Baldessari Goes Digital
> Poetry Academy Opens In ItalyHISTORY
> "The Messiah" Under Goes Rigorous Analyis
> Southern Italian Folkways in Europe & America: A Handbook for Social Workers, Visiting Nurses, School Teachers & Physicians
> Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR & WWII Espionage
> Baretta Celebrates 475 Years of Gunmaking
> When It Was A Crime to Be Italian
> American Lynching
> Secrets Of A Massacre: German Soldiers Daiaries Reveal Nazi Slaughter of Ex-Allies
> Romans Demise Brought European Standard of Living Down for 1,000 Years
> Italian Americans: America's "Enemy Aliens" During World War II Call for Personal Stories & Memorabilia
> The Promised Land On Posters
> Enemy Aliens-Lecture
> 1908 Messina - Reggio Earthquake & Earthquake Prone Italy
> Scientists Test 5,300 Year-old Mummy Found in the Italian Alps
> Italy Left Rules in THe Land Christ Forgot
> US Reviewing WWII Treatment of Italian-Americans
> Historic District Skews Story of Lower East Side
> Una Storia Segreta, The Secret Story Video of Italian American Internment During WWII
> When Roosevelt Deported The Italians of the West Coast
> For Italian Americans, Memories & Pain
> The Italian American Experience
> The Inaugural "Mille Graie Awards Program" Awareness of the Wartime Violation of IA Civil Liberties during WWII
> La Storia Proibita History of Southern History [In Italian]BIOGRAPHIES & HONORED CITIZENS
> Jennifer Capriati - Fairy Tale Comeback?
> Cornwall Celebrates Marconi Milestone
> De Sica Awards at Italy's Presidential Palace
> Giuliani Insists on Gandolfini for Fugazy's Mayoral Tribute
> Rocky Versace
> Don Gentile WWII 4th Fighter Group Ace
> Head Rabbi of Rome To Retire After 50 Years
> Italian Priest To Be Immortalized in Jerusalem
> University of Chicago, US Post Office to Honor Enrico Fermi
> A Champion of the Police Zealous About His Beat
> Nicholas Cage To Be Honored At Italian-American Gala in Washington DC
> Senator Rick Santorum to Chair I-A Awards Gala in Washington DC
> Marconi's 100th Anniversary is Honored & The Gugliemo Marconi Scholarship 2001-2002
> Regis Philbin, Sam Donaldson, Hillary Clinton Join Sons of Italy Foundation to Celebrate Italian-American Achievements in Education
> Richard Lovat Recipient of 2001 Ordine al Merito
> Josephine Romano Lyden, Renowned Artist & Educator
> Most Unlikely Hero: A Fascist who Saved Jews (Georgio Prelasca)
> American Italian Cultural Roundtable Honors Helen Barolini & Fred GardapheOBITUARIES
> Tonight Show Band Trumpet Player Conte Candoli Dies
> Ardito Desio - Italian Explorer, Geologist & Cartographer
> Francesco Cordasco, Sociologist & Writer
> Ex-President Giovanni Leoni Dies
> Catherine Fabricant, 81; Studied Viruses, Heart
> Frank Gasparro, 92, Chief Engraver at US Mint
> John Ferraro, Long Time City Council Leader Dies
> Friends Remember Paganucci As Brilliant, Dedicated, WiseTRAVEL
> Italian Travel Observations
> Loving Naples Flaws & All
> Embracing Sicily in Her Many Forms
> Memorable Pizza in A Historic Pizzeria
> Leaning Tower of Pisa Gets A Lift - - UPDATED 12-16-2001BOOKS, MAGAZINES & REVIEWS
> Italian Americans in World War II
> Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
> Brunelleschi's Dome - How A Rennaissance Genius Reinvented Architechture
> Italian Aviation Memoirs
> Enemies Within - Italians & Other Internees in Canada & Abroad
> Child of Wonder
> News from Primo Magazine: New Website Open
> East Liberty Book Review
> WOP! A Documentary History of Anti-Italian Discrimination in the US
> Were You Always Italian?
> Fighting the Mafia & Renewing Sicilian Culture
> Voices in Italian Americana A Literary & Cultural Review
> More Italian Hours & Other Stories
> New Book On Italian Culture
> Golden Milestone: 2500 Years of Italian Contributions
> The Mythology of Crime & Criminal JusticeCINEMA & FILM, TELEVISION & CABLE
> Calender Live - His Creative Tension - Anthony LaPaglia in Latana
> True Friends - A Short Film
> Brian's Song on TV
> "In Love & War", Without the Peril
> HBO, Rudy Near Deal for Program On His Finest Hour
> Donofrio's Unique Life Is, At Last, A Film
> Visions of Italy, Southern Style & A Musical Christmas From The Vatican
> Scorsece's 'Voyage' to the Neo World
> 600 Films from 'Last Movie Mogul'
> Italy in Short: Promising Young Italian Filmakers Short Films
> The Dilemma of the Italian American Actor
> Italic Studies Institute: "Image Research Project": Italian Culture on Film (1928-2001)
> Captain Corelli's Mandolin... Cephalonia, Love Story & Massacre
> The Real Captain Corelli
> America's Tenor Michael Amante
> WANTED: Joe Avati
> Politically Incorrect Takes on the Mob
> That's Life CBS-TV: That's Life Involves Evolvement (UPDATED November 2, 2001)
> Una Storia Segreta, The Secret Story Video of Italian American Internment During WWII
> Author In Search of Characters
> Banned War-Era Bugs Bunny Cartoons to be Shown 'In Context'
> Mob Scenes: Pop Culture Is Embracing The Mafia As Never Before
> Time To Rub Out Tired Mafia-Themed Movies
> Dances with Luigi
> I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps) How an Anti-Mafia Film Struck an Italian Cord
> 'Shooting Craps' Delivers Meager Pay Off
> CBS To Axe "That's Life"? Help!
> 'Best Friends' CBS Stereotype Comedy
> Mammoni: CBS News 60 Minutes Segment
> Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July
> Little Italy
> Hey Paisan! There Goes the Neighborhood
> Jay Leno Gets "Spanking" from Professor De Simone
> The Untouchable Hollywood Italian
> Welcome to My World by Camille Paglia
> Where Is That Voice? Comment on IA Socialists-Miller-Panofsky
> Comments on Mob Movies
> CBS Defines Italian-Americans as "No Necks"
> Nardi Nixes The Italian Job
> Tonelli: The Enemy Within
> If Hollywood Takes the Credit, It Must Also Share the Blame
> 3rd Annual Los Angeles Italian Film Awards
> Cannes Chock Full of Big Names
> Paisan: World War II In Italy Re-visited in Upcoming Film with All-Star CastSTEREOTYPES, ANTI-DEFAMATION & PRESERVATION OF THE ITALIAN CULTURE
> A Chinese Peasant's Italian Roots
> NIAF Planned Giving
> NIAF Sponsors 40 Italian Students to Visit New York
> Candeloro Had A Dream: Italian Ethnicity in the Year 2000: The Cultural Imperative
> Ashcroft Ignores the Lessons of the Last Roundup
> Rufus King Students Welcome Italian Class: HS First in the State to Offer Language
> Italian Soul On Ice
> Justice Department Review of Restrictions of Persons of Italian Ancestry During WWII Submitted to Congress
> Italian-Americans Kept Off Mobster Jury
> Las Vegas Adds Ethnic Paper
> In Support of the Italian Language [Updated 11-30-2001]
> Profiles in Evasiveness
> Mfume To Delay Boycott
> T.G.I. Friday's Changes Name in "Moofia" Game
> Some of Us Aren't Even In the Mafia -- Imagine That!
> OSIA/CSJ Support UN Day for Elimination of Discrimination
> Insult To Italians
> Rise of Ethnicity Shopping Spawned by Ethnic Revival
> LYCOS Accused of Defaming Italians & Jews
> Columbus Attacked, Statue of Explorer Beheaded; Graffiti Associated With Anarchists
> Vandalism Fears May Jail Columbus
> Dragon Fuel: Pasta & Pride
> Negative Stereotyping Distorts Arab's Image
> Time Magazine Quiz Off Color
> Non Beffeggiare, Please: A Field Guide to Italian Conversation
> American Airlines Apologizes to NIAF
> Politically Incorrect Probe
> Standing Guard Over Decency Standards
> One Person Can Make A Difference
> Assimilation or Integration?
> As Italians Move Up, A New Group Does the Pizza & Pasta
> Dictionary Of Old Italian To Go Online
> Diverse Casts On Television Are Still Over The Rainbow
> English As The "New Latin"
> You Can Go Home Again: Immigrants Who Went Back
> American Italian Historical Association Offers Books for Libraries To All Italian American Organizations
> Support Needed for Bill "NJ Commission on Italian-American Culture & EducationTECHNOLOGY & MEDICINE
> White-Coat Hypertension May Be Harmful
> Italian Wins Science Oscar
> High Technology Spurs Italian Growth Rate
> Wireless Portal for Italophiles on PDAs by Mobilito Media
> John Baldessari Goes DigitalITALIAN & ITALIAN-AMERICAN POLITICS
> Centre-Right Parties Win Big in Sicily Mayoral Vote
> Berslusoni Attacks
> Democrats Elect Pelosi as New Whip
> IAOV Charges AT&T Reneges on Promise to Italian American Community
> Fini Proposes A Minister for Italians Living Abroad
> Ill At Ease, Italians Set for Election
> The Italian-American Congressional Delegation
> National Congress on Italian Canadians
> Welcome To Paul Cellucci to the Congress of Italian Canadians
> Stony Brook Names New Professorship for D'Amato
> Despite Stony Brook Honor, D'Amato is No Model
> Italian American Chairs - Specific Info on D'Amato Chair
> New US Ambassador to ItalyNEWSLETTERS FROM SICILIANCULTURE.COM
> Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from SicilianCulture.com!
> Thanksgiving Newletter
> USA... Andiamo Avanti (Let's Move Forward)
> Holiday Music Internet Radio Program
> Merry Christmas
> Ash Wednesday
> Good Friday & Easter Sunday
> Sicilian Lounge
> Sicilian Summer
> Finally! The SicilianCulture.com Search EngineMAFIA, MOB, LA COSA NOSTRA, MAFIOSI, ETC.
> Gotti Dying, But American Mafia Weakened Long Ago
> LA's New Mobsters
> Our Mobsters, Ourselves & Mafia's Long HistoryTHE SOPRANOS HBO SERIES
> Bracco Ends A Vanishing Act
> Gibbs School Dumps 'Sopranos' Theme
> 'Sopranos Songster's Colo Show Rubbed Out After Protests
> Morality & The Sopranos
> Edward James Olmos - Quandry, Conundrum, Conclusion & Questions
> NIAF Gives HBO Agita
> The Soprano's are an ANATOMYof Italo American CULTURE! -- Levy??
> Essex NJ Officials Tell The Sopranos: FUHGEDDABOUT About Filming Around Here
> From the Fonz to The Sopranos; Not Much Evolution!
> Email Writing Campaign To MOMA About Sopranos Exhibit
> La Salle School Calls Off Cadets Appearance on Sopranos
> Backlash Against Sopranos Intensifies
> Italian Americans Challenge Stereotypes in 'The Sopranos'
> 'Sopranos Mob Scene' - - NIAF Not Amused
> Soprano's Creator is Not Sure if Tony Soprano is a Good or Bad Person
> Encore, Encore
> A Sopranos' Secret: Given The Choice, We'd All Be Mobsters
> OSIA Blasts Sopranos Creator David Chase
> Tuning Into "The Sopranos" Is Total Waste
> Of Stigmas, Stereotypes 'Sopranos'
> The Sopranos Is Just Getting More Violent, More Vulgar
> Italian Americans To File Suit Against HBO's Sopranos
> When It Comes To 'The Sopranos', I'll Pass
> AIDA's Statement Regarding Its Lawsuit Against the Sopranos
> The Sopranos Guilt Trip, But Enlightening Image
> Next on the Sopranos: Free Speech Goes to Court
> Sons of Italy/Commission for Social Justice Endorses AIDA Lawsuit Against Sopranos
> Sopranos Family is A Far Cry From Italian Americans
> Art vs. Entertainment
> Chorus Against Sopranos Grows
> UNICO Announces Support of AIDA Law Suit vs. Sopranos
> Film Professor Ben Lawton Analyzes 'The Sopranos'
> Letters to the Editor of LA Times Blasts Howard Rosenberg's Sopranos Review
> FIERI Joins in Support of AIDA Suit vs. 'Sopranos'
> Italian-Canadian Group Pronounces Solidarity with AIDA vs. Sopranos
> The Sopranos Trashes Us All
> Important Comments Printed in Important Publications, Plus One
> Sopranos Off Key
> NIAF Announces Support for AIDA
> Italian Stories, Without Bullets
> Fantasy Becomes Reality?
> NCIC - Toronto District Endorses AIDA, Commends Actor Tony Nardi
> Italian Racism - Chicago Tribune
> Don't Forget The Brutalized Women Behind 'The Sopranos'
> In Support of Nardi.... Do You Believe In Magic?
> Survey From the Coalition of Italo-American Associations, Inc. (CIAA) on the Sopranos
> Why The Sopranos May not Be About to Eclipse Shakespeare
> Sopranos Slurs Are A Scourge On Society
> The Record Is Off Its Rocker!
> Soprano's Ready To Change Tune
> Sopranos' Hits Low Note On The Hill
> Sopranos' Hits Sour Note At Italian-American Forum
> OSIA/CSJ President Dabbene Responds to Modesto Bee Cartoon
> First Episode of Sopranos to Air in Italy - La Repubblica
> HBO's 'Sopranos' Showcases Bigotry
> 'Sopranos' Under Fire on the Hill, Roukema Resolution Gains
> C-SPAN To Air NIAF Sopranos/Stereotype Panel
> The Sopranos in Italy - From A Southern Perspective
> Italians (Incorrectly) Consider 'Sopranos' Only an Italian American Problem
> Amos, Andy & Tony SopranoREAD THIS FIRST: We take no responsibility for the accuracy of the news, opinions and/or materials
contained in this section. We post it here as a voice of those Italian-Americans wishing to be heard. If you
have a comment or concern for anything you see here, email them directly, not us, we will not be able to reply.
If you wish to have your press releases, news or structured opinions here, please email us and it will be included
or excluded at our discretion, remember, we make the rules. Thank you for your cooperation, and enjoy.
Required Reading for
Italian-Americans...
HOME
Search | Online Store | People | History | Region | Language | Food | Cinema | Links | Contact
© Copyright
1999-2002 (MCMXCIX) Cristaldi
Communications Web Design, Hosting & Promotion - -
January 11,
2002