La Nuova Resistenza - The New Resistance

Leggo da piu’ parti un allarme legato allo stile di Beppe Grillo in Italia. Il timore di una deriva totalitaria, come quella dello scorso principio di secolo (Hitler e Mussolini), si fa sempre piu’ strada tra la gente che manda cupi messaggi sulla rete. Siamo nel XXI secolo e i valori della resistenza ci hanno accompagnato dalla nascita. Abbiamo conosciuto coloro che hanno combattuto per darci la liberta’ e, nei loro racconti, abbiamo imparato la lezione di vite sacrificate al limite della sopportazione umana: “In prigione, ho diviso il pranzo con i topi- mi disse il Presidente Pertini il giorno che lo incontrai al Quirinale – e l’ho fatto con la stessa dignita’ con la quale continuo a servire il mio Paese da questo Ufficio!”

I have perceived a certain degree of alarm pertaining to Beppe Grillo’s style in Italy. The fear of a deviation towards totalitarianism, similar to what happened at the beginning of the previous century (Hitler and Mussolini), is becoming more widespread as can be seen in the numerous pessimistic posts on the web. We are in the 21st Century and the values of the Resistance have accompanied us from our births. We have known those who fought to ensure our freedom and, in their stories, we have learned the lesson behind those many lives that were sacrificed and pushed to the very limits of what is humanly bearable: “In prison, I shared my lunch with the rats,” President Pertini told me the day I met him at the Quirinale Palace, “and I did so with the same dignity with which I continue to serve my Country from this Office!”

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Il gran finale sull’Hudson
LA CENA DI GALA CONCLUDE LE CELEBRAZIONI PER L’OTTAVO ANNIVERSARIO

A centinaia di ospiti che venerdì hanno preso parte alla cena di gala della Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance a The Lighthouse ai Chelsea Piers, l’organizzazione si è presentata con lo slogan “dal 2004 al futuro” nel celebrare l’ottavo anniversario della fondazione. Il gala svoltosi nella suggestiva cornice notturna dell’Hudson River ha concluso una settimana ricca di eventi che hanno visto confrontarsi in tre simposi autori contemporanei italiani e autori americani di origine italiana, alla ricerca di una definizione dell’identità italiana agli albori del terzo millennio. Alla serata hanno partecipato il console generale Natalia Quintavalle, il commissioner dei vigili del fuoco Salvatore Cassano insieme ad una delegazione di pompieri, Vincent Tummino ambasciatore nel mondo del FDNY, monsignor Hilary Franco, il cantante Albano, i panelisti che hanno partecipato ai simposi. Tra gli invitati anche le tre personalità a cui Ilica assegna ogni anno riconoscimenti per il contributo di ognuno alla diffusione della cultura italiana in America: Louisa Ermelino, Joseph Sciame e Nicola Cecchi, oltre ad una delegazione di studenti di italiano cinesi che si è aggiunta ad una nutrita presenza di giovani. Colui che imparzialmente aveva moderato i tre simposi, il docente Anthony Tamburri, dean del Calandra Institute, nel suo libro “Italian Americana” per i tipi di Bordighera Press, spiega perché è una cultura a se stante.....leggi il pdf: Articolo di America Oggi

ITALO AMERICANI  E  ITALIANI ALL’ESTERO

Quanto e’ difficile trattare un argomento cosi’ caro alla retorica dei politici professionisti! Qualunque cosa si scriva, si presta ad interpretazione e dire che un individuo, nato in America, e’ Americano potrebbe essere messo in discussione da chi si chiama John Cirillo ed e’ nato Brooklyn, New York. Cirillo non parla nemmeno Italiano ma la sua Italia, alla 18ma Avenue in Brooklyn, e’ autentica tanto quanto quella di Arthur Avenue, nel Bronx.

It is very difficult to discuss a topic so entangled in the rhetoric of professional politicians. Whatever we write lends itself to interpretation and to say that an individual, born in America is American, could bring into question someone with the name John Cirillo, born in Brooklyn, New York. Cirillo doesn’t even speak Italian, however his “Italia” at 18th Avenue in Brooklyn, is as authentic as that at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.

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dalle ore 16.30 Conferenza sull'Identità italiana del 3° Millennio
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Culture Will Save Italy

Paolo Virzi, one of Italy’s most acclaimed contemporary film directors, refuses to believe that Italy is finished. Even the troubled images of ex-premier Berlusconi, on the front page of London’s Financial Times, isn’t enough to shake his confidence in the Italian people.

Virzi, who is in London to present a retrospective of his film career, says that the same British journalists who criticize Italy are also the same ones who find a “saving grace” in the culture and strength of Italy’s “gente per bene” (good-hearted people).

He cites several characters from his films to get this point across, characters including Piero di Ovosodo who read Dickens to his workers, and Caterina in ‘Caterina va in citta’ who bombards us with her classical music. And then there is Marta from ‘Tutta la vita davanti’ who gets by in a precarious world by holding on to her passion for philosophy, and what about Guido, the main character of ‘Tutti I santi giorni’ a just released film in Italy.

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The FAI… Italy’s National Trust

Journalist and author, Corrado Augias recently interviewed Vice President of the FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) Marco Magnifico on his weekly Raitre television program, Le Storie Diario Italiano. Once again Italy’s ability to adequately protect and restore its artistic and cultural patrimony has come under fire.

The FAI founded in 1975 and modeled on England’s famous National Trust, was an idea conceived by Elena Croce, daughter of the great philosopher Benedetto Croce with the purpose of promoting a culture of respect for nature, art and the story of Italian traditions, which are patrimony of Italy’s identity. The National Trust of England which was founded well over one hundred years ago was created not only to save places of historic interest and natural beauty, but also to open them up to the public. The FAI follows the same example as a charitable foundation depending on volunteers as well as monetary donations from ordinary citizens, private industry and institutions in order to make their mission possible.

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To Rome With Love.. Makes us Cry Rather Than Laugh !!


Beloved actor, director and screen writer, Carlo Verdone, does not mince words when discussing Woody Allen’s latest film, To Rome with Love. According to an enraged Verdone, Allen used this film making occasion to enjoy a vacation in the eternal city, since the city that he reveals to us has never existed. The New York director portrays Rome according to all of those American stereotypes so well known to us .… a city created for tourists, where the natives  are genuinely good-hearted but rough around the edges. Verdone feels that Allen presents the city that Americans expect, or hope to find, rather than the one that really exists.

 

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Rome, A Great City in Size, But What About Quality?


A heated debate has erupted between actor, director and screenwriter Carlo Verdone and Rome’s current mayor Gianni Alemanno, after Verdone harshly criticized Woody Allen’s latest work “To Rome With Love” calling it an absurd totally unreal interpretation.  What triggered the mayor’s reaction was a recent article published by Daniel Psenny, French journalist for Le Monde newspaper hailing the Colosseum as Rome’s eternal symbol, and declaring the motor scooter, a la Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, as the best means of transportation for discovering its famed monuments. According to Le Monde, yes bicycles are more ecological, but a ride through the city on a Vespa is something magical. The Le Monde article goes on to mention what it considers to be the must-sees of the city including the Protestant Cemetery and of course the legendary Cinecitta’.

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Rassegna stampa - Press release
Una raccolta dettagliata di tutti gli articoli che hanno parlato di ILICA in riviste, quotidiani e carta stampata in genere, sia in Italia che all'estero.

A detailed list of all those articles which talk about ILICA, magazines, newspapers, on-line articles, both in Italy and elsewhere

Lo Statuto di ILICA - ILICA by-laws
La Fondazione è costituita al fine di promuovere la lingua italiana e di diffondere espressioni dell'arte, della cultura italiana nel sistema scolastico statunitense, dall'asilo all'università (K-16)

The foundation was created to promote the Italian language and to diffuse expressions of Italian art and culture within the American public school system K-16.

Galleria Fotografica - Photo gallery
Le foto rappresentative di ILICA. Gli incontri importanti, gli ospiti illustri e chi crede in noi oppure semplicemente la grande famiglia di ILICA.

Fotos which represent ILICA best, including important meetings, illustrious guests, and those who believe in us, or those who are simply an addition to our extended family.


501 © Compliance Statement
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Multimedia
Tutti i contenuti multimediali raccolte in cartelle e suddivisi a tema. Ilica a portata di click, la cultura italiana dal nostro sito direttamente a voi.

A collection of multimedia material divided into folders and subdivided according to theme. ILICA at the touch of a click, Italian culture from our web-site directly to you.

Il calendario degli eventi - Calendar of Events
L'elenco degli eventi della fondazione.

A list of foundation events.