“Eccellenza nell’Educazione", questo il tema del Benefit Gala 2019 della Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi che si terrà Venerdì 8 Marzo e che vedrà riunita la comunità italo-americana nella bellissima sede di Cipriani Wall Street.
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The International Women’s Day and "Excellence in Education" are the main themes of the Benefit Gala 2019 organized by La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi. The school will celebrate three "Women of Distinction": i-Italy founder and editor-in-chief Letizia Airos, Maria Tamburri (NOIAW - The National Organization of Italian American Women ) and Ivana Lo Stimolo (New York Italian Women). With their work, their passion, creativity and entrepreneurship, they are considered a source of inspiration for future generations of women. Special honorees the rectors of Bocconi University and LUISS Guido Carli. Over 350 guests will attend the funding event At Cipriani Wall Street.
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The world-renown author Dacia Maraini and her niece, film director Mujah Maraini-Melehi, discuss the importance of remembering the past and prevailing over hatred at the screening of "Haiku on a Plum Tree," a delicate but powerful documentary about the story of the Maraini family’s imprisonment in a Japanese concentration camp during the Second World War, presented at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
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Kacey MusgravesTutt’altro che storici e diversificati, gli Oscar 2019 sono sembrati una carrellata di cattivo gusto, premi prevedibili, anche quando sono risultati “a sorpresa” come Green Book, e decisamente troppo politically correct. Meno male che a scaldarci i cuori ci hanno pensato Lady Gaga a Bradley Cooper.
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Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1575. Photo: Michael BodycombGiovanni Battista Moroni (b. 1520-24; d. 1579-80) painted his sitters exactly as they appeared before him - no artistic or idealized filters applied. The Frick Collection is the first museum in North America to present a major exhibition devoted to the 16th-century artist famous for his naturalistic portraits but almost unknown in the US.
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When you hear the story of Elena Favilli and how she got to publish her series of books Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, two things come to your mind: first, she might as well be featured in one of these best-sellers dedicated to strong female role models, secondly, everybody, even boys, should get to know and appreciate the fearless women portrayed in these books, a literary phenomenon that over three years has been translated into 48 languages (the Chinese version will be released soon) and sold about 4 million copies.
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Da sinistra: Maria Tamburri, Francesca Aborn, Maria Teresa Cometto, Laura MattioliLa celebrazione di tre “Wise Women” - tre sagge donne - e’ una tradizione iniziata una decina di anni fa dalla NOIAW, l'Organizzazione Nazionale delle donne italo-americane. Avviene a ridosso dell’Epifania, la festa in cui di solito sono i tre Re Magi - i “Wise Men”, uomini saggi in inglese - ad essere ricordati.
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Roger CohenThe New York Times columnist can be both passionate and rational when he talks about two countries that he loves, Italy and the US. Although in these nations “things can sometimes go to hell,” he firmly believes in the strengths of democratic institutions and therefore in a better future: “America is an idea or it is nothing.”
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According to Peter Stastny, director of the documentary "Redemption Blues," redemption “is reaching out for something that you cannot reach, but at least you make the effort,” while music, in particular playing with other Jewish musicians in New York, is that personal “place where you can move forward in a Jewish way even if you are not religious.” In his movie, presented yesterday at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo’, Stastny explores what redemption means for the last survivors of the Holocaust. Often people who belong to the second generation, like him, feel the weight of that tragedy, the Shoah, but might spend their life with parents or relatives who never wanted to talk about what happened, like the director’s mother.
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"Asking Mario to marry me was the boldest and bravest thing I had ever done, second only my coming out as queer. It felt to me like it was meant to be, just as New York City seemed to be the place that Mario was clearly meant to be." Lisa and Mario met in Italy in 1981. Their love crossed borders of gender and acceptance showing that deep feelings can go beyond conformism. Their story, although personal, tells us a lot about Italy and the US from the 80s to nowadays.
