Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 19, 2007
Conference unites like-minded people
For two short days we were all home together, in the land of our ancestors and our contemporary cousins, and we showed the Piemontesi in Piemonte that although we've moved away, we haven't forgotten our history.
Tags: piemonte, piedmont, alessandria, turin, asti, torino, vercelli, alba, cuneo, biella, verbania, novara, terza conferenza internazionale dei piemontesi nel mondo, reis monfrin-e, monferrini, monferrato

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 5, 2007
Doria shares a love for his land in black and white photos
Italian photographer Guido Doria wants to take you on a scenic walk through the woods, over hills, passing streams and rice paddy fields.
Tags: guido doria, bartolotta, bacchus, monferrato, piemonte, piedmont, italy, ansel adams, mangianti, monferrini

Movies - Sept. 4, 2007
"Primo Levi's Journey" comes to Downer
For much of the world, Primo Levi's voice is the only one we've heard from Jewish Italy. A new film uses his long journey to explore modern Europe.
Tags: Primo Levi, Holocaust, Nazi, Germany, Ferrario, Turin, Piedmont, The Truce, Downer

Music - Aug. 17, 2007
Tanzilo's Piedmontese CD bridges family history, present
OMC's Bobby Tanzilo has just released a collection of dialect poems and songs from the Monferrato region of Italy. For him, it's a tribute to his ancestry.
Tags: italy, monferrato, piedmont, tanzilo, ariondassa, morano, chacho marchelli, alfredo rota, sunador, fubine, nina prati, luciano ravizza, canzoniere monferrino, moncalvo, ozzano, murisengo, luigi reposo, massimo brusasco, joseph cerrina, castell'alfero, pie

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 21, 2007
A pilgrimage to Ellis Island
The sun is shining and New York’s glass wall of towers is glistening. The harbor is alive with activity: Coast Guard boats with machine guns mounted, police helicopters, the Staten Island Ferry has just left Manhattan. Here in Battery Park, there is a long line waiting to get to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
Tags: Ellis Island, Piedmont, emigration, immigration, Hmong, Mexican, Italian, Liberty Island, Battery Park, New York, NYC