Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 30, 2009
Palin -- next Milwaukee mayor?
That got your attention, didn't it? I asked you all here today because I want to hear your big ideas for Milwaukee. I don't care if they seem realistic or do-able. I want to know what you really wish Milwaukee had. Be it a 10-line subway system or Sarah Palin as mayor, share your big Milwaukee ideas here.
Tags: Milwaukee idea, Sarah Palin, mass transit, Turin, subway

Dining - Oct. 28, 2008
Daily dish: Supa Barbetta recycles stale bread
Eldina Long and Erica Malan of Italy's Gruppo Teatro Angrogna, from the town of Angrogna in the Val Pellice west of the Piedmontese capital of Turin, were at Festa Italiana last summer to do demonstrations of the classic "cucina povera" soup from their area.
Tags: supa barbetta, valdese, valdesi, waldensian, turin, torino, piemonte, gruppo teatro angrogna, Eldina Long, Erica Malan, festa italiana

Sports - Aug. 15, 2008
Watch gymnastics and swimming? Me?
It's true, the Olympics bring out a weird, latent interest in sports in me. Not sure why.
Tags: Beijing, olympics, turin

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

Movies & TV - 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