Travel & Visitors Guide - July 25, 2009
Take a child-size bite into the Big Apple
When Rudy Giuliani started cracking down on jaywalking and Times Square started to reflect a newly-polished shine on the apple, people joked that New York City was becoming like Disney World. Big Apple fans will be pleased to know that's not entirely true. If you're looking for a good destination for a family vacation, there are few places offering the quantity and quality of sights as New York.
Tags: New York, Hotel Beacon, Central Park Zoo, American Museum of Natural History, Statue of Liberty, Chirping Chicken, Shake Shack, Gelateria GROM, Viand, Empire State Building, Ellis Island

Music - Oct. 26, 2007
An "Odyssey" into emigration with Stella and Bertelli
In a rented room at the stately Newberry Library, the Italian Cultural Institute hosted author Gian Antonio Stella and Venetian folk singer Gualtiero Bertelli Thursday night.
Tags: Stella, Bertelli, L'Orda, emigrazione, emigration, immigrants, immigrations, Italy, Italians, Ellis Island, Compagnia delle Acque, Newberry Library, Italian Cultural Institute, NOTA

Movies & TV - July 20, 2007
"Golden Door" opens up the emigrant's world
If you’ve seen his stark and beautiful “Respiro,” you know that Italian writer/director Emanuele Crialese’s look at emigration is bound to be unique. His new film, “Golden Door” (Called “Nuovomondo” or “New World” in Italy) strikes an unusual chord.
Tags: Golden Door, Crialese, Sicily, Ellis Island, Italian, Italian-American, emigrant, immigrant, Nuovomondo, Respiro, Gainsbourg, Amato

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