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

Dining - July 23, 2008
Supa Barbetta makes delicious use of 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 week to do two 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

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 - 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 - May 3, 2007
Mix tape: part two
Here’s part two of a journey through the stack of CDs on my desk. Part one appeared in the Sound Check section last weekend and there’s more to come, so stay tuned.
Tags: Meters, Subsonica, Steve Cropper, Brand New Heavies, Amsterdam, Turin, Blue Note, Dexter Gordon, Donald Byrd, Andrew Hill, Compulsion, Jackie McLean, Ornette