The Academy Welcomes Peter Benson Miller as the New Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
Peter Benson Miller began his three-year tenure as the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director on 1 August. We asked him about his career as an art historian and curator in New York, Paris, and Rome. You moved to Rome in 2009 from Paris after a period at the Musée d'Orsay. What prompted your move?Several factors led to my return to Rome in 2009, spu...
Comitato Leonardo promoting Italian agroindustry in Sicily
With the aim of promoting the idea of Italian creativity and excellence, the Comitato Leonardo, the Italian Quality Committee, an association of entrepreneurs promoting "Made in Italy" brands worldwide, just concluded a successful event focused on agroindustry. Organized in Catania, a city in the hearth of Sicily, this conference stressed the impor...
Happy Birthday Galileo! Stellar events for celebrating the scientist’s 450th birthday!
In occasion of the 450th anniversary of the birth of Galileo Galilei, the Region of Tuscany, in collaboration with the Museo Galileo – Institute and Museum of History and Science of Florence, the Garden of Archimedes – Museum of Mathematics, Museo FirST – Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, the Comune of Florence, the Caffè-Scienza Cultural Association o...
Italy PM Renzi wins strong backing from Obama
By James Mackenzie U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Colosseum in the latest stop on his European tour on Thursday, calling the ancient Roman arena "remarkable, unbelievable" and he was almost as lavish in his praise for Italy's 39-year-old Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Renzi, Italy's youngest ever prime minister, has set a testing a...
US soldiers' Ebola quarantine in Italy causes alarm
The decision to put a dozen American soldiers returning from Liberia into quarantine for Ebola at their base near Venice rather than in the United States sparked controversy in Italy Wednesday. "They shouldn't have been sent here, they should do their quarantine for Ebola at home," said the president of the region's assembly, Luca Zaia, in...
ISSpresso: Astronauts will finally get to enjoy a decent cup of coffee in space
Ristretto or lungo? Not a question astronauts on the International Space Station normally have to contemplate, but that is about to change thanks to a new zero-gravity coffee machine being delivered this weekend. The ISSpresso machine is set to boldly go to the orbital station this weekend, carried there by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristofor...
A Ostana il II° Festival Invernale nazionale dei Borghi più belli d´Italia
Da sabato 6 a lunedì 8 dicembre (giorno della Festa dell'Immacolata), Ostana - piccolo paese di lingua e cultura occitana di fronte al Monviso, nella valle dove nasce il Po, in provincia di Cuneo - ospita il secondo Festival Nazionale Invernale dei Borghi più belli d'Italia, club di cui fanno parte 242 Comuni italiani nato nel 2001 su impulso della...
The infinite surprises of italian bread
by Emilia Crippa I feel like I need to start from the essence of the word "bread" itself, and the concept that sums up "knowledge", "goodness", "peace", and much more. Bread is permanently connected to that absolutely human experience that over time turns into culture. It is itself a culture that has left a mark – impossible to mi...
Italia in prima linea al «Buy America»
Ci sarà, a sorpresa ma non troppo, Barack Obama. E il Segretario di Stato John Kerry come anche il vero ospite, il ministro del Commercio Penny Pritzker. Al loro fianco, 47 Stati americani con i loro piani di incentivi, facilitazioni infrastrutturali e logistiche, semplificazioni legali, amministrative e burocratiche sommate ai programmi federali....
Nasce «M2», nuova formula retail per l’arredo Made in Italy
Una vetrina multimarca di grandi dimensioni che metta insieme la cucina di gamma medio-alta con il cucchiaino e la teiera "griffati", trasferendo l'esperienza (di successo) dell'arredo di design "low cost"su una fascia di produzione "100% Made in Italy" di alta qualità ma a prezzi accessibili. L'inedito progetto di retail d'arredo – che pu...
In Italy, olive oils now have their sommelier too
by Giorgio dell'Orefice The quality of olive oil is certainly a feature, but it can also become a true profession. Those skills, simply handed down from father to son, have been turned into a real profession by the Association of Olive Oil Tasters (ONAOO). The organization was founded in Imperia in 1983 and after 30 years of honor...
The secrets of Valle d’Aosta ‘s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita Valle d'Aosta is an Italian region where history has been influenced by mountains and national borders. Its traditional cookery revolves around the flavours of milk and cheese, meat, and the products of the land and the environment. These flavours are the essence of a harsh yet beautiful land, and take us back...