Lyric Opera to stage a Puccini favorite
The year is 1800, the city is Rome and Mario Cavaradossi, a painter and revolutionary, is in love with the beautiful singer Tosca. Baron Scarpia, the chief of police, covets Tosca for himself, setting the stage for one of opera’s great tragedies. When a political prisoner and ally of Mario escapes, Mario is apprehended for questioning. Revealing no...
1/ Antonio Ligabue: Seeing Nature. Presented by Dr. Giovanni Aloi
Naïve painter Antonio Ligabue has often been compared to other famous untrained artists like Henri Rousseau and Vincent van Gogh. Like them, Ligabue developed a special affinity with the natural world. While living a life between nervous breakdowns and psychiatric wards, he produced an incredible body of work ranging from imaginary orientalist them...
First Look at THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI at Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre is now presenting their major revival of Mary Zimmerman's The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci-three decades after the play premiered in the Goodman's Studio Series (at the Art Institute of Chicago). Movement and music unite to deliver a poetic glimpse into the mind of history's ultimate Renaissance man. The Notebooks of Leonardo da V...
U.S. Air Force museum to host touring da Vinci machine exhibit
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will host a special exhibit featuring a hands-on display of full-size replicas of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions from Feb. 21 to May 8. The exhibit, titled “Leonardo da Vinci Machines in Motion” and built in Florence, Italy, is a touring exhibit by Evergreen Exhibits. It contains 40 actual-size working mach...
Snowboarding an Italian job for Vito at Beijing Olympics
By no means does Ohio-born snowboarder Louie Vito consider himself fluent in Italian. But he’s steadily learning the language and even getting familiar with his new country’s national anthem. You know, just in case. Even long shots can dream a little. For years, Vito, who parlayed his halfpipe career into one of a part-time celebrity, has represent...
Terry Francona’s next milestone could draw Cleveland’s winningest manager closer to Hall of Fame
With David Ortiz’s election to baseball’s Hall of Fame announced Tuesday, it’s natural to begin speculating on how long it might be before Cleveland sees another enshrinee in Cooperstown. It’s hard to believe that four years have already passed since Jim Thome’s election. Kenny Lofton has an outside chance if the Today’s Game Committee puts him on...
One-man Sicilian family tale to baptize new Wild Oscar's performance space at Akron Civic Theatre
Stage and film actor Steven Scionti, and his wife, producer Kimberly A. Ray, decided 2½ years ago to leave behind the hustle, bustle and expense of Los Angeles and move to Kimberly's native Northeast Ohio to settle down for a quieter life. The couple now lives in Uniontown, close to where Kimberly, whose maiden name is Read, grew up in Green. After...
“For Without Culture, Man Has No Soul”
This is the motto of the Ohio Regional Music Arts Cultural Outreach (ORMACO), a nonprofit whose mission is to bring the arts to rural, marginalized, or disadvantaged communities lacking in cultural opportunities. Through grants, donations and underwriting from area businesses and individuals, they have been offering educational outreach programs, w...
Seven guys from Monza in Indianapolis
The twinning between Monza and the capital of Indiana continues under the banner of motors. Seven students from Monza had the opportunity to confront themselves with different American entrepreneurial and educational realities right in Indianapolis, the city of the circuit. The training course was created as part of the twinning projects between th...
De Marchi named First Team Academic All-American
Michigan Tech senior Laura De Marchi has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II volleyball first team for the second straight season. De Marchi is a setter from Milan, Italy, and holds a 3.79 grade-point average in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering. She is the fourth Michigan Tech volleyball player to be named an...
Winter warrior Bob Nardella
After decades as a standout hockey defenseman and accomplished assistant coach, as well as more than 20 years as the owner of his own business, Bob Nardella has concluded that the surest path to success is as a team player. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a janitor or a VIP executive — you have to work together to be successful,” says the 53-year-old,...
MTU’s De Marchi named AVCA Midwest Region Player of the Year
Michigan Tech senior setter Laura De Marchi has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Midwest Region Player of the Year. She was also named to the All-Midwest Region Team for the third time in her career. Anna Jonynas was also named to the AVCA All-Midwest Region Team. Laura De Marchi was named the GLIAC Setter of the Year and on t...