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A long marathon of events embracing visual art, and cinema, among others, along with exhibits and debates and a dedicated website will celebrate until 2023 the historic heritage of the southern region of Calabria on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the two world-famous ancient Greek warrior statues called the Riace Bronzes on August 16, 197...

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Calabria growing closer to the U.S. through the link between emigrants and their homeland. The Tricolor and the American flag fly over Italy Square, while the city of Spilinga marching band performs the two national anthems. There is Mayor Enzo Marasco, Vice Mayor Franco Barbalace and the full city council, but above all the people of Spilinga at t...

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This interview is a collective one. Or maybe not. We’ll talk with a chef, a television star, a food historian, a culinary anthropologist and a Mediterranean Diet advocate. All in one person, a wonderful Italian American woman. Amy Riolo has such a beautiful and contagious smile, in a time when contagious is not a word we use lightly. Luckily for us...

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Most travellers to Italy opt for the same: Venice, Florence, Rome and Amalfi Coast. However, the Italian South offers a completely different feel than the typical popular tourist destinations. Next time you make your way over to Italia, try venturing out from the usuals and add one of these overlooked southern cities to your Italian itinerary.

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Every country has its forgotten corners, the regions ignored by visitors, the backwaters often blighted by poverty, history and geographical bad luck. Even Italy, among the most blessed of destinations, has such outposts, places that until recently were often seen only by the more well-informed travellers. Few of these overlooked destinations deser...

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Cosa bevevan i nostri nonni? VINO, VINO, VINO!Cosa bevavan i nostri padri? VINO, VINO, VINO!E noi che figli siamo? Beviamo, beviamo!E noi che figli siamo? Beviam, beviam, beviam! Eh! Every night for a week in April 2022, with terracotta wine cups raised high, this lively toast was sung by a group of Calabrians and a handful of Americans and a Spani...

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While at rest, the exotic figures attract a bold curiosity from even the smallest children. On the move, however, the large, otherworldly puppets not only send the wee ones fleeing for safety, but the towering effigies along with their accompanying ruckus have actually been known to frighten a former king and his entire military entourage into retr...

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While the food of Calabria is predominantly what you’d think of as Italian, it also displays unique traces of French, Spanish, and Arabic influences, owing to the invasions and plunders it has endured in the past. Similar in some ways to Sicilian cuisine just south of this region, the beauty of Calabrian food really does lie in its rich history. Th...

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At 15, you’re still a baby to some while to others, just old enough to know better. Usually these interested parties are relatives who carry their own reasons for either prolonging a loved one’s innocence or hurrying up their maturity. But for the forthright middle daughter of a close-knit family in filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s tough, vibrating Ita...

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New technologies have enabled us to travel even by just moving a finger on our smartphones. Here tourism has become somewhat virtual. And we have noticed it in these two years of lockdown and pandemic. Enabling it was the innovation introduced in 2007, just 15 years ago, by Google, which after changing our lives with the Maps application, launched...

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