Fifty years ago, in a small village in Southern Italy, there lived a taciturn family man with the nickname "Mbrascatu"—"Dirty Face." To this day, when Andrea Algieri returns to his home village of Luzzi in Calabria, most people don't remember who he is until he reluctantly shares the nickname of his grandfather: "Oh! Mbrascatu! Andrea Mbrascatu!"...
READ MOREL'Assessore regionale all'Internazionalizzazione Luigi Fedele ha partecipato ad una serie di eventi negli Stati Uniti che rientrano nel progetto promozionale del Sistema Calabria in Usa. La prima tappa della missione commerciale statunitense – informa una nota dell'ufficio stampa della Giunta - ha riguardato una manifestazione d'interesse...
READ MOREdi Marta Veltri Ormai un piccolo classico del teatro italiano, Marathon (La Maratona di New York) del milanese Edoardo Erba, approda al Dicapo Opera Theatre per la sua prima mise en scène a New York dopo essere stato tradotto in diciassette lingue e pubblicato in otto. Lo spettacolo ha debuttato nel 1993 al Teatro Due di Parma, con una per...
READ MOREÈ giunto quasi al termine il primo round dello scambio internazionale tra 17 studenti del Liceo Scientifico "Giuseppe Berto" di Vibo Valentia che soggiornano fino al 6 prossimo nel New Jersey e la Scotch Plains Fanwood High School del New Jersey che ricambierà la visita in Italia. Ieri gli studenti calabresi sono stati ricevuti al Consolato Genera...
READ MOREFriday, October 2, 2015, 6pm The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036 Calabria guerriera e ribelle (Calabria, Warrior and Rebel) by Giampiero Mele A cliché has it that Calabria's history is always in transit. Spartacus and Hannibal had gone to Calabria no...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #78 2016 April 15Author : italia.it Translation by: It is one of the most populated provinces in Italy and the eighth for extension. With its 367 miles of coast, the Province of Cosenza occupies 44.1% of the surface of Calabria, essentially the entire central and northern part of the region. Calabria's singular landscape...
READ MOREGli assessori regionali all'internazionalizzazione e all'agricoltura, Luigi Fedele e Michele Trematerra, hanno accolto – informa una nota dell'ufficio stampa della Giunta - i numerosi ospiti all'interno del moderno spazio espositivo della Regione Calabria al Summer Fancy Food, la più importante fiera nord americana del "food&beverage" che, ques...
READ MOREStudents on an archaeological dig near the southern Italian town of Monasterace have uncovered an important and ancient mosaic, authorities said Tuesday. The large mosaic, likely of ancient Greek origins, was discovered near another major find announced last fall by archaeologist Francesco Cuteri. Cuteri says he is pleased that students f...
READ MOREby Salvatore Settis The popularity of the Riace bronzes dates back to December 1981, when -- displayed for the first time in Florence in an exhibition scheduled for just three weeks -- they were discovered by the general public; this established their reputation and caused the exhibition to be extended until June 24. That prompted...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #53 2015 February, 6Author : Living Adamis Translation by: For its a catalog, Alessi presented "Souvenir d'Italie", a new line between the Alessi "Figures": a tribute to Italy that from May to October will host the Expo 2015. Five figurines in decorated porcelain, each a symbol of a different aspect of the Italian charac...
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