Three UNESCO Sites in Italy You Never Heard of
Italy has the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world (51), but are you familiar with all of them? Here are three impressive yet little-known places you should include in your Italy travel list (or lists). Read more Source: http://www.italymagazine.com/
Italian Christmas Traditions: What you need to know
by Alessia Gargiulo Christmas is an international holiday, celebrated by Christians in its more spiritual incarnation, and by people all over the world who share the more humanist joys of the holiday, like spending time with the family, thinking of the less fortunate and celebrating the passing of another year. With its multi cult...
The ‘Ndocciata in Agnone - A Christmas bonfire
On December 24th this year, in keeping with a beautiful Christmas tradition, the 'Ndocciata will light up the streets of Agnone, a beautiful town in the province of Isernia, Molise. As Turin-born writer Alfredo Cattabiani (1937-2003) wrote, "The 'Ndocciata in Agnone became famous on December 8th, 1996, when it was performed in Piazza San Pietr...
Tony D's chef Jay Speranza: cooking isn't just a job; it's an adventure
by Nicole Danna When Tony D's chef/owner Jay Speranza was growing up in Rochester, New York, the family kitchen was an important part of his day-to-day life. These days, Speranza is spending more time is professional kitchens, including that of the South Florida expansion of his Rochester-based Italian eatery, which launched an outpos...
Leonardo: The Flight of Birds & Flying Machines
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago In collaboration with: http://davinciflight.eventbrite.com Join us for the second of three lectures about Leonardo da Vinci by Daniele Macuglia, Universi...
‘In Other Words’ review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s love letter to Italian
By Howard Norman Jhumpa Lahiri lived with her family in Rome in 2012. Though she had studied Italian for 20 years, as part of her "full immersion" into the Italian language, she now kept a kind of philological notebook, full of vocabulary, phrases, rules of grammar. Initially, some of this was shaped into an essay in the magazine Internazi...
CFPs from the Italian American Literature Forum for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia
DigITALamericana: New Archives of an Invisible People. The Italian American Literature Forum is seeking panelists to present transmedia perspectives and projects (oral histories, photos, artifacts, home movies etc.) on the Italian American experience for its guaranteed session at the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia. As defined by...
Una voce per l'eta!
By Niccolò Graffio A frequent criticism of mine in previous articles I have written for this blog is the number of our people (and they are legion) who have made their mark on history but who nevertheless are virtual unknowns in the collective minds of the American public. This is due for a number of reasons including American att...
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy NY Spring Ball at Doubles
On March 8th, Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI) hosted a kick-off reception at The Doubles Club for their annual New York Spring Ball. Prominent members of New York and Italian society gathered to celebrate their 71 years of providing a chance in life to refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth in Italy and more recently in Ethiopia. BGT...
Naples raises its voice to defend its rights over San Gennaro
A threat has been made to the heart of an old city, to a unique relationship between the people and their saint. The partnership has lasted through centuries of invasion, violence, disease and volcanic turbulence ... but now bureaucracy wants its say. The challenge is to the arrangements in place for the care of the patron saint of Naples...
Americordo. The Italian Jewish Exiles in America Sunday, April 10th at 3 P.M.
Presentation by Author, Gianna Pontecorboli, Prof. W. Castello, and Prof. L. Lionini. GARIBALDI MEUCCI MUSEUM , 420 TOMPKINS AVE. STATEN ISLAND, NY : Gianna Pontecorboli. Documenting the stories of Italian Jews in the Americas. The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and The Jewish Community Center of Staten Island present Gianna Pontecorboli's book:...
Italy opens comics mecca in Chicago
Without a doubt, comics have emerged as a much-loved 21st-century art form. Could it get any better? When native Italians apply their mastery and artistic acumen to the task, there can only be one answer — and you don't need Superman to skywrite it for you. Better still, a successful Italian school that trains future comic book artists and storytel...