Confessing Myself: My Italian American Journey In Ethnic, Feminist, And Queer Studies – Santa Clara U, Mar 2
In “Confessing Myself: My Italian American Journey in Ethnic, Feminist, and Queer Studies,” Mary Jo Bona explores the ongoing interrelation between her work in Italian American literary studies and larger questions about canon-shaping in U.S. literature. Mary Jo Bona is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Stony B...
Enel to build Europe’s biggest solar PV factory in Sicily
On the island of Sicily, at one of Europe’s southernmost points, plans are underway to bring the solar supply chain to the continent’s shores. Italian energy company Enel announced in April last year that, with grants from the EU and Italian government, it will invest €600m to expand its existing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels production facility...
Mario Martone’s Homage to Massimo Troisi Docu-Film Debuts at Berlin Festival
Announced a few months ago, “Someone Down There Loves Me” a new homage docu-film on Massimo Troisi, will be presented at Berlinale. Troisi, who played the simple postman who rides his bicycle on the sandy terrain of an Italian island to deliver mail to his sole client, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, died tragically of congenital heart f...
Carmel Rotary and the City of Carmel to Host Arte d’Italia
It is with great pleasure that Carmel Monthly is featuring world-renowned pianist and Deputy Mayor Francesco Attesti of Cortona, Italy. Attesti is considered one of the finest interpreters of the Romantic and early Twentieth Century Repertoire, and he is scheduled to perform at the Palladium alongside the Carmel Symphony Orchestra and will also be...
Why Is Everyone Crazy for Cacio e Pepe?
In Italy, there are typical foods that have been lost to time, surviving only in some village festivals and unknown even a few miles away. There are foods that have become a heritage of humanity, such as pizza, and others that at some point go viral on social media, gaining followers all over the world. Cacio e pepe is one of the latter–a pasta dis...
How Italian Defence sprang to help Turkey, Syria after the earthquakes
Italy activates to aid Turkey and Syria. Upon learning of Monday’s devastating earthquakes that ripped across the Turkish-Syrian border, officials in Rome moved quickly to dispatch aid through Italy’s Civil Protection Department (DPC). In the early afternoon, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani reached out to his Turkish counterpart to offer aid. After...
Italian Festival of Arizona - Phoenix
The 8th Annual iconic Italian Festival™️ happens Saturday & Sunday, March 4th & 5th, 2023, Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix. Come and experience a true cultural event. The food, the music, the beverages, the entertainment will all be available in one location. Italy comes to downtown Phoenix. TICKETS ARE 50% OFF - LIMITED TIME Cooking demonstrat...
Valpolicella towards Unesco as a “district” between Verona and the centuries-old technique of drying
Valpolicella is one of the most important and healthy territories of Italian wine. A land of great reds, which unravels around the beauty of Verona and plunges into the valleys that surround it, from which could come, soon, a new Unesco recognition for Italian wine. Because perhaps, as early as the first half of 2025, under the heading of “Unesco I...
Filitalia Foundation Capital Campaign
Personalized “Remembering A Loved One” tiles make great gifts. You can give a gift that will last years in the name of your spouse, family member, or yourself, or have your company sponsor a tile and show your support for the preservation of Italian and immigrant culture in Philadelphia. Sponsor a tile to honor your culture and have the engraved na...
The Lure of Lecco
Italy – well known for the beauty of its land, architecture, and art; its splendor in design, fashion and cars; its delectable food and wine; and its influence on music, dance, film and literature – is often referred to as il bel paese, the beautiful country. The phrase, although sometimes associated with the works of Dante and Petrarch, is from “I...
New Travel Book on Sardinia, Italy!
“At last, a grand companion to the mysterious and enchanting island of Sardinia. Known to most travelers for its beaches, Sardinia’s complex archeological heritage extends back to Neolithic times. Written with verve and love, In Sardinia is the book I’ll be taking on future trips.” -Frances Mayes, New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tusc...
Montecatini Terme, among the Great Spa Towns of Europe by UNESCO
In Tuscany, between the delightful Lucca and Pistoia and not far from Florence, Montecatini Terme is the 56th Italian site to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With its Art Nouveau and neo-Gothic architecture, Montecatini Terme has managed to rise to the Olympus of the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its past and its incredible featu...