The history of Cinecittà
by Claudia Astarita Cinecittà is a Rome-based large film studio that is still considered the hub of Italian cinema. People used to say that "All dreams can come true" in Cinecittà, and indeed through years this location has become a legend in both Italy and Europe. Actually, Cinecittà counts for the largest film studio in Europe,...
Mangia Sano Parla Italiano
La cultura italiana ha sempre esercitato un fascino particolare su New York. Arte, moda, design sono solo alcune delle manifestazioni di eccellenza del Made in Italy nel mondo. Ma a catturare l'attenzione degli americani, senza alcun dubbio, è la nostra cucina, osannata, imitata, copiata, e continua fonte di ispirazione imprenditoriale. I...
The Sicilian Cart
One of the best-known symbols of Sicilian folk iconography, the cart was created as a means of transport that responded to practical needs, but went on to be transformed into a vehicle for cultural transmission. Sculpture and painting were applied its various constituent parts to represent moments from the island's history, or from epic st...
Springfield's Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel adds $500 to reward for missing Anthony Scibelli sculpture
The Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, an Italian-American club in the city's South End, have added $500 to the reward fund for information leading to the conviction of whoever stole a bust of the late State Rep. Anthony M. Scibelli. The donation brings the fund up to $1,100 with $500 already from City Councilor Tim Rooke and $100 from s...
‘Il Centro’ almost done — again!
Long-awaited — and equally long-delayed — Italian cultural center "Il Centro" will open its doors in Bath Beach in July. Workers just have to put the finishing touches on a gymnasium floor and pool and get some final inspections, according a member of the Federation of Italian-American Organizations, which is building the center. "The...
New York, un italiano firma Aquatrium, l'acquario futuribile con vista su Manhattan
L'America sempre più nel segno dell'Italia. Anche quando si tratta di pesci, ospitati in quello che sarà il nuovo acquario di New York: è stato uno studio tricolore a vincere il concorso NYC Acquarium Waterfont della Grande Mela del (prossimo) futuro. Ad essere scelta è stata la creatività dello studio di architettura di Piero Lissoni che...
L’incredibile vita di Carlo Gentile, padre “coraggio” del leader degli indiani
«Lo sguardo fiero degli indiani, di quelli semplici come dei capi tribù più importanti, che emerge da ciò che resta del repetorio fotografico del pionere napoletano, trasmette tutto l'orgoglio della lotta intrapresa contro il genocidio progettato e messo in atto dall'invasione dei bianchi». Invasione, dunque. Ricordate questa parola e fissate bene...
La lingua italiana della nonna
di Paul Sabatino Anni fa, quando Eduardo DeFilippo venne a New York per una rappresentazione della sua intramontabile "Filumena Marturano", fece alcune osservazioni sui costumi e sulla lingua degli immigrati italiani residenti nel rione di Little Italy di New York. Osservazioni in apparenza banali, ma di quelle che lasciano dietro di sé tr...
The Absolute Best Neapolitan Pizza in New York
For more than six weeks, the editors of New York Magazine and Grub Street are publishing a series of definitive lists that declare the absolute best versions of more than 101 things to eat, drink, and do. And now Neapolitan pizza, by which we mean Naples-style pizza, or at least New York's version of it. We aren't talking only about "la ve...
Beyond the North End - A portrait of Kansas City's Italian-American community in 2016
The history of Kansas City's Italian-American community starts as early as 1890, just a few decades after the birth of Kansas City. Italian immigrants first came to Kansas City because of the wealth of jobs in railroad development, according to Giovanni Schiavo. Though Italian-Americans living in Kansas City today are predominantly of Sicilian dec...
Say hello to Fernet Branca, Italy's most known amaro
Say hello to Fernet Branca, one of Italy's most famous amari. Made by the Fratelli Branca Distillerie, the alluringly herbaceous liquor with its distinctly bitter taste and spicy finish was invented in 1845. There are other brands of Fernet, but Fernet Branca is the big daddy of them all, and the formula of herbs and spices such as saffron, myrrh,...
We checked out the new Ferrari 488 GTB — and it's an unexpected masterpiece
Ferrari builds three types of cars: sports cars, Grand Touring or "GT" cars, and of course rare and exotic hypercars, such as the current LaFerrari, which sells for more than a million bucks. Of these three, without question the most important for Ferrari's reputation are the sports cars. The only things more important are Ferrari's Formula On...