Sicily's innovative approach to water management and drought solutions
Sicily is experiencing an unusually rainy winter and spring, but despite the heavy rainfall, citizens and farmers are still concerned about the island’s water reserves for the upcoming summer. While short-term drought risks seem to be averted, the long-term situation remains uncertain. Scientists warn that Sicily is warming at a rate 20% higher tha...
Italian Ferrovie dello Stato's bid for high-speed rail in the US
Ferrovie dello Stato, Italy's national railway company, is aiming to expand its high-speed rail services in the U.S., a country traditionally resistant to fast trains. The U.S. has long relied on air travel for connecting major cities due to its vast distances, with road traffic primarily focused on freight. However, Italy’s railway company is expl...
Beloved Italian grocer on ‘The Hill’ to close
Married in 1929, John and Angela Viviano’s wedding photo rests regally above the register of the shop they opened on The Hill. “My grandfather came over from Sicily, the town of Terrasini, and opened here in 1950,” said third-generation store owner John Viviano. Seventy-five years later, his grandson and store owner John Viviano says family, food a...
2024 Remodeling of the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco – Revealing the New Image of Italy
We are eager to present the 2024 Remodeling of the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco. The Remodeling was aimed at restructuring some elements of the beautiful 1920 building that is owned by the Italian Republic and hosts the Consulate General since 1952. The concept is also focused on promoting the talent, the creativeness of our Country,...
Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis with massive funeral, humble burial
Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment to be kept alive. U.S. President Donald Trump, who had clashed with the pope on those issues, sat with the rows of foreign dign...
Conegliano, the small but mighty queen of world women's volleyball
Italian volleyball is on top of the world. At the peak of this success is Conegliano, a small town in Veneto with only 35,000 inhabitants. The Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano has claimed the Italian women's volleyball Serie A championship, securing their eighth Scudetto, the seventh consecutive one. This is an extraordinary achievement that highlight...
Video game industry in Italy sees significant growth in 2024
Video games in Italy have a turnover of 2.4 billion euros. This is what emerges from the latest annual report on gaming in Italy. These are very significant and important numbers, providing positive signals about the gaming sector's performance in Italy, not only regarding hardware and software. Indeed, the number of national video game companies i...
Inside a Tony Bennett “Family Dinner” with De Niro and Scorsese
I’m attending an Italian dinner in honor of Tony Bennett where the fellow guests include the likes of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Could this be a red sauce-soaked fever dream? Did I overdo the Sambuca? No, this was all real. Or as Mr. Bennett would sing, I’m living “The Good Life.” The event, hosted at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on Manha...
The Best Italian Wineries to Visit Near Naples
Naples has grown ever more popular as a tourist destination in recent years. But after several days of the city’s glorious chaos — and, admittedly, the best pizza on earth — heading out of town into the surrounding countryside to visit some of the great wineries of Campania might come as a needed break. You can even venture further east to sunny Pu...
What DeMarco’s Italian Restaurant owners saw in Greenville’s West End
Anthony Pepe, Mike and Genine Baldassarra and Mike Wible recognized the potential of Greenville’s West End. The area known for its boutique shops, restaurants and art galleries, not to mention the city’s minor league ballpark, was a perfect fit for DeMarco’s Italian Restaurant, which recently opened at 366 Jackson St., Greenville, SC. “We anchor th...
Celebrate at the S. 9th Street Italian Market Festival
For one weekend each year, the nation’s oldest outdoor continuous market transforms into Philadelphia’s largest block party. With more than 120 vendors, live entertainment, and an action-packed schedule of activities, the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival will once again showcase the rich history and culture of this historic Philly landmark...
Postmodernism and the rise of "Arte Povera"
The rise of "Poor Art" in Italy: around the years 1960’s in Italy a bunch of young artists choosen to create a new form of artworks using “poor” elements: shredded clothes, rags, wood, clay, plaster, rusted iron, straw, wicker etc... Step by step this strange use of elements evolved into an interesting develop of new languages. They were going acro...
