Tesori ritrovati: la mostra nella sede ONU a New York
È stata inaugurata ieri al Palazzo di Vetro, Sede centrale delle Nazioni Unite a New York, “Tesori ritrovati: l’arte di salvare l’arte”, la mostra sui capolavori d'arte ritrovati, in mezzo secolo di attività, dal nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale dell'Arma dei Carabinieri. L’esposizione – aperta al pubblico fino al 17 gennaio – arriva all’Onu nel...
20 Cinematic Spots in Italy Worthy of a Fellini Film
Italian movie director Federico Fellini was relentless in creating memorable feasts for the eyes in his films. Who could forget the opening sequence of La Dolce Vita—in which a statue of Jesus flies over ancient Roman aqueducts, concrete construction sites, and bikini-clad bodies? Or the scene in 8½ in which an endless stream of quirky characters s...
Vision 2020: Niel DePonte
At the Oregon Symphony’s June 1 concert this year, Niel DePonte will play the famously energetic snare drum part in Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. The spring season will end his 42-year career as the symphony’s principal percussionist, a job he’s had since he was 24 years old. Symphonic percussionists’ duties have grown more complex in the past half-centu...
Gambero Rosso, Italy’s Wine and Food Authority, Announces 2020 U.S. “Tre Bicchieri” Tour Dates
Gambero Rosso, the Italian-based media company founded in 1987 and a noted authority on Italian wine and food, returns to the U.S. in early 2020 for its annual invitation-only Trade & Media Tour featuring wines that received the conveted “Tre Bicchieri” designation in the company’s famed, annual Vini d’Italia (Italian Wines guide). The Vini d’Itali...
Stuckeman School to host international Italian Imprints symposium at Penn State
Nearly 20 international scholars will come together at the Stuckeman Family Building on Penn State's University Park campus later this month to discuss how historians and scholars have processed Italy’s sustained importance for architecture and its history over the 20th century. Hosted jointly by the Stuckeman School and the Department of Architect...
Rome to finally reopen Mausoleum of Augustus
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus is set to reopen to the public this spring following a €6.5 million restoration funded by Italian telecommunications company TIM, according to Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica. The monumental tomb of Rome's first emperor is destined to become a major draw for tourists, after decades of abandonment, and is expected...
Fellini Jazz – A tribute to the Cinema of Federico Fellini by Maestro Enrico Pieranunzi
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest in international art cinema, a master of memory, dreams, fantasy and desire: Federico Fellini. Our year-long celebration of his genius starts with this musical tribute by one of the greatest pianist of the Italian jazz scene: Enrico Pieranunzi. For this debut in Washington DC of F...
‘Ciao Italia’ creator, St. Mary’s alum to return home
The creator of the longest-running cooking show on national television will return to her alma mater this year — St. Mary’s High School. Mary Ann Esposito and her husband, Guy, are 1960 graduates of St. Mary’s High School in Lancaster. She is the creator, host and chef of the nationally televised PBS series, “Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito,” wh...
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a statue. Should it still be in Eden Park?
In 2015, The Enquirer wrote a story highlighting the fact that a statue in Eden Park was actually a gift to Cincinnati from Benito Mussolini. Yes, the Italian dictator. That story was posted to Cincinnati.com nearly five years ago and when it was tweeted out by a local reporter Monday, Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach responded with a twee...
Skyscrapers of Italy
From amphitheaters to skyscrapers, few people know that Italy was a precursor regarding the modern high-rise constructions, even though its cities are ancient and mostly have low-rise buildings. Everything started with the international design competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower hosted by the Chicago Tribune newspaper in 1922. Chicago and its...
Monsignor Joseph Trivisonno, il molisano che fece costruire la 1° scuola cattolica italiana inOhio
Monsignor Joseph N. Trivisonno nacque a Cleveland, il 4 maggio del 1894, da Luigi (1869-1941) e Giuseppina (1869-1953). I genitori erano entrambi nati a Ripalimosani in provincia di Campobasso. Luigi e Giuseppina, i genitori, decisero di Monsignor Joseph Trivisonno, il molisano che fece costruire la 1° scuola cattolica italiana in Ohio emigrare dop...
St. Agrestis opens an amaro tasting room in Brooklyn
St. Agrestis, the makers of a bottled digestifs and aperitifs offered at hip liquor shops around the city and hot restaurant and bars such as The Modern, Gramercy Tavern, Momofuku Ko, Torst (and, even our own Time Out Market in Dumbo), has opened its own tasting room in Greenpoint. The Brooklyn-based Italian spirits company hopes to bring more know...