Matera chosen as EU's culture capital for 2019
The city of Matera has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2019, Italy's Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Dario Franceschini announced on Friday. Matera was selected out of six cities - Cagliari, Lecce, Siena, Perugia, Ravenna, and Matera itself - that had remained on the list after a preselection. Steve Green, t...
Book Presentation of: Writing Fashion in Early-Modern italy - November 7, 2014 at 06:00 pm
Book Presentation of: Writing Fashion in Early-Modern italy From Sprezzatura to Satire (Ashgate, 2014) by Eugenia Paulicelli. The author in conversation with: Virginia Cox, NYU and Bella Mirabella, NYU Location: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011 The firs...
20 Enchanting Places In Italy That Belong In Fairy Tales
From enchanted gardens to breath-taking castles, Italy has plenty of fairy tale places you absolutely have to visit at least once in your life. Swide has selected 20 of the most beautiful Italian spots, where all your dreams will come true. Sometimes when travelling around Italy you may feel like you're stepping into another world. There are p...
Italian art: Vittorio Corcos
WTI Magazine #48 2014 November, 26Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: It is amazing how in just a century the habits of part of the Italian society have so radically changed. In Palazzo Zabarella in Padua continues the amazing exhibition of the artists of the nineteenth century that most were close to the frantic novelty of the...
Ma quell’accordo può segnare il destino del falso “parmeggiano” che piace agli Usa
di Federico Rampini Da consumatore italiano che fa la spesa nei supermercati americani, forse mi verrà risparmiata un giorno l'offesa del "Parmesan" o del "Parmeggiano" (sic)? La smetterà un allevatore dell'Iowa di rifilare agli ipermercati Whole Foods un prosciutto crudo che si pretende uguale al nostro? L'America riserva tante sorprese:...
Sistina Still Serves Some of the Best Southern Italian Food in NYC
A few weeks ago I heaped high praise about the 22-year-old midtown Italian restaurant San Pietro, whose owner, Gerardo Bruno has long been one of New York's premier hosts. Upon writing that, I realized that it's been at least a decade since I'd dined at his brother Giuseppe's restaurant, Sistina, located on the upper east side for 30 years...
Ciao Italian Kitchen closes in west Wichita
By Carrie Rengers The west Wichita Ciao Italian Kitchen has closed. "People talk about always wanting to sponsor local business, but they don't," says managing member Guillermo Perez-Munoz. "That's certainly how I felt." Perez-Munoz says his east-side Ciao will remain open. He says he feels more support there than he did...
Vincent Abate, Williamsburg Community Board Chair for 34 Years, Dies at 96
Vincent Abate, the longest-serving — and first — chairman of Williamsburg's community board, died last week at the age of 96. Abate, who was born in the neighborhood and left only once to serve as a soldier in World War II, dedicated his life to working on behalf of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, from volunteering as an altar boy at St. Fran...
Gladiatori, belve e battaglie navali ecco lo spettacolo a tutto tondo di un anfiteatro
La scorsa settimana abbiamo parlato del teatro. Questa volta concentriamo l'attenzione sull'anfiteatro. La parola "anfiteatro" è formata da due elementi lessicali: "anfi" e "teatro" (greco: amphì + théatron). "Amphì" – da cui deriva anche la parola latina "ambo", che è andata a sostituire in certi casi il numerale "duo" – è avverbio e significa "di...
CIAP Event #11 Presents: Networking Italian Style at Macello's
The Chicagoland Italian American Professionals presents the first event of 2015! We will have a special guest joining us. Francesca Parvizyar is a lover of the arts, an actress, the founder of "A Tribute to Giuseppe Verde" and has completely transformed her life. Her story is quite incredible. Read more Source: http:...
Douglas Kenning, a Sicilian Loremaster
Whether you are planning an overseas adventure to the old Kingdom of Trinacria, or simply love all things Sicilian, there is one person who can provide you with all the Sicilian lore you need to know: Professor Douglas Kenning. Douglas Kenning spends half of each year in Sicily, where he runs a tourism company, and the second half in the S...
Rubinacci: bespoke tailoring in the modern world
by Ron Miriello Since viewing the John Turturro 2010 film Passione, I have been intrigued by the contradictions of Naples and, since seeing the 2011 Gianluca Migliarotti movie O'mast, I've been curious about its subject, the custom tailors of Naples. Naples has always been and still is the bespoke tailoring center or Italy. Famili...