How Italy Made Strides in Global Entertainment in 2022 With ‘Lehman Trilogy,’ ‘Bones and All’ & Måneskin
Italy in 2022 made several landmark strides in the international entertainment arena: an Italian play, Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy,” garnered five Tony Awards, a prize the country had never conquered; Roman rock band Måneskin scored a Grammy nomination; and even as domestic box office plunged this year, Italian film exports mushroomed. M...
How Stanley Tucci was transformed for I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Actor Stanley Tucci has opened up about getting his look right for his latest film. In Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody, he plays record producer Clive Davis, who discovered the legendary singer when she was 19, and for Tucci it was vital to get his appearance right. Especially his hair. Tucci describes himself as a 'physical actor' so...
Tavernello, the most consumed Italian wine in the world, drives Caviro’s revenue to 417 million euros
Among the most prestigious labels, brands, and territories in the world, the most consumed Italian wine, both nationally and internationally, is still today a popular icon like Tavernello, the brick wine, and Caviro’s flagship brand, born in 1983 and has now become a true symbol of Made in Italy wine. Capable, in its first 40 years, of guiding the...
There’s still time to catch Da Vinci exhibition at Reading Public Museum
Time is running out to see “Da Vinci: The Exhibition,” which runs through Jan. 8 on the third floor of Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA. This exhibition follows the Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci, on a journey of innovation, creativity, science and wonder amid beautiful scenes of the Italian countryside. Developed by Aurea Exhibitions an...
Greccio and the first presepe in history
Not many are familiar with the name “Greccio,” and perhaps not even with the place. This pretty hamlet of 1,500 is located on the Apennines, in the Rieti province of Lazio, and is one of the Borghi più Belli d’Italia. But if you are devout to, or interested in the historical figure of Saint Francis of Assisi you know Greccio is important for the cu...
The Evolution of a Christmas Antipasto
Are there any foods as rich with nostalgia as those eaten on or around Christmas? Marcel Proust’s epic novel of personal remembrance, In Search of Lost Time, grew to over 3,000 pages following one character’s memory-unlocking bite of a madeleine tea cake; if he’d tasted a bit of honeyed ham instead, I have to think the books would have been three t...
Christmas in a small Italian town
One of the most delightful times anyone can visit Italy is during the holiday season. In the U.S., the Christmas season begins pretty much the day after Halloween. In Italy, it arrives in a much more concentrated package, meant to be savored like a fine Chianti. I have been to Italy twice for Christmas. The first time was in 1999 as a tourist in Ro...
'Columbus' ship Pinta docks in Fort Walton Beach for week
A little bit of living history will be on display in Fort Walton Beach now through Jan. 2. The Sanger Ship’s Pinta, a replica of one of the Portuguese caravel sailing ships used in Christopher Columbus’ voyage across the Atlantic, is currently docked at Brooks Bridge Marina. The 85-foot-long by 24-foot-wide ship was made in Brazil and took three ye...
Italy set for warmest Christmas in 50 years
Italy is set for its warmest Christmas in 50 years, a top meteorologist said Thursday. The centre and south of he peninsula as well as Sicily and Sardinia may well see temperatures rising above records set at Christmas 2009 in Pescara with 24°C, Catania 22°, Bari 21° and Roma 20°C, said Andrea Garbinato at www.iLMeteo.it. New Xmas highs may also be...
Italian curiosities: why do we burn the “ceppo di Natale”?
In the English-speaking world, it is known as Yule Log, in Italy, we know it as il ceppo di Natale. It is so popular that it even made it into our translation of Harry Potter and it has inspired one of France’s most popular Christmas desserts. Many Italians believe that il ceppo di Natale is a British tradition, perhaps because of our national hab...
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and NJ guy Dino Danelli from the Rascals Dead at 78
Dino Danelli had an amazing creative career. He was born in Jersey City to an Italian American family and by the time he was 17 he had played drums for jazz legend Lionel Hampton then took the train south and ended up playing soul, blues and R & B in New Orleans. He found a band that he liked, convinced them to come back to Jersey and played around...
Italian Hall Victims To Be Remembered
The Christmas season is generally considered a happy time of year. In the Copper Country, though, that happiness is tempered by memories of a long-ago tragedy. One hundred nine years ago tomorrow, striking copper miners were holding a Christmas Eve party for children on the upper level of the Italian Hall in Calumet. As more than 400 people packed...