Italy unveils finalists for Italian Capital of Culture 2025
Italy's culture ministry has announced the 10 finalists for the 2025 edition of the Italian Capital of Culture. The shortlisted towns and cities vying for the title must present their bids to a jury appointed by the culture ministry in Rome on 20-21 March. The jury will then be tasked with recommending the most suitable candidate for the prestigio...
As ice recedes, Italian ship makes record journey into Antarctic
An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles. The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78° 44.280 S in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea, acco...
Donatello: Master Sculptor of the Early Renaissance–Susanna Lombardi
Thursday February 9 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. On zoom. Organized by Il Cenacolo SF. Donatello, along with Ghiberti, was one of the most important Early Renaissance sculptors. He worked in bronze, marble, woodand terracotta. We will examine pieces from his Early Period, including the statues from Orsanmichele, the Mature Period featuring the bronze David...
Lake Village’s Annual Spaghetti Dinner. A tradition that began in 1896
The Ladies Altar Society of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church (Lake Village, AR) are in full swing preparing for this year’s annual spaghetti dinner which will be held Sunday March 5th. This will be the 113th annual event hosted by the Altar Society. This very society was formed in 1910 to officially make the Spaghetti Dinner a part of the Catho...
Nick Sirianni was laughed at during introductory press conference with Eagles, now he's the one laughing
What a difference two years can make. Just ask Nick Sirianni. On Jan. 29 2021, he had his first press conference as the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite it being his first head coaching job in the NFL, expectations were high as Philadelphia was a team struggling just a few years after winning the Super Bowl. When he was introduced to the m...
Italian artist brings uplifting murals to Ukraine
These murals aim to bring messages of hope and freedom to Ukraine. Italian artist Tvboy painted them as part of the 'Ukraine Street Art project' during a week-long visit organized by a humanitarian organization. "I believe we need such art while the war is ongoing. People should see what we've been through and remember that the war is not over. Peo...
Neither the Northeast or the North End
Memory…belongs to the same part of the soul as imagination; it’s a collection of mental pictures from sense impressions but with a time element added, for the mental images of memory are not from perception of things present but of things past. —Frances Yates from The Art of Memory I grew up in a curious little locale hidden away on the north side...
IAWA New York Literary Series February 2023
IAWA New York Resumes 2nd Saturdays @ Jefferson Market Library - 425 6th Ave, near 9th St. Willa Cather Salon Featuring Antoinette Carone & Margaret Saraco & Open Mic. Saturday, FEBRUARY 11 @ 2:30 [sign up]-4:45 pm. Antoinette Carone and Margaret R. Sáraco. Antoinette Carone’s newest novel Hotel of the Siren (Scantic Press, 2022) follows Siren Shor...
Wine enthusiast: in San Francisco, Abruzzo honored as wine region of the year
The United States crowns Abruzzo and its wines: at the Wine Star Awards ceremony, which just concluded, in the splendid setting of the majestic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Abruzzo received the award given by the prestigious international magazine Wine Enthusiast to the most interesting wine realities in the sector."It is an extremely pres...
73° Festival di Sanremo Watch Party
Tuesday February 7, 2023 - 7:00pm. Join the Coccia Institute in watching the livestream of the 2023 Sanremo Music Festival! Italy's most famous and highly anticipated annual music festival launched the careers of such successful artists as Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Il Volo, and Måneskin. Come watch this year's lineup and enjoy some pizza! Spo...
Italian American one voice coalition announces victory in Toms River - Columbus Day is back
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias educational organization, reports that the 2023-24 School Calendar, recently issued by the Toms River Regional School District, returns Columbus Day as a school holiday. This follows IAOVC’s, other Italian American organizations’ and public...
Roma/New York, 1953–1964
January 12—February 25, 2023 - 537 West 20th Street, New York, 10011, New York. David Zwirner is pleased to present Roma/New York, 1953–1964, an exhibition exploring the significant intellectual and artistic cross-pollination between artists in the centers of Italian and American art in the 1950s and 1960s, on view at the gallery’s 537 West 20th St...