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When it comes to the Italian Riviera, people seem to patter on and on about Cinque Terre, but just down the coast is another (equally as charming) stretch of shoreline, with a literary history to boot. The so-called Gulf of Poets (Golfo dei Poeti), formally the Gulf of La Spezia, offers the same colorful towns and clear waters of its much-talked-ab...

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In a move that underscores the growing global interconnectedness of higher education and the arts, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), based in Boca Raton, Florida, and the Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini in La Spezia, Italy, have officially joined in a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that promises to enhance the cultural and a...

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A month after the inauguration held at the Embassy of the two-year Italy-US Twinning Project with the theme, “Can Science, Sport and Art Dialog? A Challenge or a Wager,” the second meeting of the Partnership Project was held on November 16 at the Falcone Room of the Italian American Museum in Washington DC between students from the two American sch...

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In La Spezia, Liguria, a marriage of great significance is being celebrated between two excellences of Italian Design: Pininfarina and De Simoni. Pininfarina, a historical signature of our Design, has a long and authoritative history of projects in Nautica. The Turin-based company over the years has developed collaborations with shipyards such as B...

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On May 5, the Embassy of Italy Washington hosted the final event of the Italy-USA Cooperation Project, which, during the 2021/2022 school year, involved on one hand the Parentucelli-Arzela' Institute of Higher Education in Sarzana (La Spezia) and, on the other, the Annapolis High School in Maryland. Three scholarships were awarded to deserving Ital...

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One of the best ways to visit Italy is definitely on a cruise. There are many stops that the entire peninsula offers to those who decide to visit Italy on a cruise. A few steps from the sea are some of the most important Italian beauties and attractions. There are many cities you can visit on a cruise, but here are the best 5 stops to visit absolut...

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The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, is reporting that efforts to defend Columbus and Italian American civil rights has gained unprecedented support from Italy. Official resolutions have been unanimously passed by the Italian Parliament, the city of Genoa, birthpl...

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In qualità di fondatore ed amministratore del gruppo facebook “Giù le mani da Cristoforo Colombo” desidero ringraziare il consiglio comunale della Spezia che Mercoledì 4 Novembre ha votato la mozione preparata dal nostro gruppo, che è stata già approvata in vari comuni d’Italia tra cui Genova, città natale di Cristoforo Colombo.  La mozione prevede...

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Minton's Playhouse, New York. Notte. Inquadratura fissa. "Fifty years are not a joke". Esordisce così Antonio Ciacca, direttore artistico del Festival del jazz della Spezia, nella conferenza stampa di presentazione della cinquantesima edizione della rassegna più longeva d'Italia, che si svolge ininterrottamente dal 1969 nei parchi, nelle piazze e n...

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Sarà un gemellaggio artistico scritto sullo spartito musicale, quello tra La Spezia e New York in occasione del Festival Internazionale del Jazz in programma nel capoluogo ligure dal 23 al 29 luglio 2018. Ad annunciarlo negli USA sarà l’assessore alla Cultura, Turismo e Promozione della Città Paolo Asti durante una conferenza stampa in programma me...

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