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This is an announcement that the City of Seattle is recognizing our Sister City Perugia, Italy, in a reception at City Hall on May 9, from 6-8:30 PM:

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The Seattle Human Rights Commission is doubling down on its effort to purge Columbus Day from its list of city celebrations, and have it replaced in the Emerald City with "Indigenous Peoples' Day."   When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, the commission believes he was up to no good.    Read more   Source...

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By Jessica Yadegaran Precious Italian white truffles have a very short season--October to December--and when they are sent to America they usually end up at restaurants in New York, Chicago or San Francisco. But, this time, a rare, round, giant white truffle--the largest to be found in Italy so far this season--has been purchased by Altura, the It...

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In early April, Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero visited Seattle for few days to promote the "2013 year of the Italian Culture in the USA". The event was also the occasion to meet local business and entrepreneurs and to strengthen the relation with the local honorary Consul.   During the visit of the Ambassador, the main event...

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by Rita Cipalla   In 1903, several national figures made their way to the shores of Puget Sound, no easy feat at the time. In April of that year, John C. Olmstead, stepson of landscape designer Frederick Law Olmstead, arrived to plan out the city's parks and boulevards. In May, President Teddy Roosevelt stopped by on his grand tour of the Am...

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By Madeline McKenzie Italian food, grape stomping, cooking demos and puppy parades are among crowd-pleasers at Festa Italiana Seattle Italian Festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27, at Seattle Center. If they had you at "Italian food," you're not alone. "Come for the food, stay for the fun" is the festival's motto, with food vendors of...

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By Alice Kaderlan   The success of any particular ZinZanni show depends in large measure on the appeal of its emcee, the circus master who keeps the show moving and the laughs coming in the non-circus skits featuring unsuspecting audience members.   Until the current show, "Be Italian," I had only seen male emcees, including the brill...

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Near the modern town of Naples, Italy is an ancient city, frozen in time. Pompeii was a thriving community, destroyed by a volcano in the year 79 AD.   Nearly 2.5 million tourists visit the site every year. But for Seattleites who can't make the trip, more than 150 artifacts from Pompeii are going on display at the Pacific Science...

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It might seem overkill for a museum to have two big exhibits by the same artist in six months. But then, Dale Chihuly — or at least his glass art — is all about overkill, exploding with color and form and size.   And there's no doubt that for Tacoma's Museum of Glass, following his "Drawings" show with one of his "Venetians" (from the George...

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by Rita Cipalla   The interplay between light and space fascinates Seattle artist Iole Alessandrini. Her complex site-specific installations use controlled environments to explore these elements, often incorporating custom-built lasers, mirrors and other optics. By adding video, music or computerized sound, she creates an intense personal ex...

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