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His grandparents, originally from Reggio Calabria, met and married in Australia, where they had migrated after the war. Comedian Joe Avati grew up in Five Dock, Sydney, Australia, but his profound Italian heritage has always been at the heart of his stand-up …

The sculpture Giraffa Artificiale is finally on display at the Natural History Museum in Milan after being restored thanks to a project initiated by the Getty Conservation Institute in collaboration with Museo del Novecento, Museum of Culture of Milano (MUDEC) and Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale. …

Years of seeing Walt Disney’s name on movies and souvenir cards from Disneyland made Fabrizio Mancinelli want to work for Walt Disney someday. At the age of 18, he sent a demo CD of his work to Roy E. Disney and received …

Joe DiMaggio was a first-generation Italian kid, working the shores of Fisherman’s Wharf in Northern San Francisco from dawn to dusk with his four brothers.  Due to difficult economic conditions, Joe had to help his fisherman father, but from an …

The Urban Theory dance group first flew to LA in the summer of 2018 to participate in the World of Dance, the world’s most famous urban dance competition, presented by Jennifer Lopez and broadcast on the American channel NBC. This year they came …

She discovered a star and named it Janus, after the ancient Roman deity of gates and doors, a mythological figure depicted with two faces. Ilaria Caiazzo, a theoretical astrophysicist from Italy who works at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) …

The Adventures of Pinocchio is not only a children’s fairy tale but also a coming-of-age novel that has become a timeless classic. Known to all as a brat who tells lies and grows a nose, Pinocchio is a naive and …

CADRE is a project that started in 2020 and is currently developing a trio of miniature rovers – each about the size of a carry-on suitcase – that will explore the Moon by taking simultaneous measurements from multiple points. Their peculiarity? …

After premiering at the 79th Venice Film Festival and internationally at the 47th Toronto Film Festival last year, the movie Amanda finally had its USA release. Written and directed by Italian Carolina Cavalli, the film was a critical success and it was …

“Like a soundtrack to our lives, music is a faithful commentary on our customs and society. Listening to it again helps us better understand our history and who we are, and explain it to a foreign audience. Across latitudes, music …