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The University of Washington Rome Center has been an important base for study-abroad students for more than four decades. The UW Rome Center, which welcomed about 400 students across a variety of disciplines in 2023, is housed in Palazzo Pio, a …

The Fashion Panorama – The Italian New Wave project, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, curated by Vogue Italia, and dedicated to the new generation of Italian designers, made a stop in Los Angeles. On May …

Could the presence of lead in a bronze statue give us clues about the historical era in which the statue was crafted? The answer to this question goes beyond a simple “yes.” Indeed, understanding the composition of the materials used …

Awaiting the arrival at the port of San Pedro of the Amerigo Vespucci, the oldest ship in service with the Italian Navy, the “youngest,” the Raimondo Montecuccoli, a new Multi Purpose Combat Ship, has docked on the shores of California. …

On June 2, Italy celebrates Republic Day, a significant national holiday commemorating the 1946 referendum in which Italians chose to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. This historic day honors the nation’s democratic values and unity, representing a fundamental …

“It’s hard to believe that this all started when I was about 14 or 15 years old at a school recital where I sang ‘White Christmas’ a cappella. It was my very first performance in front of an audience, and …

“I was a small-town kid who loved poetry:” this is how Gian Maria Annovi describes himself, thinking back to his beginnings and to his first poems. Born in 1978 in Scandiano, a small town in the hills of Emilia, Annovi …

What would we find in the Gospel, if Mary had the opportunity to take control over her own life? What would we know that the Bible doesn’t tell? These are hard, if not impossible, questions to answer, even though writers, …

A glass artist for more than 75 years, Lino Tagliapietra is considered the greatest glass-blower of all time. His work has had tremendous impact on the studio-glass art movement internationally, including the Pacific Northwest, a mecca for glass art.  But …

“It’s nice to have dreams tucked away, but you need to pursue them; otherwise, they remain just dreams,” says Francesco Bauco, who pursued his dream and made it come true on May 18th at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood. Bauco …