Culture

On October 17th, a panel of 13 independent experts responsible for assessing Italian cities competing for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2019, selected Matera for the honor. This award started in 1985. Since then more than 40 …

Since the 20th century, outer space has been the new frontier of exploration and discovery, a fascinating endeavor that involves all the major powers in the world in terms of both technological and economic development. Present investigation is mostly focused …

Dear Readers, Lee Iacocca, the outspoken, straight-shooting businessman, who as Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler, brought the company back from the brink to booming success, after being knocked out as president of the Ford Motor Company, by Henry, in a …

Halloween is becoming more popular in Italy than Carnival, thanks to American TV. Teenaged zombies startle tourists in piazzas and frighten seniors in alleys. These pranks are harmless enough, but the spectacle reminds me of a more sinister masquerade: Benito …

It may be because it sounds like music or because it is the language of one of the most influential literatures in human history, but Italian has been found to be the 4th most studied language in the world in …

Dear Readers, October, the month we Italo-Americans traditionally celebrate Italian Heritage month, appears via newspapers, P.B.S. and some department store ads, to be “anyone but Italian Heritage Month”, in the S.F. Bay Area.   And, dear Readers, while young people …

Dear Readers, L’Italo-Americano’s director, Simone Schiavinato, recently wrote that we must celebrate not only the discovery of America, but the Italian American spirit that pushes forward in Silicon Valley, startups that create high tech products made in Italy and relocated …

It was Sunday, just a few days ago.  I was planning to attend a celebration in honor of Christopher Columbus at the Casa Italiana, Los Angeles.   It was a special day for me because I was scheduled to be …

St. (Padre) Pio of Pietrelcina is universally acclaimed as one of the most venerated contemporary saints of the Catholic Church. He was a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born in a little town in the South of …

According to a recent article in the New Republic magazine about the admissions process of Ivy League universities, a college like Yale now considers any applicant whose parents have no more than a high school education “a genuine hardship case.” …