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While film lovers eagerly await Jurassic World, the fourth chapter of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic saga – despite the nonsense debate caused by a viral picture of the director posing with a dinosaur – architecture lovers look forward to Renzo Piano’s …

The ancient Roman city of Pompeii has received a lot of coverage recently. From exhibits to a song by the band Bastille, Pompeii has surely been a popular topic of discussion.   The city will now present an opera festival …

Dear Readers, Author Goffredo Palmerini, who hails from the land of the “forte ma gentile” people in Abruzzi, Italy, has recently gifted the Italian reading public around the world with another gem of a book “L’Italia Dei Sogni” and his …

If you are a fan of La Dolce Vita and dream of the Italian hill landscape, the perfect house for you has just been put on the market. Of course, you must be able to afford the over $1.5-million price. …

Dear Readers, The Labor Day holiday reminded me that back in the days when chips were made of wood and not silicon, the labor that enriched the Santa Clara Valley was predominantly Italian. The fertile land and mild climate attracted …

For the last decade, the QS Global Academy Advisory Board, through its QS World University Rankings, has helped millions of ambitious students choose the best university to become what they want and develop their future careers.    The QS rankings …

Even statues need sleep. The lucky ones recline on their pediments and snooze in the sun. The rest of us are carthorses, napping on our feet in the wee hours. Thus refreshed, we can better shoulder the burden of time. …

Have you ever noticed the jaunty vintage streetcars rolling along Market Street and around the Embarcadero?  Have you ever wondered why some of them have foreign identifications on them? That would be because they are vintage streetcars from around the …

Veloce come il vento, forte come una roccia.  Louis Zamperini, “Torrance Tornado”, è stato molto più di un semplice eroe di guerra.  Perché prima ancora di riuscire a scampare miracolosamente dalla prigionia giapponese inorgogliendo gli Stati Uniti per il suo …

Dear Readers, A September selection of Italian connections: Andrews Sisters Patty, Maxene and LaVerne were in Naples, Italy, on a U.S.O. tour in August 1945. The Andrews Sisters were about to perform for some 5,000 weary GI’s, gathered in the …