Culture
Molte città e regioni italiane tendono a celebrare gli immigrati ma ad ignorare i loro emigrati. Montesilvano in Abruzzo, si identifica invece con un suo famoso emigrato: Dean Martin, al secolo Dino Crocetti, a cui dedica una festa nel mese …
Italy has long been one of the world’s most popular travel destinations, and many a person has diligently saved to make the trip, but few can claim to have given up as much as Queen Christina, who renounced the kingdom …
I stand in a small square at the end of Via del Governo Vecchio, a stone’s throw from Piazza Navona. Poised on blocks of ancient concrete, I lean against a corner of Palazzo Braschi, home to the Museo di Roma. …
Un portico lungo 30 metri è riemerso dalla terra negli scavi di Ossaia, frazione di Cortona. Questo ed altri elementi sono ritornati alla luce durante le ultime opere di scavo fatte dagli universitari di Alberta, Canada, guidati da Elena Fracchia …
All culturally literate people know who George Frideric Handel was, yet the man who gave him his biggest career boost as well as being one of the great composers of his age and more, is largely unknown. It was, in …
Dear Readers, August, the month we celebrate the feast of St. Rocco, always pictured with his dog, is a good time to review the history of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A.) in a city named …
Mazzini would not have been surprised at revelations that the N.S.A. (National Security Agency) had been monitoring our telephone, email and Internet use, had he been able to read the front pages of our newspapers lately. The A.C.L.U. has …
Dear Readers, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was a violinist extraordinaire and one of the most prolific well-known Italian composers who composed over 500 concertos, 12 operas, numerous oratorios, lyrics and cantatas and I have something in common, i.e., both our …
Dear Readers, August-Agosto has many dates with an Italian connection: Caruso, the world famous tenor was born in Naples in 1873 and died there at age 48 on August 2, 1921. Enrico Caruso had just turned twenty-two when he …
Bologna is famous for its towers, among other things. In fact, it is also known as “la turrita”, the town with many towers. Of the 100 that dotted the historical center in the Middle Ages, only 20 remain today. One …