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Naples: Three Cities in One Beauty, Grandeur, and Mystery

Virginia Di Falco(March 19, 2019)

Few cities in Italy or the world possess a patrimony as extraordinary as Naples. Our recommended travel itinerary approaches this marvelous city from three different angles, starting with Naples’ scenic side, as beautiful today as it was ages ago, when 16th Century travelers on the Grand Tour arrived seeking beauty and gradeur. Next up is the rich, majestic Naples, capital of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, known for its monuments and squares, its culture and truly popular side streets. Finally, we’ll introduce you to a hidden Naples, which has existed underground for centuries. This may be the most mysterious and spectacular side of Naples, spanning two millennia and conti- nuing to look to the future: from catacombs to under- ground art, with the most beautiful train stations in Europe designed by 14 “archi-stars” and adorned with 200 works of art by over ninety artists.

Facts & Stories

Improving the Image of Italian Wine

Roberta Cutillo(March 19, 2019)

Maurizio Forte, director of the Italian Trade Agency in New York, explains to the press the data on Italian wine exports to the USA

Facts & Stories

Italy Balks at Saudi Entry Into La Scala Opera Theater

Judith Harris(March 19, 2019)

After lengthy and delicate negotiations, Italy is backing out of having Saudi Arabian oil money finance the La Scala Opera Theater in Milan --and is returning a $3.5 million advance.

Life & People

Honoring George Hirsch at the Italy Run 2019 Kick-Off

Roberta Cutillo(March 19, 2019)

Magazine publisher, runner, Italian “cultural ambassador”, and much more, George Hirsch was awarded with the Recognition of the Republic of Italy “Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia” at the Italian Consulate in occasion of the announcement of the upcoming “Italy Run 2019 by Nutella Cafe.”

Art & Culture

Italian Types. Graphic Designers from Italy in America

A celebration and a reminder of the important contribution that Italians graphic designers have brought to the United States over the past century, the exhibition “Italian Types. Graphic Designers From Italy in America” at the Italian Cultural Institute. Curated by Patricia Belen, Greg D'Onofrio, Melania Gazzotti and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition will open on March 21st with a reception and will be up until May 2nd.

Art & Culture

The Vessel, Beautiful Stairway to Nowhere

Chiara Basso(March 18, 2019)

I had heard about this structure called The Vessel that was about to be inaugurated in the Hudson Yards - I had also seen a rendering - but its was only when I saw pictures of it emerging on social media that I said: “Wow! I really need to go to see it.” Yes, I fell in the trap too. The Vessel, British design and Italian manufacture, is a shining dream for our selfie-obsessed society: 2500 steps amazingly organized in a dantesque structure with a wonderful view on the Hudson river. It is a $200 million stairway to nowhere in a $25 billion neighborhood.

Art & Culture

Cristiana Pegoraro Brings the Sounds of Narni(a) to Carnegie Hall

Roberta Cutillo(March 14, 2019)

Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro brings the Narnia Festival, of which she is the creative director and founder, from Umbria to New York, with an all Italian debut at the prestigious Carnegie Hall.

Art & Culture

Fausto Melotti and Lucio Fontana: New York Exhibitions Paving the Way for Contemporary Italian Artists

Roberta Cutillo(March 12, 2019)

Conceived in dialog with the Met Breuer’s current exhibition “Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold” as well as with “Spatial Explorations” held at the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition “Fausto Melotti: Works from the Olnick Spanu Collection” organized by Magazzino Italian Art Foundation at the Consulate General of Italy, introduced new audiences to the work of the Italian Modernist artist, highlighting his connection to Fontana and the influence that both artists have had and continue to have on the Italian and global artistic landscape.

Facts & Stories

President Giuliano Amato: The Authority of the EU Still Exists, Even Populists Know It

R. C.(March 12, 2019)

Former Italian Prime Minister and Professor Emeritus, President Giuliano Amato - who received the "GEI Friendship Award" during a luncheon at Il Gattopardo restaurant - discusses how “the revolt of the losers of globalization” has lead to the rise of populism, not only in Italy, but across Europe and beyond, arguing however that “the authority of the European Union still exists” meaning there is “hope that the future might be better than what you think.”

Dining in & out: Recipes

LA RICETTA. March 19th, St. Joseph Day. It is Time for Zeppole!

Rosanna Di Michele(March 12, 2019)

Italian spin on the American donuts, although possibly it is the donuts that are an American spin on the Italian Zeppole, dating far back to the Middle Ages.

Art & Culture

Verona's Romantic Aura Now Comes at a Cost

Judith Harris(March 11, 2019)

Seeking romance, millions of tourists converge upon Verona. For the city of Romeo and Juliet, their visits bring income, but also traffic jams and, most recently, the need to remove literally thousands of "love locks," whose weight endangers walls.

Facts & Stories

Dacia Maraini, Memories From a Japanese War Camp

Roberta Cutillo(March 05, 2019)

The world-renown author Dacia Maraini and her niece, film director Mujah Maraini-Melehi, discuss the importance of remembering the past and prevailing over hatred at the screening of "Haiku on a Plum Tree," a delicate but powerful documentary about the story of the Maraini family’s imprisonment in a Japanese concentration camp during the Second World War, presented at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.

Maria Sophocles and her family at the Como Lake

Life & People

What Happens When You Leave Italy To Move Back To The US

Chiara Basso(February 27, 2019)

Living the Italian Dream: Part V. You made it: you realized your dream of living in Italy, but for different reasons you also have to move back to the US. Often this experience can become a reverse culture shock. Especially if you didn’t move abroad alone but with your entire family. Here the stories of Michelle, who moved to Spello with a husband, three kids and two cats, and Maria, who relocated to Como with her family of four children. The youngest was just a few weeks old when she moved to Italy.

Art & Culture

When Rome Was Italy’s Film and Fashion Capital

Stefano Dominella(February 26, 2019)

From Florence on down, craftsmanship reigns. Up north is the reign of finance, industry, and media, with Milan at the helm. And at the center presides Rome, like a classy patrician, the ancient capital of Italian couture. Leading us on this first installment of a multipart trip to the heart of Made in Italy is a doyen of the fashion world.

Facts & Stories

Rising on the Roman Skyline, Spires of Europe's Largest Mormon Temple

Judith Harris(February 25, 2019)

The Mormons who first came to Italy from the US in 1850 could never have dreamed that their evangelical heirs would build a huge new temple in Rome itself, with a visitors center and a family history center. Temple inauguration is this March.

Chiara Izzi

Art & Culture

Chiara Izzi, Jazz Singer With A Mediterranean Voice

Chiara Basso(March 01, 2019)

This Italian artist is not afraid to explore her vocal potential in different languages and across genres. Yesterday at Birdland, she presented her second and newly released album, Across the Sea (Jando), co-created with pianist and vocalist Kevin Hays. And now she is also planning a tour.

Facts & Stories

Using Deferred Cash Bonus to Retain Employees

William Dorsa, CPA, CCIFP, Manager, Grassi & Co(March 04, 2019)

One issue plaguing the some industries has been labor shortage. This has been a hot topic the last few years and is likely to continue in 2019 as companies continue to earn higher and higher revenues and maintain healthy and growing backlogs. One...

Facts & Stories

March 8, Scuola d'Italia Celebrates Women at Its Annual Gala

I. I.(March 07, 2019)

The International Women’s Day and "Excellence in Education" are the main themes of the Benefit Gala 2019 organized by La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi. The school will celebrate three "Women of Distinction": i-Italy founder...

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (Photo Credit: ABC)

Art & Culture

Italian American Highlights From the 2019 Oscars

Chiara Basso(February 25, 2019)

Let’s face it: the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony won’t be remembered as an Italian-American night, yet we owe a few rare highlights in an otherwise soporific TV gala to some Italian American artists. Thank you Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Nick...

Facts & Stories

Mimosa May Fade but Italian Women Don't

Judith Harris(March 10, 2019)

Even as the mimosa blossoms fade, the women do not, and it is noteworthy that, well after International Women's Day was celebrated March 8, interest in the world of Italian women continues.

Facts & Stories

Sour Notes From Sanremo Festival Linger in the Air

Judith Harris(February 28, 2019)

Watched by at least 12 million TV viewers, the annual Sanremo Festival was a "magical week." In May the winner, Mahmood, will represent Italy at the the Eurovision Song Festival at Tel Aviv. But a few sour notes from the festival that...

Valentina Imbeni with a young learner

Facts & Stories

Every Child Loves La Scuola

Chiara Basso(February 20, 2019)

This Italian immersion school in San Francisco started as a playgroup in 2002 and now counts 320 children. Director Valentina Imbeni: "Parents from different backgrounds chose us not only because they love Italy and Italian culture but also...

Facts & Stories

"Solid" Italian Economy Wins Positive Fitch Rating

Judith Harris(February 25, 2019)

In the words of Premier Giuseppe Conte, the latest Fitch Ratings signal the "solidity" of the Italian economy. And to maintain that solidity requires the country's continued support of the European Union, adds Mario Draghi, president...

Dining in & out: Recipes

RECIPE. Whether You Call Them Chiacchiere, Frappe or Bugie ...

Rosanna Di Michele(February 25, 2019)

Small stripes of crispy dough fried in oil and covered with powdered sugar. You can find this typical dessert in every region of Italy during the Carnevale season

Dining in & out: Recipes

RECIPE. It is Time for Castagnole. Yes, it is Carnival!

Rosanna Di Michele(February 25, 2019)

Carnival is synonymous of fried treats in Italy. Here is a recipe for Castagnole, small soft balls sprinkled with powdered sugar. The word castagna means chestnut, and these fritters resemble a chestnut in size and shape.

Op-Eds

Sardinian Shepherds Spill Milk to Make Their Point

Judith Harris(February 20, 2019)

Sardinia, population 1.6 million, and host to 12,000 sheep farms and nearly three million sheep, is famed for its pecorino cheese. But the shepherds' income from sheeps' milk has fallen so low that by way of protest farmers have dumped...

Boccadasse, a former fishermen’s village now part of Genoa, Liguria.

Life & People

When Finding Your Italian Roots Becomes a Business

Chiara Basso(February 20, 2019)

Living the Italian Dream: Part IV. Marilyn Ricci went to Italy to meet her Italian relatives and then decided to settle in Chiavari. 100% Italian-American raised within a huge Italian-American family, in 2015 she founded a travel company that...

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1575. Photo: Michael Bodycomb

Art & Culture

Moroni, #nofilter Renaissance Painter At The Frick

Chiara Basso(February 19, 2019)

Giovanni Battista Moroni (b. 1520-24; d. 1579-80) painted his sitters exactly as they appeared before him - no artistic or idealized filters applied. The Frick Collection is the first museum in North America to present a major exhibition devoted to...

View of Ragusa

Art & Culture

Baroque Sicily. When History and Art Join Forces — and Win

Dominique Fernandez(February 17, 2019)

With so many possible ways to visit Sicily, we decided to take you for a tour of Sicilian cities in search of baroque treasures.

Life & People

It’s Time to Celebrate Carnival

G.I. M.(February 17, 2019)

Until the fifth of March children and adults can enjoy this amazing, colorful and frisky feast

Life & People

Simone Barlaam, a Fighting Fish in Search of Tokyo 2020

Chiara Basso

When Simone Barlaam enters a room, the first things that you can notice are the height, about 6.2", the swimmer-like, broad shoulders, and the open smile. Simone, 18, dreams of participating in the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020 and there is a good chance that he can do it. This swimming champion was born with one leg shorter than the other but he likes to describe himself in this terms: "I'm a normal guy with a passion out of the ordinary."

Facts & Stories

Elena Favilli, Rebel Girl With a Mission

Chiara Basso

When you hear the story of Elena Favilli and how she got to publish her series of books Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, two things come to your mind: first, she might as well be featured in one of these best-sellers dedicated to strong female role models, secondly, everybody, even boys, should get to know and appreciate the fearless women portrayed in these books, a literary phenomenon that over three years has been translated into 48 languages (the Chinese version will be released soon) and sold about 4 million copies.

Life & People

Can You Still Be in Love With Italy After 20 or More Years?

Chiara Basso

Living the Italian Dream - Part II. After hearing from Americans who moved to Italy as retirees, we talked with expats who have lived in the country for over two decades: Trisha, who is raising three children in Rome while trying to become "a good Italian mamma," and Alexandra, who moved to Florence to study the Renaissance and stayed for her Italian husband and "the quality of life." Part III next week will feature the stories of three men and their love affair with la Dolce Vita.

Art & Culture

To Each His Own Rome

Dominique Fernandez

A fascinating voyage through many different Romes, from early pagan Rome, where the presence of Antiquity is palpable on every corner; to Catholic Rome, which appropriated the pagan monuments for its own use; and finally to Renaissance and Baroque Rome, the city of Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini and Caravaggio. Along his captivating tour he encourages us to jettison the timeless stereotype of the “Eternal City,” in favor of a Rome “in which we can recognize our century.”

Art & Culture

Redemption Blues and the Legacy of the Holocaust

Chiara Basso

According to Peter Stastny, director of the documentary "Redemption Blues," redemption “is reaching out for something that you cannot reach, but at least you make the effort,” while music, in particular playing with other Jewish musicians in New York, is that personal “place where you can move forward in a Jewish way even if you are not religious.” In his movie, presented yesterday at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo’, Stastny explores what redemption means for the last survivors of the Holocaust. Often people who belong to the second generation, like him, feel the weight of that tragedy, the Shoah, but might spend their life with parents or relatives who never wanted to talk about what happened, like the director’s mother.

Art & Culture

2019 at MAXXI: Exploring Italian Creativity

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Great new masters of art, photography, architecture and design, monographic exhibitions. After bravity, a new project for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing 2018, a year of growth: ticket sales up +11%, 917 educational activities for over 23,000 participants, 70 new works added to the collections new opportunities for visitors in 2019: “mini” and “last hour” tickets at €5.00 for a museum that is ever more welcoming, accessible and open to the city and the world

Life & People

It Is Never Too Late For a New, Italian Life

Chiara Basso

Living the Italian Dream - Part I. Many Americans are fond of Italy and Italian culture to the point that some of them decide to move to Il Bel Paese. It can happen at any stage in life. Lisa Condie and Valencia Wolf sold their belongings and embrace the sweet Italian lifestyle after retirement. This is the first part of a series dedicated to American expats. Next week, we will tell you the story of Americans who have been living in Italy for over 20 years.

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Italian TV Series Grab Global Spotlight

Four years ago, when Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” won Italy’s 14th foreign-language Oscar — the most of any country — the Italian TV industry was mostly geared toward the local market.

The Jewish Opera Italy Couldn’t Bear to Hear

It was canceled 80 years ago due to anti-Semitic laws. Now, it’s finally going mainstream—but so is the fascist ideology that blocked it in the first place.

Source: The Atlantic

Handmade in Italy: why London-based footwear designers use Naples’ best artisans

Neous founders Alan Buanne and Vanissa Antonious reveal what makes their footwear stand out from the crowd

Source: South China Morning Post

Italian Capitals of Culture Travel Guide: Matera, Palermo and Parma

When planning Italy vacations for next year, travel professionals’ eyes may be looking south, thanks to the selection of Matera as a European Capital of Culture for 2019 (along with Plovdiv, Bulgaria).

Source: Travel Agent Central

Brexit will not protect UK from Italian instability, financiers warn

‘Financial crisis in the EU will be damaging to us regardless of Brexit’

Source: Financial Times

Italy could try to block the EU-Canada trade deal to protect its famous foods

Italy's agriculture minister suggested the country will not ratify a free trade agreement between the EU and Canada, saying that it doesn't do enough to protect the nation's specialty products.

Source: CNBC

Portofino’s rocks offer secluded retreat from Italian instability

Demand for homes in the chic village picks up despite the country’s fragile economy

Source: Financial Times

How to Eat Like an Italian

The new book Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture reveals the secrets of the country's culinary traditions.

Source: Conde Nast Traveler

What being a person of colour in Salvini's Italy feels like

For the first time in 20 years, I feel like a foreigner in my own country.

Source: Aljazeera

San Francisco’s Hottest New Restaurant Features Entire Section Dedicated to Italian-Jewish Food

Che Fico’s superstar chef, David Nayfeld, is a first-generation American Jew whose family is from Belarus and whose passion is the history of Jewish cooking.

Source: Tablet

In Italiano

Opinioni

La falsa difesa della 'legittima difesa'

Gennaro Matino(March 19, 2019)

Dopo aver concluso l'iter politico-burocratico, la legge, quella che con enfasi passa come la prima "cosa" di destra fatta da questo governo, che meglio sarebbe chiamare della "giustizia domestica", sarà legge dello Stato....

Opinioni

Come eravamo: missioni umanitarie e boat people ieri e oggi

Massimo Tommasoli(March 19, 2019)

Come si comportava l'Italia di quarant’anni fa con i profughi? Le acque internazionali non erano quelle del Mediterraneo dei nostri giorni; si trovavano nel Mar Cinese Meridionale della fine degli anni settanta. I profughi non fuggivano dalla...

Fatti e Storie

“GEI Friendship Award” a Giuliano Amato

I.I.(March 12, 2019)

Giuliano Amato - Professore Emerito dell’”European University Institute” di Firenze e della “Università La Sapienza” di Roma - è stato membro del Parlamento Italiano per 18 anni, oltre che Vice Primo Ministro, due volte Ministro del Tesoro,...

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