Matera regina europea della cultura
Sarà Matera la capitale europea della cultura 2019, insieme alla bulgara Plovdiv.
Per festeggiarne la designazione ricordiamo le parole e l’opera di due grandi uomini che alla Città dei Sassi hanno dato proprio tanto: Rocco Scotellaro e Carlo Levi.
Viaggio nelle parole. Affatto
Continua il viaggio sempre sorprendente alla scoperta delle parole. Questa volta il termine avverbiale "Affatto".
Italian Jewish Studies Project - ETHIOPIAN JEWS UNDER FASCIST RULE
Presented with NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, Department of Italian Studies, Department of History.
This year the Italian Jewish Studies Project is held in connection with the international symposium Legacies of the Italian Occupation in Ethiopia organized by Maaza Mengiste and Ruth Ben Ghiat
Rome mayor defies law to register 16 gay marriages
Rome's left-wing mayor Ignazio Marino on Saturday registered 16 gay marriages carried out abroad in defiance of Italian law, which does not recognise same-sex unions.
Italian discovers powerful neutron star
A neutron star pulsing light with the energy of 10 million suns has been found by researchers including an Italian scientist who trained in Cagliari.
Franco Fontana retrospective in Rome
A retrospective of leading Italian photographer Franco Fontana, 81, will be on show at Rome's Palazzo Incontro starting Wednesday through January 11. The exhibit will showcase 130 of the most significant photos by the Modena native, who describes himself as a "heretic".
Matera European Culture Capital
The southern Italian city of Matera was picked Friday as European Culture Capital 2019.
The Basilicata tourist mecca is famed for its UNESCO-listed 'Sassi' City of Stone that has formed the backdrop to several films including The Passion of the Christ.
The Basilicata tourist mecca is famed for its UNESCO-listed 'Sassi' City of Stone that has formed the backdrop to several films including The Passion of the Christ.
Rome becomes more pedestrian friendly
Amid new measures Monday extending a ban on vehicles and even scooters from more streets in Rome's historic centre, Mayor Ignazio Marino mused about next making the Circus Maximus and the Palatine hill pedestrian-only.
The Art of Fotoromanzo on View at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo
Io e Calliope, an exhibition by Ileana Florescu, consists of twelve works, each a double page of approximately twelve photographs with word balloons (some in Italian, others in English). Each work represents a fotoromanzo (literally a photo-novel) a popular magazine format born in Italy in the 1940's.
Unmeasurable Picture, an Interdisciplinary Performance of Music, Poetry and Lyrical Imagery
The world-renowned organization La MaMa Experimental Theatre has hosted the Sara Galas Band for the performance of Unmeasurable Picture, a unique piece of theater that aims to theatrically portray today's dynamic and troubled society and spread a message of unity and solidarity.
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