Italian film director Mazzacurati dies after long illness
Italian film director Carlo Mazzacurati has died at age 57 after a long illness. Mazzacurati's films include 'Il Prete bello, 'Il Toro', 'Vesna va veloce' and 'La passione.'
The Italian “King of the Blues” Warms Up the US
Famous Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero announces the American release of his latest album, La Sesión Cubana, and the Spring tour
U.S. President Obama to visit Pope Francis in March
President Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican on March 27, the White House said Tuesday. Vatican Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi confirmed that the pope will have an audience with Obama that day.
Renzi's election-law deal sparks ructions in PD
Controversy continued on Tuesday over a proposed new election law presented by Democratic Party (PD) chief Matteo Renzi, the result of a deal struck last weekend with ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Pope Urges Davos Elite to Serve Humanity With Wealth
Pope Francis challenged business leaders assembled in Davos on Tuesday to put their wealth at the service of humanity instead of leaving most of the world's population in poverty and insecurity.
January 21, 2014
Blues di mezz'autunno
The master of Mediterranean noir marks his much-anticipated return to the literary scene with a new genre.
Claudio Abbado, a Conductor With Global Reach, Dies at 80
Claudio Abbado, a conductor whose refined interpretations of a large symphonic and operatic repertory won him the directorships of several of the world’s most revered musical institutions — including La Scala, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna State Opera and the Berlin Philharmonic — died on Monday at his home in Bologna, Italy. He was 80.
A Conversation with Diana Bracco
Interview with Diana Bracco, Chief Executive Officer of BraccoPresident of the Universal Expo set to take place in Milan in 2015.
“Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” With this slogan the grand world exhibition to be hosted in Milan will focus on tradition, creativity and innovationin the business of food
ITALIAN JAZZ. The influence of John Coltrane
Today our jazz has seen the fruit of his influence. I don’t want to name too many names and then have to apologize for forgetting others, but musicians like Francesco Cafiso, Max Ionata, Rosario Giuliani, Pietro Tonolo – if we stick to saxophonists – are the young Italians who have fully absorbed this spiritual lesson in jazz and have given it back to us with great artistry and profound beauty
The Amazing Sound of Noire
The Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio is inspired by the famous series of crime novels by Maurizio De Giovanni. Released by John Zorn’s label Tzadik, it’s becoming a great success worldwide
BOOK. Becoming American While Staying Italian
All This Talk of Love: A Novel.
Christopher Castellani takes the immigrant saga well beyond timeworn plots, showing us all that becoming American effects, but doesn’t erase, our being Italian.
“We didn’t go to Italy to sight see. We went so that my mother could visit the family she’d given up to marry my father, who’d emigrated to America after World War II.
We went so that my parents could introduce me to the “real” world—vivid, honest, and unspoiled— and so they could escape the harsh and colorless “new” world.
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