Selections from "Il Cerchio Verde:" Italian Detective Fiction from the Fascist Era
On New Year's Eve Italians eat lentils: a typical dish which brings you luck. According to tradition, the more lentis you eat more money you will make in the new year.
A powerful installation by Italian artist Annalisa Iadicicco, highlights the controversial issue of gun control in American politics. Having grown up in one of the toughest rural areas of Naples, the artist has seen first hand the damage guns and gun violence can cause and the harm they inflict on neighborhoods
Eataly New York is not only about great Italian food and products. The popular store in the Flatiron District is now hosting a “A Vintage Tour of Italy,” an exhibition of historic travel posters. Organized by ENIT, the Italian Tourist Board, the show is an opportunity to travel back in time and re-visit favorite evergreen destinations.
It ended successfully the annual appointment of one of the most important fairs of modern and contemporary art: Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Design. More than 200 galleries and 4000 artists from all continents: Europe, United States, Africa, Asia, Oceania. The Italian galleries, Street Artists and the Made in Italy in the fields of art, design, fashion and much more were very well represented
Tips on how to invite money and fortune, on how to keep the evil spirits at bay and welcome the good, ones, what to wear, what to eat and do. Italians respect traditions not only because they work but also because they are cost effective.
Part I of this series, about the mid-twentieth century migration of southern-Italian Americans away from Little Italy “Urban Villages” to the suburbs (e.g. from Bronx to Long Island), posited that all migrations in world history are ‘caused’ by a combination of pushing and pulling forces: forces ‘pushing’ people away from their habitat and forces ‘pulling’ them to a new.
Selections from "Il Cerchio Verde:" Italian Detective Fiction from the Fascist Era
The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.
The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.