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Mid-August Lunch. Live the Italian Ferragosto at the Movies!

Benedetta Grasso

From March 17 2010 on "Mid-August Lunch" by director Gianni di Gregorio (Zeitgeist Film) will be screened at Film Forum in New York. The movie was first presented at the Italian...

"Vincere": The Hidden Passions of Benito Mussolini

Benedetta Grasso

Director Marco Bellocchio presented his last movie at Casa Italiana in September 2009. Now the time has come for "Vincere" to be released in the United States on March 17 2010

Caterina de’ Medici and Italian Craftsmanship. A Visual Representation

Gabrielle Pati

On Feb. 23, 2010 the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. received a stunning donation: the precious book Caterina de’ Medici, regina e mecenate evokes the legend of a once...

Travel on the Ancient Trail of the Beffi Triptych

Antonio Bini

The triptych, after its exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where it was admired by more than 300 thousand visitors, is now at the Museum of Art di Reno,...

Whose Family Values?

George De Stefano

Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s new film challenges Italian attitudes

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The "Muti Era" Begins

Natalia Nebel

The era of Riccardo Muti at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra officially began on Thursday, February 25 at Orchestra Hall’s intimate Grainger Ballroom where the Maestro held a...

Classical New York. Italian Notes in the City

Julian Sachs

Our second immersion in what's Italian in the New York classical music scene. The Met announces its new season while Muti debuts with Verdi's Attila. The DiCapo Opera Theatre...

An Artist on a Pilgrimage to the "Lourdes of Rock Music". Interview with Edoardo Bennato

Maria Rita Latto

At 60, his fighting spirit is still intact. It’s his rage that has allowed him to continue to make powerful music. Edoardo Bennato will perform in New York on March 26 thanks to...

Omaggio a De Chirico: Artists Inspired by the Master of Surrealism and Metaphysics

BENEDETTA GRASSO

On February 17, an exciting new exhibit opened at Casa Italiana, NYU. Dedicated to various talented artists inspired by De Chirico's school, it will be on view until March 11

Los Angeles's Little Italy

Darrell Fusaro

Author Marianna Gatto likens tracing the history of Italians in Los Angeles to that of “chasing ghosts,” since much of the history hasn’t been preserved

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