A 39 foot long violin took its first ride down Venice’s Grand Canal, carrying a string quartet that played one of Antonio Vivaldi’s famous pieces, “Four Seasons”. The giant violin, known as “Noah’s Violin” is a statement piece created by Livio De Marchi, an artist from Venice. De Marchi conceived this idea […]
Pope Francis’ encyclical’s focus, “Human Ecology” is finally being put into action, thanks to the St. Francis Day Foundation. The new non profit organization, chaired by insurance leader Mr. Steve Menzies, aims to serve mankind through a series of mandates. Mr. Menzies, who sat down with the Pope to discuss the Foundation and its […]
The new Fellini Museum welcomed its first visitors on August 19th. The museum spreads over three locations in Rimini, making it one of the largest museums created for a film director. These locations are Sismondo Castle, the Fulgor Palace, and Malatesta Square. Located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, the museum has become quite […]
On the 21st of April, Zero debuted on Italian Netflix. The series follows the protagonist (Omar) who is a teenage delivery rider who feels invisible to his society. As the story progresses in the series, he gains the ability to be invisible. Omar’s newfound abilities set him on an adventure to save Milan’s Barrio suburb, […]
Sting, one of the most famous British contemporary musicians and long-time Italian resident, opened his vineyard, Il Palagio in Tuscany, as part of a fundraising campaign benefiting restauranteurs in the U.S. The campaign supports this sector, which has been adversely affected by the COVID pandemic. The rock star’s vineyard offers visits over a three-day period. The event […]
The legendary Bel Canto Society (BCS) founded by Stefan Zucker in 1968 to sustain the art of operatic performance and to promote interest in the great traditions of vocal interpretation and style will enter a new phase as it signs a management agreement with the Italian Academy Foundation, Inc., founded 1947 to preserve and advance Italian […]
In Naples, the Duomo Metro station is set to open in July 2021. The new metro is a spectacular design by Architect Massimiliano Fuksas, a Roman architect who designed the Nuvola Congress Centre in Rome. It is set to be a part of Linea 1 in Piazza Amore. Fuksas described the concept as, “an astronaut […]
The world has to say farewell one of the most important art restorers in our modern day. Gianluigi Colaluci passed away at age 92, having lived a long, fruitful, and inspiring life. So inspiring in fact that The Vatican Museums recalled his work as the “Restoration of the Century”. Gianluigi Colalucci directed the restoration of Michaelangelo’s frescoes, Raphael, Raphael, Giotto, Leonardo, Guido Reni, Lorenzo Lotto, Tiziano, Andrea Mantegna, […]
Columbus Citizens Foundation (CCF) has begun accepting applications for the Anthony S. Fauci Scholarship. This new scholarship supports Italian Americans with exceptional academic abilities, who wish to pursue graduate-level studies in medical or public health fields. The Scholarship was announced in 2020 and applications have begun this year (2021). It will be awarded annually, as […]
A long-lost mosaic designed for the Ancient Roman Emperor Caligula, was unveiled in the Museum of Nemi on the 11th of March. It had been previously used as a coffee table in New York City, but recovered and now returned to its place of origin in Italy. The mosaic was crafted in the first century […]