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Group shot of participants at the 2019 Italian Diaspora Studies course in Matera, Basilicata. Photo Maria Lisella.

Travel - 16 Novembre 2019

Roots, Romance and Wisdom: UniCal’s Italian Diaspora Studies in Calabria

At first, I told myself this would be a good exercise: revisiting Italy without my husband, the recently deceased poet Gil Fagiani. Like widows all over the world, I was floundering, finding my way without him, and visiting Italy without him presented a particular challenge. In the end, I returned home with a touch of pride for having made the trip and finding an aspect of my Calabrian self that can only strengthen who I am.

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Arts - 25 Ottobre 2019

Spunky Boston Indie I AM Books Kicks off Two-Day Festival of Italian Culture

After a successful debut last year, the IDEA Boston festival is returning packed with an expanded lineup of more than 25 panels, 60 guest speakers from academia to award-winning authors, poets, artists, social and political analysts, actors, musicians, a photo exhibit (open to the public) and a gala to wrap up the two days of intellectual stimulation and live entertainment. While focusing on things Italian, all sessions are held in English for greater accessibility.

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Arts - 15 Settembre 2019

Carlo Levi’s “Blind Visions”, Never Seen Outside of Italy, on Display at NYU

In 1973, while bedridden, Levi used a special wooden notebook, built with strings attached to the sides to help guide his hand when drawing or writing. He labeled it "Quaderno a cancelli" (fenced notebook), the name given to his final collection of prose and poetry that accompanies these blind drawings, produced with pencil, pastels and ballpoint pen.

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Arts - 30 Agosto 2019

Rubin Museum Exhibit: “Clapping with Stones: Art and Acts of Resistance”

Ten artists confront identity, history and heritage in a multi-media exhibit, and try to deliver ways of understanding the world when truth is censored, borders are closed, mobility is obstructed, and civil liberties are being upturned daily.

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New York - 26 Giugno 2019

Vito Marcantonio Forum Honors Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President

Since she took office five years ago, Brewer has passed legislation to add caregivers to the city’s anti-discrimination law, remove criminal history questions from initial employment applications (the Fair Chance Act) and enforced the requirement for street numbers to appear on buildings in Manhattan (to better aid emergency workers).

Arts - 22 Aprile 2019

Tiepolo’s Lost Frescoes Tell their Own Story at the Frick

A black and white photo of wisteria draping the courtyard walls welcomes visitors to the Frick’s current exhibit, Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto, on view April 16 through July 14, 2019. That wisteria survived the Allied bombing that took place August 13-16th, 1943, that tragically destroyed the Palazzo Archinto in Milan […]

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Arts - 13 Aprile 2019

Be Prepared to Fall in Love Again in New York with… Leonard Cohen

Claudia Gould, director of the Jewish Museum: “This is an exhibit that is cross-generational, about a life not a beginning and not an end ...”

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New York - 30 Gennaio 2018

New York: A Fresh Take on the Ancients and a Gathering of the Tribes

"Scenes from the Collection" allows viewers to understand what, why, and how the Museum has chosen the objects it displays and what those choices say about the evolving identity of the institution within the context of world events. At the same time, The Frick Collection has Francisco de Zurbarán’s thirteen canvases representing the Old Testament patriarch Jacob and his sons.

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Travel - 1 Settembre 2017

La Serenissima Swamped by Success

"We are considering a reservation system that will include incentives such as discounts on museum tickets and local services to encourage people to visit Venice in the off-season", Paola Mar says. Venice welcomes 25 million visitors annually and to ease the effects of tourism on its locals, the Venice's City Council is considering strategies to limit the access to the main attractions.

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Arts - 4 Agosto 2017

The Muppets Take Queens

Who doesn’t love at least one Muppet character even if you did not grow up with them? And who wouldn’t want the Muppets as next-door neighbors? To Hollywood and back to Queens they are now on display permanently at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMi) in Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District.

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