The music of Salento is the result of centuries of varied foreign domination, but more importantly, of exchanges with other Mediterranean cultures. Officina Zoe was born in the spring of 1993 out of a group of musicians from Salento with a common need to rediscover the traditional popular music of their own […]
The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie is located in Milan and is a very famous church and a convent. The church is also known for the Last Supper which has been made by Leonardo da Vinci. The History of Santa Maria delle Grazie The Dominican convent and the church […]
Is your favorite Italian American actor really of Italian decent, or just a convincing actor? Peter Falk, the dearly missed actor who played TV’s cunning inspector Colombo, used to do such an excellent job at imitating the Italian American sleuth that most TV viewers believe he was of Italian descent. In reality, […]
La Ragazza di Bube (Bebo’s girl) is a novel written by Carlo Cassola in 1960 and made into a film in 1963, starring an amazing Claudia Cardinale. The story is about a 16 years old girl after WWII that falls in love with a partisan. What is good about the book and […]
Meet Anthony, 107 yo, the oldest barber in the world, an Italian living in New York.
Silvio Berlusconi (Photo from Wikipedia) Since an early stage in life Silvio Berlusconi has shown a very entrepreneurial attitude, as the legend says that he used to sell his homework and exams to his classmates, but if they didn’t get a passing grade, he’ll reimburse the money. This is the […]
A guide to Perugia, the hilly city of chocolate.
A legend of Italian music.
Who says that religion is outdated? It seems the Order of Friar Minors of San Francesco Stimmatizzato have taken their new pastoral mission in stride, ending up being a mediatic sensation while at it. Last Sunday a group of Franciscans, along with young members of the diocese of Florence, have entertained passerbys and onlookers […]
The Italian Flag: Il Tricolore The festa della Liberazione is the event of April. On the 25th Italians celebrate the anniversary of the freedom of the country and this is the right time in which people boast their Italian spirit. Parades and events are organized all over the country […]
