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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with Stephen Riggio, former CEO of Barnes and Noble on his many accomplishments and achievements to his last successful enterprise on translating in English for the first time Luigi Natoli's Sicilian saga on the legendary sect "Beati Paoli" (title in English "Sicilian Avengers").Emerging from the dark streets and subterranean caves of Palermo, the Beati Paoli, masked and hooded, mete out their own form of justice to counter the unfettered power and privilege wielded by the aristocracy. For the voiceless, weak, and oppressed, the Beati Paoli are defenders and heroes.Reminiscent of a Dumas novel, Sicilian Avengers is a vibrant, atmospheric fresco of early eighteenth-century Palermo. Onto the stage of the ancient city, Blasco da Castiglione, a bold, brash, orphan adventurer, arrives on a quest to discover his origins and seek his destiny. But this fearless, swashbuckling D’Artagnan-esque hero unwittingly gets caught up in a devious and murderous succession plot involving a powerful noble family.When the Beati Paoli hear about this plot to usurp a rightful inheritance, they spring into action. Their shadowy machinations entangle the charismatic Blasco, who crosses paths with a cast of characters that test his loyalty and resolve in the pursuit of his true identity.The historical accuracy of the novel is complemented by the most meticulous description of Sicily’s capital city ever written. Action-packed and laced with intrigue and chivalrous duels, Sicilian Avengers is a tale of love and hatred, friendship and betrayal, suffering and retribution.As French critic Jean Noël Schifano said, Natoli's novel is “the fifth historical monument of contemporary Italian literature.”Book 1 of 2 that includes an afterword by Umberto Eco.Available for preorder on:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sicilian-avengers-luigi-natoli/1145136699?ean=9781635769272https://www.amazon.com/Sicilian-Avengers-Book-Luigi-Natoli/dp/1635769272
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: GENOVA and JEANS Week (Oct 1-6th) with Anna Orlando.VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/xYI3hHq7PzcThis week on The Italian Radio Hour - We travel to Genoa, once nicknamed "La Superba" for being an extremely strong financial powerhouse, for the upcoming Genova Jeans Week (Oct. 1st-6th) to explore the history of Jeans thru beauty, arts, culture, innovation, and sustainability.Anna Orlando, curator's of this year's edition will share how the history of Genova is connected with the most popular fabric in the world, and how the name of this popular fabric is connected back to Genova.Those who will follow the "Jeans Trails", will experience 13 amazing locations to discover the secrets of jeans and how the history of Genova is connected with the most popular fabric in the world.- BUGe - Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova- MEI – Museo dell’Emigrazione Italiana – Commenda di Prè- Via di Prè- Darsena- Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli- Via del Campo- Museo del Risorgimento- Via San Luca- Palazzo Grillo- Via Luccoli- Palazzo Imperiale- Via di Scurreria- Museo DiocesanoLots of other activities, tours and experiences throughout Genova.Visit: https://www.visitgenoa.it/it/genova-jeans-week-2024 to learn more.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: L'ULTIMA DINASTIA - The Last Dynasty, the Saga of the Agnelli from Giovanni to John with Jennifer Clark.
Maybe you’ve heard of Gianni Agnelli. You’ve most likely heard of car manufacturer Fiat. But you might not know the rest of the Agnelli family — Giovanni, Margherita, Edoardo, John — and the both inspiring and tragic stories of an industrial family dynasty that is as much a symbol of modern Italy as the vintage Fiat 500.In Italy, the Agnelli family has been an inescapable presence for more than a century — their influence seeping into fashion, sports, politics and media, the vicissitudes of their businesses and personal lives splashed across tabloids and newspapers alike. But the details, belonging as they do to this powerful faction of the upper crust, have often remained sealed within the stoic family villas.Jennifer Clark, a journalist originally from Chicago, covered business from Milan for nearly two decades before she began exclusively writing about the automotive industry for four years. She was always aware of the Agnelli family, as much as anyone in Italy is, but became particularly intrigued by the century-long saga of the family while covering Fiat’s financial struggles in the 2000s. Clark began combing through Fiat archives and interviews to write her first book Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler and the Power of a Dynasty (Wiley, 2011), which inspired a 2018 HBO documentary, Agnelli. Now, coinciding with Fiat’s 125th year, Clark has woven a more intimate narrative of the lives of "Italy’s Kennedys" in her new book L’ultima dinastia — in English, “The Last Dynasty” — published by Solferino Libri.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - After years of working as a social worker and psychology instructor, Suzanne Maggio walked El Camino de Santiago in Spain traveling solo. She was 60 when she did it and is a big advocate for solo travel. "There is never a right time to take a big adventure". And so she did. And she prepared for it but in ways that, along the way, she realized were too connected to the material aspect of the "camino" versus what she experienced, a true "camino" of the soul.She is now 65 and, has taken three long solo walking trips. One was the third leg of the Via Francigena in Italy. It starts in the Tuscan town of Lucca and ends in Rome. The walk took her 19 days to complete. She says it was gorgeous, the food was incredible, and the people were wonderful. Her walk finished at the Vatican.She has written a book about walking the Camino called Estrellas: Moments of Illumination Along El Camino de Santiago and currently working on her next book on the experiences along Via Francigena.I interviewed her about her book and her travels, and her inner journey throughout these "camini", and her journey to Italian Citizenship.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: REV UP your engines! The iconic 1000 Miglia race is coming to the US!
National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and EGA, the Italian official licensee for 1000 Miglia Experience in Florida recently announced a partnership to promote and support the first-ever "1000 Miglia Experience USA Florida," a prestigious road rally for classic and exotic cars. We caught with Mario Liguori, Executive Director di EGA to get first-hand information on the when, where, and how to best enjoy the race. The event will take place from February 22-25, 2025, across Florida. The multi-day road rally will feature a route across Florida showcasing beautiful cars, distinguished guests, and glamorous lifestyle experiences.The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) 1000 Miglia Experience Florida #florida #1000miglia Lamborghini Ferrari Maserati
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - All about food, food trends, pasta shapes, and Rome with this week's guests: Dan Pashman and Katie Parla.Both Dan and Katie are internationally known best selling authors, journalists, podcasters (and much more!). With their books, articles, and respective award winning podcasts have been keeping informed and educated on what's going on in the food scene.As many know Dan is also the inventor of a new pasta shape, (Cascatelli), and during this interview, he shares some of his journey with us. (You can listen to our episode with Sfoglini, Dan's partner in the production of his new pasta shape and The Sporkful with Dan Pashman Podcast "Mission ImPASTABLE).Katie Parla is my #1 person to explore Foods of the Italian Islands, and my favorite to-go person while in Rome for many delicious recommendations. Her website provides a wealth of information that travelers will find useful to secure accommodations, amazing restaurants, her books and how to book a food tour with Katie, while in Rome.As if she wasn't busy enough, she is working on her next book that is currently under the nickname of "The Untitled Rome Book" as she will be sharing her own approach and research of a city that never sleeps, Rome!Dan and Katie are also collaborating on Dan's Pasta Tour in November. There are only a couple of spots left.Check out all the necessary info here!Dan Pashman: https://www.sporkful.com/Katie Parla: https://katieparla.com/ Our episode with Sfoglini: https://youtu.be/qtv5iFvR0sY?si=FZ3hUEYfZmCjgAlOhttps://youtu.be/7QsjH2ROBs8@followers
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Emmy nominated, award-winning, husband and wife filmmakers, Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno sit with us this week to talk about their the 3Rs trilogy of documentaries on urban America: Revolution '67 on the 1967 Newark riots/rebellion; The Rule, on the highly successful urban school model of Newark Abbey and Saint Benedict's Preparatory School (screened by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans at the U.S. Department of Education, both broadcast nationally on PBS, and Rust, on solutions to inner city poverty. Additionally, they share interesting anecdotes around their Emmy-nominated documentary Mother-Tongue: Italian American Sons & Mothers featured Martin Scorsese, John Turturro, Rudy Giuliani and Pat DiNizio, their documentary about Mother Cabrini and "Our return to Italy" production.If you'd like to support their projects, visit the Bongiorno Productions website at: http://www.bongiornoproductions.com/index.html
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - The Pittsburgh Italian Scholarship Fund was established 40 years ago with the mission of assisting academically qualified local high school graduates of Italian ancestry with their college education. Additionally, they honor a local Pittsburgh professional of Italian descent who has demonstrated meritorious distinction in his or her profession. And this year’s recipients will be Mr. and Mrs. Basil and Pat Russo. Tune in to enjoy our conversation with the President of the PISF, a scholarship recipient as well, the upcoming Golf Classic and Scholarship Award Dinner on Tuesday August 13th at the Valley Brook Country Club, honoring the 2024 Husband and Wife of the Year, Mr. & Mrs. Basil and Pat Russo.Cav. Basil M. Russo has served as national president of both the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), and its affiliate, ISDA Financial Life, since 2014. As ISDA president he developed the largest Italian American social media platform in the country, which currently has more than 725,000 followers. He also created the organization’s outstanding monthly newspaper, La Nostra Voce, and he has established many new lodges and districts nationwide, while increasing the organization’s membership by more than 20%. As the ISDA Financial Life president, he directed the growth of the organization’s insurance, IRA, and annuity company from $60 million in assets to over $391 million in assets, making it the largest Italian American fraternal insurance company in America.Additionally, in 2017, Basil, his wife Patricia (Gallupoli) and their children created the Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum, which provides grants to aspiring filmmakers who depict the Italian American experience in a positive way. To date, 48 films have been awarded $400,000 in grants with several of the films being aired and acclaimed in prominent film festivals throughout the U.S. and Italy.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Inclusive Italy. From coffee to opera to poetry reading, the world of inclusivity in Italy.Whether you are in Bologna ordering a coffee or at La Scala Opera House in Milan, many are the spaces and initiatives in Italy that cater to the blind, deaf & mute, or people with different learning abilities and create a safe and inclusive space.Joined in conversation by Sara Longhi, co-founder of the coffeeshop and Cultural association Senza Nome, the first inclusive coffeeshop in Bologna managed by deaf people open to anyone, and Prof. Elena Di Giovanni, Full Professor of English Translation at the University of Macerata, creator and coordinator of accessibility projects for major theatres and opera festivals across Italy. These include Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Pavarotti-Freni in Modena, Macerata Opera Festival, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, etc.In 2023, the accessibility projects coordinated by Elena Di Giovanni brought over 1,600 persons with disabilities to theatres and festivals across Italy.The episode is also interpreted in Italian Sign Language by Tiziana Santoro.Bar Senza Nome: IG https://www.instagram.com/barsenzanome/
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This week on the Italian Radio Hour - Do you have what it takes to become the next MasterChef?Thousands of thousands of applicants try every year to make it to prepare their best dish in front of the most "honest" chefs to earn an apron to get into the actual competition.Meet Luca Manfe, the only Italian competitor so far who has succeeded to not only enter the competition, work his way up the palate of the judges and the hearts of the viewers as one of the fairest competitors so far but win the title of America's Masterchef, take home the coveted MC Trophy and have his cookbook published.Luca, originally from Aviano (Friuli Venezia Giulia), was turned down in season 3 but was told by the judges to come back the following year.Luca spent the next year getting ready for the competition and his work paid off.Now, 10 years after his win, we go back to his life prior to MasterChef, during MC (with some of the insights on the show and the judges ON and OFF camera), and after MC, including his organized trips to his beloved region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.Want an amazing Frico recipe? Try Luca's from his cookbook.Buona visione e buon appetito!Follow Luca on IG: https://www.instagram.com/lucamanfe/?hl=enor go to Italy with Luca: https://www.italywithluca.com/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini builds an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.But, how many of you are familiar with the story of the man who has made it all possible? Join me in conversation with J. Eustace Wolfington, a Philadelphia businessman and the executive producer of the movie "Cabrini" as we discuss the film, and the very personal inspiration that drove him to make this epic production about the life of the first Italian-American saint.Learn about the casting choices, cinematography and much, much more.Eustace is the first to ever be honored with "Son of Cabrini: award, in recognition of the commitment of his time, energy, and financial resources to produce this film, with the confidence that his legacy represents a story worth telling that will resonate with the young women of today, tomorrow, and the future.This films offers a universal message for people of all ages and faiths. At a time when the world is filled with anxiety about the future, J Eustace Wolfington wants people to be lifted by her example and knows their fears will be replaced with the courage to go out into the world and make it better.The movie will also be released in Italy in September with great anticipation.Want to watch the movie at home? Visit: https://www.angel.com/movies/cabrini to learn how.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Genoa is a city with a strong link to emigration: it was from here that millions of Italians left for the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. It also houses The MEI - National Museum of Italian Emigration, housed in the Commenda di San Giovanni di Prè, which lies onto 3 floors divided into 16 areas where it is possible to retrace many stories of Italian migration, from the Unification of Italy (and even before) to the present. The life stories of migrants are told through first-hand sources such as diaries, letters, photographs, newspapers and archival documents. It is an empathetic and interactive museum, where you can "do experience" . See, hear, learn and get involved in the scenic setting of one of the city's oldest medieval buildings, which originally provided hospitality to pilgrims.In conversation with us, Paolo Masini, President of the MEI Foundation, and and actor, producer, and testimonial for the MEI, Luca Vullo that will tell us more not only about the exhibit but a great opportunity to get on the Amerigo Vespucci, approaching Los Angeles in July and learn more about the immigration stories of that area.The museum is in close relationship with Mu.MA - Maritime and Migrations Museum and, in particular, with the nearby Galata Maritime Museum, which houses the section on transoceanic voyages "Memoria e Migrazioni" (Memory and Migrations) and the section on immigration, "Italiano anch'io".
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: A Taste of Emilia Romagna at the NY Fancy Food Show with Francine Segan.Watch video interview: https://youtu.be/MAuypSdVDBMIf you can't travel to Emilia Romagna this summer, how about visiting the upcoming Fancy Food Show in New York (June 23rd-2th, 2024). Francine Segan, one of America's foremost experts on Italian cuisine, returns to The Italian Radio Hour to tell us all about this event, now considered the "Oscars of Food". She will also explain the difference between DOP and IGP products to guarantee quality to the consumers and what is store for all the visitors in the Emilia Romagna booth #2612 in the Italian Pavilion.The schedule of events is packed with information sessions and sampling sessions of Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, Grana Padano DOP, Prosciutto di Parma DOP, Prosciutto di Modena DOP, Aceto balsamico di Modena IGP, Aceto Balsamico tradizionale di Modena DOP, Aceto Balsamico tradizionale di Reggio Emilia DOP and the famous flatbread of Romana, Piadina Romagnola IGP. To learn more about the Fancy Food Show, visit: https://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy.../summer/show-info/To learn more about Francine Segan's work: http://www.francinesegan.com/about.php
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Kevin Glavin is a world-renowned and critically acclaimed Bass-Baritone singer, actor, and opera singer with over forty years of experience specializing in Italian Opera. Kevin has the great talent to make you laugh even while singing in a language you do not understand!His performed with notable artists such as Luciano Pavarotti and Marvin Hamlisch, and collaborates with major international opera stars, directors, and conductors from around the world.In this interview, Kevin and Samuele Bozzolla, long time friend of Kevin but most importantly the son of late Opera singe Claudia Pinza, Kevin's voice teacher for many years, "MRS. PINZA" as Kevin always respectfully refers to her, provide great insides and funny anecdotes on Kevin's professional and personal journey, without sparing even friendly imitations of Maestro Luciano Pavarotti. But Kevin had a secret desire growing up! Since he was a little kid, dreamt of Vegas, cigars and comedy. In his first CD, Kevin takes us a very personal musical journey, where he "does it his way" and makes you dream about being back in the Rat Pack area, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and company.Kevin Glavin will perform at Istituto Mondo Italiano on Saturday Sept. 21st, 2024. Tickets will go on sale soon but we have a treat for you. Subscribe to The Italian Radio Hour YouTube Channel and leave us a comment on the interview. Five lucky listeners will receive an autographed CD of Kevin's "A Touch of Class".www.istitutomondoitaliano.orgTo learn more about Kevin Glavin, visit: https://www.kevinglavin.org/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - There are interviews that go well and others that go unexpectedly amazing! How can I have hoped for more, having the full team of Growing up Italian, Sabino and Michela Curcio, Rocco Loguercio and John Viola from the Italian American Podcast all in one place at the same time, as they take in the success of the inauguration of the new RED SAUCE STUDIO in NY and its' mission, share with us traditions from Sabino's hometown of Sanza and collaborations in Italy, Rocco's happy ending of this dual citizenship journey, Michela's orchestrating the behind the scenes of GIU and the Panini Shoppe, and John Viola telling us more about the Future Leaders Conference and the "recording booth" initiative to create one major repository of Italian American stories across the nation.Enjoy the episode!
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: Discover Pavarotti in his own home - Casa Museo Luciano Pavarotti
VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/2oznsjToqlAWelcome to the place Pavarotti called home. He built this house to entertain friends, teach young singers and enjoy family life. In this conversation with the widow of Maestro Pavarotti, Nicoletta Mantovani, we discover his private collection of memorabilia, costumes and awards gathered throughout his long career and we celebrate the artistic and philanthropic legacy of the “man who moved millions.”The Luciano Pavarotti Home Museum is located in the Modena countryside, in a large estate, where he lived the last years of his life.It opened to the public in 2015 to firmly ground Maestro’s memory to his beloved homeland and to make the man LUCIANO behind the great artist PAVAROTTI better known to the general public.Today, the house is still as Maestro left it and it can be entirely visited. It keeps all the objects he loved to be surrounded with and it displays the memories of the days spent with family, friends and students to whom he gave singing lessons.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Our guest today is art historian Laura Morelli whose work I have been following for a few years as she makes art history fun while also dividing her time and talent writing historical fiction and guides about Italy. Recently, I participated in one of her online classes via her website (https://lauramorelli.com/) about the Etruscans, and I was so fascinated by the information presented and how Laura was delivering it that I did not hesitate to write to her to invite to share hew knowledge with us Not only has Laura done a wonderful job in providing an informative overview about Etruscan civilization, customs and curiosities but also she shared ideas for day trips to discover more Etruscan art in Italy. Grazie Laura!Laura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University, has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy, and currently produces art history lessons for TED-Ed. She authored a column for National Geographic Traveler called “The Genuine Article” and has contributed pieces about art and authentic travel to CNN Radio, The Frommers Travel Show, and in USA TODAY, Departures, and other media. Laura is the author of the Authentic Arts guidebook series that includes the popular guidebook, Made in Italy. Her fiction brings the stories of art history to life. Her debut novel, The Gondola Maker, won an IPPY for Best Historical Fiction and a Benjamin Franklin Award.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-italian-radio-hour/support
In this week's episode of The Italian Radio Hour: Calabria, the ancient tradition of silkworm breeding, and the story of Nido di Seta.
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Did you know that silk production represented a flourishing and prosperous economy for the region of Calabria as back as Byzantine times when silkworms were introduced to the region from China by Basilian monks?
The period of maximum growth was around 1700 but unfortunately, the industry started to decline to completely disappear in 1800.
This week, we spoke to Miriam, one of the three founders of "Nido di Seta", a cooperative created by three young Calabrians who decided to take on a very specific challenge: to return and stay in Calabria.
Taking up the ancient tradition of silkworm breeding, and making it their main activity, they build day by day the virtuous circuit that manages to combine crafts, cultural, artistic and culinary moments, making their home a pole of attraction for national and international tourism.
Their key words are: protection of the environment and landscape, economic growth of the territory and sustainable development. They start from the earth, their own motherland, using the resources that it offers us.
To learn more about "Nido di Seta" visit their website: https://www.nidodiseta.com/en_GB/
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calabria #silk #italy
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Six Food Museums not to miss:
Museum of PARMIGIANO REGGIANO
Museum of PASTA
Museum of TOMATO
Museum of WINE
Museum of FELINO SALAMI
Museum of PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA
Thru the expert knowledge of Giancarlo Gonizzi, we are taken on a virtual journey of Food Musuems of Parma, their history and their treasure!
Parma proudly boasts some of the highest quality food products renowned at both national and international level: Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto of Parma and various cured pork meat products such as the Culatello from Zibello, Salame from Felino, Coppa, as well as Wines from the Parma hills, Porcini mushrooms from the Taro river valley, Tomatoes. Other products are well known at a purely local level.
Food and Wine tourism is in rapid expansion both in terms of quantity and quality at a national and international level. It is not by chance that the cultural and tourist press dedicates growing attention to this sector, particularly where the offer is clearly defined. Both regionally and internationally there is increasing publicity for “Food and Wine Trails”, “Flavour Trails”, and “Wine Trails”, …
The typical products enhance the image of an entire territory.
Parma hosts the corporate headquarters of a number of prestigious food companies such as Barilla, Parmalat and canning industries. It is home to various Italian Consortiums for the Safeguard of Typical products, like the Consortium for Prosciutto, the Consortium for Parmigiano Reggiano and the Consortium for Culatello. The economical situation of Parma is positively affected by the growth of the food sector.
In addition to bringing additional value to the history behind individual products within the local economy and culture, the “Food Museums” encourage the growth of a new type of tourism, by developing existing sites located along the food and wine trails; in turn, these become complementary to other typical tourist routes in the area.
The Museums contribute to highlight the role of yjr production sites of the typical foods of Parma, and especially those that in virtue of their history, the type of processing and the quality of products are best suited to be included as part of the tourist offer of the territory. Through programmed events and tours of the food and wine trails, these offers interact directly with the Museums.
A mission of the Museums is to contribute to the growth of the entire territory through gastronomical culture, by encouraging awareness among local residents, and in particular young people. At the same time, the Museums aim is to define the image of each single typical product and its area of production through gastronomic tourism.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Never before, have I met two volcanic, more full of life and always cheerful individuals as "forces of nature" like Luca Paiardi, – architect, musician and Danilo Ragona – planner, designer and founder and president of the company Able to Enjoy.
Praticamente, due forze della natura!
Explorers of four continents, organizers of 41 sports activities (and some pretty extreme), over 13,000km driven have one common thread: create and nourish a "can do attitude", push your boundaries, to advocate for the interests, and the rights for people with disabilities.
Both victims of unrelated accidents in their early 20s, for a serendipitous twist of fate, one was living the rehab facility when the other was being admitted when eventually, joined efforts to create "VIAGGIO ITALIA" , where both their athletic abilities, design skills, want to do do more and see more, provides a unique and corroborate avenue for people with disabilities to see and explore the world.
Last not least, also the project "Borghi in Carrozza" (Villages by Carriage), a route in stages to discover some of the most typical and evocative locations in Piedmont. A new adventure, set off from Turin on March 26, aboard a historic 1973 Lancia Fulvia Montecarlo from the Classica & Accessibile project promoted by ASI Solidale, specifically outfitted with steering wheel controls.
Follow Danilo and Luca on all their social media platforms to follow not only their adventures (super amazing) but also their design projects, and campaigns.
If I thought I was pretty "volcanic" myself, by talking to Danilo and Luca, I realized that they are on a different level. Have you ever thought about simple challenges that get in the way of traveling for people in a wheelchair where there are no bathrooms on board that would accommodate their needs in a dignified way? Everyone's well-being is an amelioration of society for all.Viaggio Italia: https://www.viaggioitalia.org/index.php?l=itIG: https://www.instagram.com/viaggio.italia/?hl=it
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Il Newyorkese, the new magazine written by Italians in Italian for anyone that loves, lives, and dreams in New York gives you great insights (financial, real estate, happenings) of what happens in the Big Apple.We chatted with its founder David Ippolito, who recently moved to NYC from Italy but for many years, already author of the study "AGAINST STEREOTYPES, The Real Reputation of Italian Americans".Enjoy also daily updates on ilnewyorkese.com
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Did you know that there is a library and a museum in Rome that houses some of the oldest, varied, and most unique tools and textbooks about cookery?It is the Garum Library and Museum, located just across Circo Massimo and this weekend only (April 5-7th), you will also have the chance to see a very interesting collection of 400 original menus covering different historical periods and international customs.Conceived and curated by Garum and the international collectors' association Menu Associati, the exhibition is free to enter. These original menus presented and belonging to the main private and public collections. Divided in "11 Chapter", the visitor moves from the celebrations for the Albertine Statute, to the granting of honorary citizenship of London to Garibaldi, to the breach of Porta Pia and the two world wars up to the diplomatic relations after the Second World War as in the case of the breakfast menu offered by President Cossiga to Mikhail Gorbachev and to Mrs Rajssa Gorbachev in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And menus that tell the last hours of the Titanic, the great exploits of Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, Umberto Nobile and Francesco De Pinedo. From Hitler and Mussolini's first lunch through the coronations of Elizabeth II and Nicholas II, the last Tsar. There is also the 4-page creased booklet menu of the lunch offered by the Lord Mayor of the City at the Guildhall in honor of the royals of Charles and Diana on 5 November 1981, the same day as the announcement, two hours before the lunch, of the first pregnancy of the Princess of Wales. Collaborating in the creation of the exhibition are, among others, Maurizio Campiverdi, owner of the largest known menu collection, Academia Barilla, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Panini Museum of Modena, Casa Artusi, Zeppelin Museum of Friedrichschafen and Historical Archive of the Presidency of the Republic. Preface of the catalog signed by prof. Alberto Capatti, curated by Maurizio Campiverdi, Franco Chiarini, Giulio Fano, Matteo Ghirighini and Roberto Liberi.The Garum website also offers a wealth of information so if you are not able to visit this exhibit this weekend, make sure to visit this museum on your next trip to Rome.https://www.museodellacucina.com/en/libray-and-museum/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The tradition of the St. Joseph Table with Marianna Gatto, Carmela Cesare Giaramita, and Joe Di Carlo Giaramita.From the East Coast to the West Coast and many places in between, the St. Joseph Table tradition has conquered the hearts of many believers and also first-time participants.Join my conversation with Marianna Gatto, Executive Director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA), Carmela Giaramita and Joe Di Carlo, owners of La Tavola Italiana in Pittsburgh as we discussed the birth of this tradition, the bread altar, and additional foods that would accompany this tradition.Video Interview: https://youtu.be/7s8xNal87Jk?si=GcRZUN81xY-VyeXgSubscribe for FREE to the Italian Radio Hour (on YouTube or where you catch your favorite podcasts), and never miss new episodes
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: SAGRE D'ITALIA - Travel into popular traditions with Donatella Alquati and Giorgio Mininno (Slowbook)
Planning your next trip to Italy? Want to discover treasures "off the beaten path"? Then, you cannot miss our conversation with Donatella and Giorgio, authors of the latest and only guide to all the Sagre d'Italia.
What is a sagra
The sagra is an Italian festival, organized in some towns, or regions, and is always linked to a local tradition or food celebrated in the course of the event.
The term sagra derives from Latin. It is the evolution of the adjective sacrum, meaning holy, which explains the original purpose that gave birth to this type of event: the religious factor. In fact, in the past the sagre were mainly moments of union between Man and spiritual and holy life.
This is the place where you can certainly mingle with the locals, sitting at the same table and witness three generations seamlessly interacting with one another (sounds like a miracle nowadays), while sampling amazing food and learn more about these ancient traditions.
SAGRE D'ITALIA is finally a single collection of all sagre throughout Italy divided by territory. With their acute eye of designers and photographers, Donatella and Giorgio then give special attention to eighteen sagre (one also vegan) for their uniqueness, and recipes are even included!
Get your ticket, your book, and go!
Partiamo!
WATCH VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/yuVNM2i1e0k
sagreditalia #foodfestival Slow Food USA #slowfood #slowtravel #italy #offthebeatenpath
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - The Making of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.At the eve of opening night of La Traviata at the Pittsburgh Opera, I was able to catch up with Stage Director Kristine McIntyre for an insightful conversation of what all goes into the staging of an opera. her vision for this production and the true story of the character that inspired not only Giuseppe Verdi, but first Alexandre Dumas fils, Marie Duplessis.Marie Duplessis (born Alphonsine Rose Plessis was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the younger. Much of what is known about her has been derived from the literary persona and contemporary legends.As recorded in art of the day Marie Duplessis was evidently an extremely attractive young woman, with a petite figure and an enchanting smile. By the time she was 16, she had become aware that prominent men were willing to give her money in exchange for her company in both private and social settings. She became a courtesan and learned to read and write, and to stay abreast of world events so as to be able to converse on these topics with her clients and at social functions. She also added the faux noble "Du" to her name.Marie Duplessis died of tuberculosis at the age of 23 on 3 February 1847, and differently from the opera where Alfonso manages to be by Violetta's side, Alexander Dumas never made it on time to say goodbye to her loved Marie.The opera opens with the auction of all the items at the home of Violetta Valéry (Pay close attention to recognize a familiar face), followed by the very famous "Brindisi (“Libiamo ne'lieti calici”) one of Verdi's the most popular tune from the opera.The performances: Saturday March 16, 19, 22 & 24th at Benedum Center.Tickets available at: https://www.pittsburghopera.org/season/la-traviataUSE COUPON CODE: POIMI to get 50% OFF your ticketsAntony Walker - ConductorKristine McIntyre - Stage DirectorCast: Vuvu Mpofu - Violetta ValéryDuke Kim - Alfredo GermontMichael Chioldi - Giorgio GermontJulia Swan Laird - AnninaFran Daniel Laucerica - Gastone de LetorièresBrandon Bell - Baron DoupholEvan Lazdowski - Marquis d'ObignyLeah Heater - Flora Bervoix
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Being the 6th generation of Buitoni, Viola grew up in a food loving family who believed that growing your own food was a better way of eating. She was weaned on extra virgin olive oil and parmigiano. She first spooned ricotta in her mouth straight out of the warm whey in which the local shepherd had just cooked it. She played hide-and-seek in the room where pancetta and prosciutto were hung to cure. Seasonal foraging expeditions were the norm, from digging mushrooms to shaking chestnuts, from collecting snails to blackberries.In her debut book, "Italy by Ingredient Artisanal Foods/Modern Recipes", Viola shares the history and geography of Italy’s most iconic ingredients, and gives tips on how we can incorporate their vibrant flavors and techniques into our kitchens. (Think balsamic vinegar, flakes of parmigiano reggiano, fresh ricotta and creamy grains of risotto.) Viola is currently based in San Francisco-based where she is a cooking instructor and food writer. In 2020, the President of the Italian Republic honored her with the title Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia for her work furthering the culture and business of Italian food.Viola also leads foraging tours in Italy. For more information, visit her website at:https://www.violasitaly.com/culinary-tours
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - The Many Miracles of Household Saints with Martina Savoca Guay.1993 - Household Saints by Nancy Savoca comes out. But there is one person, who has been on the set the entire time who will never get to see the movie until much later in her life because of a series of events, including all the good elements of the movie been destroyed: Martina Savoca Guay, Nancy's daughter.Nancy Savoca was pregnant of Martina during the entire shooting of the movie and now Martina, takes the camera in her hands and gifts us with a wonderful documentary "The Many Miracles of Household Saints", The Many Miracles of Household Saints reveals the improbable story behind the making of the film. Combining behind the scenes footage from the set — including electronic press kits and home movies — as well as contemporary interviews with Savoca, author Francine Prose and producer Rich Guay (her dad), Martina has created a gorgeous celebration and homage to a remarkable American independent film and to her own filmmaking heritage.Soon in a new 4k restoration, Household Saints will be available again to the public. Make sure to watch Martina's documentary before for insights on the making of the movie, or after for more reflections on the great talent of the Savocas.ABOUT "Household Saints" Based on Francine Prose’s fifth novel, Nancy Savoca’s chronicle of a spirited Italian-American New York family perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Vincent D’Onofrio’s Joseph Santangelo is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who “wins” his wife Catherine (a stellar Tracey Ullman) in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother (Judith Malina) who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her granddaughter Teresa who overtakes the film with her yearning to serve God. Perfectly embodying a modern-day Bernadette, Lili Taylor imbues Teresa with a mix of dedicated innocence and naïveté. Executive produced by Jonathan Demme, with notable performances from Michael Imperioli, Michael Rispoli and Victor Argo, Household Saints represents a unique voice in 1990s independent filmmaking.Don't miss this interview: Subscribe to The Italian Radio Hour on YouTube and activate "Notifications" to be alerted on new interviews:https://youtu.be/himjiKIIueg?si=3lTzJRCLBqFwQSL0
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: "Crossings": Autobiographical Writing for people of Italian origin with Prof. Rita Cavigioli.Are you an American with Italian origins who has spent significant time in Italy, not only for tourism, but might have family, friends in Italy or have worked or studied in Italy?Have you always wanted to capture in writing your life, their lives, the what ifs, the nostalgia, the opportunities, the memories, the connections, the stories but not necessarily know where to start?In this week's episode, we speak with Rita Cavigioli, Professor Emerita of Italian Studies (University of Missouri-Columbia) about the upcoming workshop on Autobiographical Writing for people of Italian origin that will be held in partnership with Istituto Mondo Italiano from April 4th until May 16th.During this 7-session course participants will capture, reflect, compare, and support one another in this beautiful and intimate writing experience.The workshop will span over seven three-hour sessions. Attendees can participate either online on in person (if in the Pittsburgh area, at Istituto Mondo Italiano).Prof. Cavigioli will connect from her hometown of Turin.Registration is currently open. Only 9 seats available!Visit www.istitutomondoitaliano.org for more information.VIDEO INTERVIEW https://youtu.be/N6pLWPu27OcRita Cavigioli
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Today, on The Italian Radio Hour: Discovering Contemporary Theater by Italians of African Descent.
Link to video interview: https://youtu.be/3uQXbbp7RSc
An interesting conversation with Mauritian playwright Nalini Vidoolah Mootoosamy, Margherita Laera (translator & Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, University of Kent, Cantenbury), and Laura Caparrotti, Founder of Kairos Italy Theater to discuss stories, challenges, and opportunities (cultural and linguistic) that surround these productions.
If you are in the NY area, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, on Friday will host both a panel discussion as well as the reading of Nalini's play "The Foreigner's Smile" (Il sorriso della Scimmia).
Nalini Vidoolah Mootoosamy @Margherita Laera #BlackItalia
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - "Denominazione di Origine Inventata" with Prof. Alberto Grandi.
The title of the book "Denomination of Invented Origin" is in net contrast with one of Italy's most recognizable food & wine classification of food or wines (DOP - Denominazione di Origine Protetta (literally “Protected Designation of Origin).
Prof. Grandi debunks the many myths around the provenance and the origin of many of ingredients and recipes that Italians hold dear to their hearts.
"Carbonara is an American recipe, Tortellini were filled with chicken, Queen Margherita probably never had pizza in her life, and so on".
"La carbonara è una ricetta americana, i tortellini bolognesi avevano il ripieno di pollo, il pomodoro di Pachino è stato creato in Israele. E ancora, fino alla metà del secolo scorso la maggior parte degli italiani non conosceva la pizza e in Sicilia il consumo di riso era pari a zero, con buona pace della disputa tra arancini e arancine. Insomma: i nostri prodotti tipici sono buonissimi, ma la loro storia è una bugia, raccontata più o meno a partire dagli anni ‘70. La ricerca storica quasi sempre smentisce le origini arcaiche delle nostre specialità culinarie, facendoci scoprire che molte ricette cui attribuiamo radici antichissime…sono in realtà invenzioni recenti.
Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!
VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/fc-a1uSZNMQ
Alberto Grandi
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with young Italian author from Abruzzo Domenico Cornacchia, Frank Di Piero (from Keeping it Real with Frankie D), and Emily Cipriani Marchetti on a topic that means so much to all of us, "roots" who is also the English title of Domenico's book (in Italian: RESTO QUI).Roots by Domenico Cornacchia aims to preserve a culture that has been passed down orally for centuries before sources of information disappears.Starting from Emily, she shared the importance about her own exploring, researching and documenting those stories, memories, and memories that have shaped the values she grew up on, and prepared for her trip to her ancestral town of Valle Castellana.Followed by Frank (the two of them, actually met in Bugnara (AQ) , Frank's family hometown) and his continuous mission of educating current and future generations on what it means to be Italian and understand one's past. Via Domenico, and his book, we hear the voices of the elderly that have lived a past that is no more, people that have passed so much wisdom to us of a life that was made of hardship, solidarity and emigration but not in a nostalgic way, but as a way to enrich our soul, explore the world, and spring us towards the future, while staying connected with the place most dear to our heart.ROOTS or in Italian “RESTO QUI” is set in a small patch of land on the border between Abruzzo and Marche, narrated through the eyes and ears of a boy who still proudly lives and wakes up every morning in that place with his family.The title encapsulates the resilience of those people who still believe in the beauty of life in these places and aims to connect all the people who live out of Italy and who have origins in these wonderful places in order to keep the memory and remembrance alive. Today, perhaps more than ever, the commitment of the new generations lies not only in looking toward the future but also in preserving the past.ROOTS in English https://a.co/d/dl24rvJRESTO QUI in Italian: https://www.amazon.it/Resto-Santa-Rufina-Castellana-dAbruzzo/dp/883381372X
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - The Delmonico Way; Sublime Entertaining & Legendary Recipes from the Restaurant that Made New York!Bring glamour and style into your home, featuring stories, ideas for entertaining, and seventy-five recipes from the Tuccis, the family that ran Delmonico’s in its golden era. Located in the heart of Wall Street, Delmonico’s from 1827 to today continues to shape New York City’s restaurant scene. Under the original ownership of The Delmonico Brothers, Pietro and Giovanni, Delmonico’s introduced the first farm-to-table concept, à la carte dining—complete with white tablecloths and menus—but most notably created the phenomenon called the “power lunch." Despite Delmonico’s triumphs, the impact of World War I and the era of Prohibition caused the family to cease operations, shuttering the restaurant and all Delmonico locations by 1923. In 1926 a new era for Delmonico’s arose. Oscar Tucci, a Tuscan immigrant, took over ownership and re-established Delmonico’s first as a Speakeasy and then he continued the Delmonico brothers’ tradition, transforming it to a beacon of fine dining. Oscar developed a strict code of hospitality, etiquette, and operations coupled with legendary libations and superb fare known as the Delmonico way. The Delmonico way still lives on today because of Max Tucci. THE DELMONICO WAY: SUBLIME ENTERTAINING & LEGENDARY RECIPES FROM THE RESTAURANT THAT MADE NEW YORK! by Max Tucci, Oscar’s grandson, opens the double doors of his family's Delmonico’s, welcoming us to a world when dining out was a glamorous affair. Max along with his celebrity chef friends offer timeless recipes and Max, shares his tips for recreating the magic of the Delmonico way at home. Max continues his family's gracious hospitality ethics by welcoming all to Delmonico’s. Max's credo, "Moving forward, while looking back." The credo and Max's efforts of keeping the sacred brand thriving led Max to become the IACP 2023 Trailblazer Award Recipient.Delmonico's was quite the scene, royalty, celebrities, socialites, U.S. presidents, foreign dignitaries, and business tycoons all frequented Delmonico’s. Elizabeth Taylor, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Marilyn Monroe, Lena Horne, Gypsy Rose Lee, Eva Gabor and Zsa Zsa Gabor, King Umberto II of Italy, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, President Richard Nixon, Chubby Checker, Christine Jorgensen, and Joan Crawford were among some of the most notable names that Tucci welcomed to his tables which were famously adorned with Ginori, Baccarat, Lalique, and Christofle.Each chapter is organized around a style of dining that Delmonico’s pioneered or perfected under Tucci’s proprietorship, including how to host an impressive power lunch (featuring Oscar's creation, the signature wedge salad); a glamorous cocktail soirée before a night on the town, complete with oysters Rockefeller and shrimp cocktail; and the perfect romantic dinner for two with a show-stopping seafood tower and ribeye Bordelaise. THE DELMONICO WAY includes over 70 recipes, including two from the restaurant’s most famous alumni, Sirio Maccioni’s Pasta Primavera and Tony May’s trademarked Uovo Raviolo. In addition to fine fare, "The Bar'' chapter features sophisticated cocktails that include the classic Delmonico, a legendary Negroni with a "Delmonico way" twist, and the festive Spencer cocktail created by artist Ashley Longshore's grandmother.Renowned designer Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich expertly layers vintage era photographs, ephemera, menus, and countless other gems featured in THE DELMONICO WAY that remind us that entertaining with style, elegance, sophistication, and intention remain just as relevant today as it did during the height of the era.To purchase your own copy of the book: https://thedelmonicoway.com/For reservations at Delmonico's: https://www.theoriginaldelmonicos.com/
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In conversation with Luciano Lamonarca, Italian tenor residing in New York, and Founder of the Saint Pio foundation in NY. As one who has received what is considered a miracle: the birth of their son Sebastian, Luciano has invested all his energies in laying the groundwork to ensure that the foundation could grow and receive the needed support to become established. Padre Pio was born on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, southern Italy. He was tutored privately until his entry to the novitiate of the Capuchin Friars at the age of 15. Of feeble health but strong will, with the help of grace, he completed the required studies and was ordained a priest in 1910.On September 20, 1918 the five wounds of our Lord’s passion appeared on his body, making him the first stigmatized priest in the history of the Catholic Church. His whole life was marked by long hours of prayer and continual austerity. His letters to his spiritual directors reveal the ineffable suffering, physical and spiritual, which accompanied him all through his life. They also reveal his deep union with God, his burning love for the Blessed Eucharist and Our Blessed Lady.On January 9, 1940, Padre Pio announced his grandiose plans to develop a Home for the Relief of Suffering (the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza). The Casa opened its doors on May 5, 1956 as a 300 bed facility, built on the small, sincere and spontaneous donations and prayers of his followers. He also developed an international network of prayer groups for the support of the Casa and its ministry that continues to live on and grow today.In 2017, Saint Pio Foundation organized the first official tour of the relics of Padre Pio. The tour visited eighteen archdioceses and dioceses in the United States, including Pittsburgh.In March 2023, the Saint Pio Foundation launched the "Green Mile" initiative to support the "A Mano Libera - Senza Barre" (“Freehand – Without Bars”) project of the San Vittore Association of the Diocese of Andria. A Mano Libera was founded by Father Don Riccardo Agresti, a priest known for his strength, courage, pragmatism, and faith in his neighbor.This project is an alternative to detention for inmates and ex-inmates of Italian prisons. Motivated by a strong desire for personal and social redemption, program participants work on a 25-acre farm in Andria, Italy, where they learn artisanal skills and produce taralli, a popular Italian snack food.Istituto Mondo Italiano has joined in this mission, and if you would like to support "A Mano Libera", you can purchase your Taralli here: https://www.saintpiofoundation.org/freehand(Choose: Istituto Mondo Italiano - Centro di cultura italiana as referring organization)
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In Search of Abundance with Luisa Del Giudice.
Luisa Del Giudice, Ph.D. was born in Terracina (Latina), emigrated to Toronto in 1956, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1981. She is internationally known for her work on Italian and Italian diaspora ethnology, folklore, and oral history. In 2008, she was named an honorary Fellow of the American Folklore Society and Cavaliere by the Italian Republic.
Her latest publication "In Search of Abundance: Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine, and Other Gastronomic Utopias," reviews four decades of the author’s research, writing, and programming within this Italian and diaspora food nexus, including her reflections on the cycle of hunger, the search for abundance, the practice and achievement of abundance. Currently inhabiting a Land of Enough, she also ponders how the COVID-19 pandemic helped shift this multigenerational trauma discourse of scarcity and abundance, contributed to her involvement in food justice initiatives, and broke the mantra’s spell.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: My Search for Abundance
1. Mountains of Cheese and Rivers of Wine: "Paesi di Cuccagna" and other Gastronomic Utopias
2. Wine Makes Good Blood: Wine Culture among Toronto Italians
3. Rituals of Charity and Abundance: Sicilian St. Joseph's Tables and Feeding the Poor in Los Angeles
4. Ischian Cultural Sites on the San Pedro, California, Map
5. Pasta
6. Feeding the Poor—Welcoming the Stranger: The Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative and St. Joseph’s Communal Tables in Watts
7. Treasure from Trees: Gold and Liquid Gold in the Oral and Archaeological Traditions around Horace's Sabine Villa in Licenza, Italy
Video interview: https://youtu.be/mcT5lWOwAsA
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Welcome to 2024! Wishing you a year full of abundance and prosperity. Some of you might have eaten lots of lentils for good fortune on New year's day but would you be curious to learn what goes into the process of making money? Today, another fascinating conversation with Egle Tringali and Valentina Bonaccorsi, curators of the MINT Museum of Rome who told all about the history and the process of making money. The origins of the Mint Museum of Rome derive from the Pontifical Mint of the Capital, founded at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1824 the Pontifical Cabinet of Medals was established, then acquired by the Government of the Kingdom of Italy in 1870 and officially established by the Italian Republic in 1958. In 1978, when the State Mint was transferred to the Istituto Poligrafico, its precious numismatic finds became part of the latter's heritage.The extraordinary collection of the Museum includes more than twenty thousand works, including medals, coins, wax models and minting objects. Among these works, in particular, it is possible to see: - coins (proofs and designs), coins of Italian and foreign states ranging from the Middle Ages to the present; in the "Lira Gallery" my guide explained also "faulty" designs that became collectors' items;- the first coin designed by a woman (and the subsequent ones):- medal collection (works by some of the most renowned and esteemed artists of all times); - a selection of wax models for medals and cameos, including the 425 candles made by Benedetto Pistrucci, the Roman engraver who created the model of the gold sovereign with St. George and the dragon, still in use today at the British Royal Mint.In the Bookshop, you will be able, if you want, purchase special edition coins.Visit Il Museo della Zecca: https://www.museozecca.ipzs.it/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - No holiday season is complete without talking about traditions, memories and Christmas music.In this week episode, we welcome back Sicilian American folk artist Michela Musolino as we travel thru time and her latest CD, La Notti Triunfanti, Folk-A-Billy Christmas: Christmas traditions from Sicily & Southern Italy mingle with musical traditions from USA...recorded in Memphis, Tennessee...South meets South to celebrate Christmas!Get a copy of the CD here: https://www.michelamusolino.com/store
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - If you grew up in Italy, you might be familiar with the tag line: "Cosa vuoi di piu' dalla vita? Un amaro Lucano!A conversation with Francesco Vena as we introduces us to the history of the most well-known liquor from Lucania (aka Basilicata), founded in 1894 by Pasquale Vena, a pastry chef who blended more than 30 herbs. The secret recipe has been passed from generation to generation in the Vena family. In 1900, Amaro Lucano gained fame throughout the Kingdom of Italy, after the Vena family became the official supplier to the House of Savoy, whose coat of arms appears on the label.After a period of recession during World War II, in 1950 the workshop became an industrial enterprise under the management of Vena's sons Leonardo and Giuseppe and in 1965 a new factory in the frazione Pisticci Scalo was opened.In the 1970s, the Vena family also began producing other alcohol-based drinks under the name "Lucano" such as the Sambuca, Limoncello and Caffè varieties, as well as liqueur-filled chocolates.So, "Cosa vuoi di piu' dalla vita? Amaro Lucano: storia di un'Italia dal bicchiere mezzo pieno" is an insightful reading into the family history and the history of Italy throughout those years.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - One of the interesting and ancient traditions that the Abruzzo region boasts is certainly the art of goldsmithing.This week we caught up with Filippo di Rienzo, 7th generation of goldsmiths in the town of Scanno, by the beautiful lake of Scanno.Thru Filippo, we discussed the use of jewelry also for popular and good luck traditions.The Abruzzo goldsmith tradition is rich in symbols, both sacred and pagan, which are still alive in this region. Many Abruzzese women wear at least one of these traditional jewels which show the strong bond they have with their region.La Presentosa, for instance, is a traditional jewel from the Abruzzo region, a very ancient piece of art dating back to the 18th century. It became famous when the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio described it in his masterpiece “The Triumph of the Death” as a large filigree star with two hearts linked by key or ribbon. This jewel was often given to young women as a promise of love. The word comes from presente, present or gift, which evolved into presentenza and presentosa in the local dialect. Tradition has it that on the day of the formalization of the union between the betrothed, the presentosa was donated by the future in-laws to the future bride as a token of love. The presentosa in this case also represented the symbol of fidelity and eternal love. The presentosa was also donated by mothers to girls of marriageable age. In this case, it was represented with a single heart and symbolized the search for a husband.When visiting Scanno, do stop by to Visit Filippo at Oreficeria di Rienzo and get first hand tour of the museum.https://www.armandodirienzo.com/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Have you ever wondered what a rice sommelier does? Could you exactly tell how many different types of rice are out there and what they are used for? Last but not least, what is the name of a very famous rice variety that was born by breeding a Californian rice variety and an Italian one? (Thank you America! )Listen to our episode to become a rice expert too and learn the steps to make an excellent risotto!Valentina Masotti is considered one of Italy’s most respected food authorities, She is both a certified Rice Sommelier and Wine Sommelier, has published cookbooks on rice, and offers online classes in Italian and English.Instagram: @rice_sommelierwww.facebook.com/thericesommeliere-mail: Masottiv@gmail.comhttps://www.ricesommelier.com/ (Select English version.)
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Both food and fashion are central to our daily lives. They speak to people’s most basic needs while also expressing our individual and cultural identities. The exhibition Food & Fashion at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. Food has influenced fashion design from the eighteenth-century to today. So while the connection between the two genres is hardly new – think of woven pomegranates, embroidered ears of wheat, or fruit-trimmed hats – just this year, in 2023, the New York Times reported that food motifs are “the new florals” in fashion. Food & Fashion is an exciting and timely exhibition that includes over eighty garments and accessories by designers including Chanel, Moschino, and Stella McCartney. It is a multifaceted look at how intertwined these genres are and what they can express about our culture and society.Food & Fashion is co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, associate curator of costume at MFIT.HURRY! The exhibit runs until November 26, 2023To find out more information, visit: https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/food-and-fashion/index.php
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: What do Hollywood, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Bank of America have in common?
Join me in conversation with the Directors of the new documentary "AP Giannini - Bank to the Future" Valentina Signorelli and Cecilia Zoppelletto as we explore the incredible true story of Amedeo Peter Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants in San Francisco who not only revolutionized the world of finance by lending money to low-income workers during the worst economic crisis of all times, but also without him, we would not have had the Marshall Plan, and the financial support to produce many of Hollywood productions such as Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid", Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night", and Walt Disney "Snow White".
This inspirational biopic features rediscovered archived material, exclusive interviews and iconic locations, tracing over a century of American history: from the Gold Rush to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, living through the Great Depression and World War II.
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The fall of 2023 marked Italy’s debut on the world stage of golf as it hosts the 44th Ryder Cup Matches, played between 12-man teams from the United States and Europe. This year’s Ryder Cup was contested from September 29 to October 1 over the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club located in Guidonia Montecelio, ten miles outside Rome.
It marked the first time that Italy as the hosted country of the Ryder Cup as it continues to expand its international appeal. The event has grown over the years to become an international sporting spectacle attracting the largest worldwide TV audience after the Olympics and World Cup, with the last European edition played in Paris reaching more than 600 million homes in over 160 countries.
To talk about the long standing golfing traditions in Italy, we caught up with Robert Sidorsky, the curator of the Exhibit "Golfing Italy" held at the IIC of New York this past October.
The artwork on display included vintage travel posters and an array of colorful pre-War brochures highlighting the pleasures of golfing in the Italian lake district and the mountain-passes of the Dolomites. The featured historic courses range from San Remo on the Italian Riviera to the glamorous Adriatic Island resort of Brioni, where the golf course has been restored as Brijuni Island in present-day Croatia.
Robert Sidorski is a lawyer in New York City and is on the board of the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA). He has written extensively about golf travel and golf course architecture and is the author of Golf Courses of the World 365 Days and Golf A History 365 Days, both published by Abrams.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - we welcome back food historian, one of America's foremost experts on Italian cuisine, Francine Segan to indulge in a conversation about CHOCOLATE.Francine brings a wealth of knowledge about food traditions in Italy that one hour together is never enough.She has also graciously shared the recipe of TORTA TENERINA (see below), and a "Friends and Family discount of 15% OFF any Venchi Chocolate online orders by going to their website and entering coupon: venchi4francine.www.us.venchi.comTORTA TENERINAMoist Chocolate Cake of Emilia-RomagnaServes 8This, virtually flourless cake, which has a crisp, macaroon-like outer layer and a dense, incredibly moist center, is by far one of the best tasting chocolate desserts I’ve ever tried. As the cake cools, it collapses just a little, creating a pretty webbing on the delicious crust.It’s made with only 5 ingredients, so be sure to use only quality chocolate, as it really stands out. A must-try classic! 7 tablespoons, 3 1/2 ounces, unsalted butter, plus more for the pan7 ounces dark chocolate, 60% cacao or higher1 cup granulated sugar4 eggs, separated2 tablespoons potato or cornstarchConfectioners’ sugar, optionalPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch spring form cake pan (Note: You can also make this cake in a square or rectangular pan, or even in individual serving ramekins. Just adjust the cooking time accordingly.)Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl, either in the microwave or over a pot of gently boiling water. In a large bowl beat the sugar and egg yolks with an electric hand held mixer until creamy and pale yellow. Beat in the chocolate-butter mixture until creamy. Add the potato starch and mix until well combined.In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Slowly, using a spatula, fold the egg whites, a little at a time, into the chocolate mixture until combined. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for about 24 minutes, until just set in the center. Don’t over-bake. The cake will continue to set as it cools. Allow it to rest for about 30 minutes before cutting it until it collapses and the top crust cracks a bit.Serve warm or at room temperature topped with confectioners’ sugar, if you like.From: Dolci: Italy’s Sweets by Francine Segan (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Do you remember the Italian sabbatical campaign launched by Air B&B to spend three months in Grottole (Basilicata)?Well, 290,000 later, we caught up with one of the Co-Founders of Wonder Grottole Andrea Paoletti, and Dan Kidson who traded his frenetic life in San Francisco to fullfil his "Italian Dream" in Grottole.Wonder Grottole:A project that involves people from all over the world to rehabilitate the historic centre of Grottole in Basilicata that is only 30 km from Matera and the European Capital of Culture 2019.To learn more about WONDER GROTTOLE, visit: https://www.wondergrottole.it/en/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The Barber of Seville explained!In conversation with Samuele Bozzolla as we bring to you most famous areas and anecdotes of this opera buffa by Rossini.- Did you know that The Barber of Seville was a huge fiasco when it made its debut?- Did you know that Rossini completed two operas every year for 19 consecutive years?- Did you know that when the tenor, Manuel Garzia, was supposed to start his second aria of the first act, playing the guitar himself, all of the cords snapped?Well, thank goodness, none of these incidents occurred in the wonderful rendition of The Barber of Seville, currently performing at the Pittsburgh Opera. Two more performances on Oct 20th & 22nd. Use coupon code: POIMI to receive 50% OFF your tickets: https://www.pittsburghopera.org/season/the-barber-of-sevillehttps://youtu.be/QTOCg0E5-hsThe Italian Radio Hour will be attending on Friday Oct. 20th. Stop by and say "Hi".Pittsburgh Opera Istituto Mondo Italiano - Centro di cultura italiana The Italian Radio Hour
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour we caught up with Marianna Gatto, Founder and Executive Director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles.IAMLA has just presented the twelfth annual Taste of Italy, an upscale food and wine festival that has drawn crowds from all over the United States, and Italy. As IAMLA is getting ready to present their new exhibition, “Louis Prima: Rediscovering a Musical Icon,” we were fortunate enough to see some of the key pieces of exiting exhibit of Pinocchio.in collaboration with the Gia Maione Prima Foundation, the Louis Prima (1910 to 1978) exhibit explores the legacy of an extremely skilled jazzman, a songwriter and performer whose music is still found in film and television, TikTok videos, Disney tunes, and hit covers by contemporary artists.Visit The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles at: https://www.iamla.org/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - 'Italy is Out" is the fruit of the collaboration between Mario Badagliacca, established documentary photographer, and Derek Duncan, Professor of Italian at the University of St. Andrews and whose objective was to explore the implications Italian migration in a global perspective tracing cultural transformations across borders, generations, and languages.Badagliacca visited the project's key locations conducting interviews with Italians or people of Italian descent before photographing them in familiar locations. The subjects of the portraits were invited to bring along three objects representing their attachment to Italy. The sheer variety of the objects which appear alongside the portraits suggests the diversity of the migrant experience.Joined in the conversation by Edi Giunta, Professor of English at New Jersey City University, whose story, essay, and objects appear in the book, she shares the story of her family, and her journey between the different stages of being an Italian living overseas, and what her chosen objects represent to her..Fiction, autobiography, and academic reflection sit side by side adding to Badagliacca's multifaceted exploration of Italian abroad.https://www.mariobadagliacca.com/italy_is_out-s3362
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour we caught up with Lorenzo Lisi, to talk about NEXXT Expo, the biggest Expo of Made in Italy that take place Oct. 19-22 at CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles,.Nexxt Expo will feature over 120 vendors, meticulously curated to offer an authentic and immersive Italian experience. Also, this expo serves as an opportunity not only to showcase the best of Made in Italy but to offer a view into the US market for Italian companies that would like to expand their reach to the US. So, it is both a great B2C and B2B opportunity to learn, buy, taste and try!The event is FREE to attend. Tickets available at madeinitalyexpo.eventbrite.comGet ready to savor the flavors of Italy at Nexxt - Made in Italy ExpoFor more information, visit: https://www.nexxt-expo.com/primaedizione/nexxtexpo.com/index.html
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour we travel to the region of Umbria.
Defined as Italy's Green Lung, our expert sommelier Francesco Rossetti tells us about some of the amazing wines, cheeses, and olive oils produced in this region, and how "Assisi Vino" was born.Francesco will be soon embarking on a two month long tour in the US where he will share flavors of Umbria with the US audience.If you are in the Pittsburgh area, you'll be able to meet Francesco and try first hand wonderful Umbrian specialties in November. Stay tuned for more.To order your very own Umbrian specialties from Assisi Vino, visit: https://stelvietti.com/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - With more than 90 million views on Youtube and Facebook, 40 FINGERS is one of the new crossover phenomenon acclaimed all over the world. They are a fabulous guitar quartet born in 2018. Each of them with a strong musical history and a different background, 40 Fingers explore new sounds in the name of fingerpicking combined with their unique style, offering an amazing repertoire of famous rock/pop songs cleverly arranged for four guitars (from Queen to Toto, from Dire Straits to Eric Clapton, from Astor Piazzolla to the Beatles). They are able to create a unique engagement with the audience that has no borders of languages and countries. Check out the LIVE videos!Queen supported them publishing on their website the "40 fingers" version of Bohemian Rhapsody (official Queen website); Andrea Bocelli involved them in his special The Journey, duetting on the notes of "Hallelujah", for American TV. In the American territory they have recently found a great reception from the audience during their first tour in the United States, when their concerts in Boston, New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia has reached the sold out. Andy Summers, founding member of The Police and legend of world music, fell in love with their project, he involved them in a 5-guitar reinterpretation of the famous "Bring on the night”, a collaboration consecrated by the publication of an official video clip (40 FINGERS feat Andy Summers).If you are in the Pittsburgh area, 40 FINGERS will perform on Tuesday Sept 26th at 8pm at the City Winery.Check out 40 FINGERS official website for all their 2023 Tour dates in the US: https://40fingersguitarquartet.com/
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PITTSBURGH ITALIANS: Who remembers Larimer Avenue's Little Italy? What memories do you have about Larimer Avenue? This week on The Italian Radio Hour, I caught up with Linda Schifino, author of her newly published book "NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL".On a recent drive thru Larimer Avenue, the neighborhood that was home to Linda and her family, she came to realize that what she grew up with, now is all gone. Wanting to find a way to preserve her family stories for her little granddaughter Alex, what was initially a collection of essays became, over the course of five years, a book that explores timeless human themes of family, place, and loss of community. An Italian American enclave of Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Larimer's Avenue consisted of small-time criminals on street corners, Saints’ Day festivals with brass bands and homemade sausage sandwiches, and the Italian Brotherhood Beneficial Association, where her great-grandfather drank too much and sang too loud. Larimer Avenue was a working poor community rooted in the struggles of immigrants who lived in tiny apartments and carried lunch pails to work. Folks in the neighborhood stayed for generations. They seemed oblivious to the post-war sprawl to the suburbs, or maybe it was scarcity that kept them there. Scarcity of transportation since almost no one owned a car, or scarcity of money to make a move affordable.Scarcity of options. Yet, as a child, Schifino didn’t see anything but abundance emanating from these people, these spaces.Remembering the legacy of Larimer ensures that we never forget the lives of our immigrant ancestors from the Old World and the communities they built to sustain themselves in the New World. VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/jewCkXxDrQENeighborhood Girl is available on Sunbury Press:https://www.sunburypress.com/products/neighborhood-girl...and on Amazon:https://a.co/d/0hW5tHk
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour we caught up with Italian-Australian comedian Joe (Giuseppe) Avati on a short break from his world tour "When I was your age".
Joe and I met in Pittsburgh during his premier show in July.
Joe seamlessly blends family anecdotes with relatable events from the collective memory and true mishaps in Italy.
https://youtu.be/UYRWu8A7dfQ
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: DISCOVER ITALY in Vermont. In conversation with Lisa DeNatale, President of VICA - Vermont Italian Cultural Association. Last year, our initial contact with Italians living in VT, started with Alessandra Rellini, Owner and Operator of Agricola Vermont and Monte Verdi salumi in Panton, which then we visited of the July 4th holidays. That sparked more research into the Italian community in VT and we connected with Lisa De Natale, President of the Vermont Italian Cultural Association. In this interview, Lisa talks about the Italian influence on the territory, and the local industries. as well as the many programs that VICA offers to connect to your Italian roots in an enriching way.https://youtu.be/sPbXVCP-eGoTo listen to our interview to Alessandra Rellini and learn more about her salumi, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8OxBj6NDq4&t=6s
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Italian Folk Dances & Music with Andrea De Siena, Anthony Taddeo, and Laura Esposito
Traveling throughout Italy, especially in the Summer can be a great opportunity to catch up on festivals, sagre and wonderful dance exhibitions.
The passion for Italian Folk Dances is even stronger now that the new generation has embraced it as an artistic art form, an expression of the people, their voices, a bridge between the past and the future.
We caught up with Anthony Taddeo, Founder of Alla Boara in Cleveland (OH) who has made preserving and readapting Italian folk music his life mission Andrea De Siena and Laura Esposito in their dance studio in Rome.
This initial encounter between Anthony and Andrea in Rome, has actually materialized with Alla Boara's first music video, a joint Cleveland-Rome collaboration featuring Alla Boara in Cleveland and Andrea and Laura dancing in Rome.
Can't wait for the video to be officially released!
https://youtu.be/MW8JL_o7osM
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with KATIE PARLA (aka Katie "parla") I met up with Katie Parla in her tastefully decorated apartment in Rome, caught up on life, books, and all the great adventures that resulted in her latest beautiful book: FOOD of THE ITALIAN ISLANDS (FOTII), recipes from the Sunbaked Beaches, Coastal Villages, and Rolling Hillsides of Sicily, Sardinia, and BeyondFood of the Italian Islands contains over 85 recipes, both original and reimagined, that showcase the allures off Italy's coasts, including pane frattau featuring Sardinia's beloved flatbread; bigoli in salsa, a party pasta popular in Venice; coniglio all'ischitana, braised rabbit in the style of Ischia, and torta caprese, Capri's flourless chocolate-almond cake. With New York Times bestselling author Katie Parla as the intrepid guide, Food of the Italian Islands delves into the rich culinary and cultural fabric of the destinations, inviting readers to join a highly specialized, curated experience through places never previously documented in English or Italian cookbook form. The book's 21 features provide historical insight while unveiling island traditions and pleasures such as the offal delicacies dominating Palermo's street food scene, urchin diving in Ponza and an overview on the boozy choose-your-own-journey to making infused spirits. From hitting the unpaved backroads in a FIAT Panda or taking a jaunt through the Venetian lagoon in Katie's fishing boat, Laura, Food of the Italian Island offers full immersion down to the mode of transportation. Organized playfully with a thematic approach, with travel tips and pairing suggestions throughout, Food of the Italian Islands is a siren call for readers to cook island food from wherever they are and with whatever they have.
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This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: What does being Italian mean to you?Italians moving to the States now bring new traditions. Italians that have emigrated to the United States hundred years ago brought the traditions, the foods and the language of those times. So, even if the experience of being "Italian" might now differ, the sentiment remains the same: to preserve, to pass on, to appreciate everything that Italy and the Italian (and Italian American) culture has to offer.Keeping the conversation going and an open mind-set that transcends the idea of "real" and "authentic", is the only way to preserve this immense cultural and diverse patrimony.Joined in conversation by John Viola and Patrick O'Boyle, hosts of the Italian American Podcast, we discuss what it means to be Italian to us.If you recall, I was recently interviewed on The Italian American Podcast myself. You can relisten to that episode here and give IAP a subscribe: https://podcasters.spotify.com/.../IAP-283-The.../a-aa1m2uv
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - During our tour of Friuli Venezia Giulia, we savored many DOP products of the region but Prosciutto San Daniele reigned king. After a "sensorial" tour of Prosciuttificio Prolongo, we caught up with Arianna Prolongo, third generation owner of PROSCIUTTIFICIO PROLONGO to learn about the steps and the quality assurance processes to guarantee and obtain the one and only Prosciutto San Daniele DOP stamp.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: Exploring Magazzino Italian Art, the only museum and Research Center dedicated to advancing scholarship and public appreciation of postwar and contemporary Italian art in the United States. The museum was founded by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu with the mission to share works of the group of Italian artists who exhibited together in the late 1960s and early 1970s, affiliated with the art movement of Arte Povera, with American audiences.Magazzino opened to the public on June 28, 2017, with an exhibition dedicated to the influence and legacy of Margherita Stein, a late Italian dealer associated with artists active in Arte Povera circles and beyond. The museum is FREE and OPEN to the public. Magazzino, which means "warehouse" in Italian, consists of an old farmers’ warehouse (later turned into a dairy distribution center and then a computer factory) and a new building by Spanish architect Miguel Quismondo. The building includes a new exhibition space and a 5,000-volume library, making up the core of the Research Center, opened in 2018.Magazzino Italian Art is located in Cold Spring, New York, within the Town of Philipstown on U.S. Route 9, on the former Cyberchron site.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Meet Sara Bonfanti, the ballerina that traveled almost 8,000km on foot across Italy in 7 months from Friuli to Sardegna on the Club Alpinisti Trails.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Gemma, the woman Dante never wrote about. What personality did this Florentine woman that no one remembers had? For love, she marries an inadvisable man: not rich, devoid of political power and moreover a poet. She doesn't let herself be dismayed when he finds himself on the wrong front, in a Florence where the bitter struggle between factions destroys lives and fortunes. And the rival, the angelic Beatrice? Will Gemma ever confront Dante? With this novel Marina Marazza brings us another historical novel that recounts the vicissitudes and strength of a woman of the past whose life has been overshadowed by the fame of her husband but that in reality is a true heroine of her time.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: Like father, like son. The history of Pennsylvania Macaroni, and the Sunseri family.
In this episode, we caught up with Bill Sunseri and his son Massimo, to learn about the history of the Sunseri family, how PennMac has become a point of reference in the life of Pittsburghers and visitors alike, and what it means to carry on Italian traditions, now so many generations removed since the first Sunseri left Trabia, Sicily to come to Pittsburgh in 1902.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - La Corsa dei Ceri and Italians in Lackawanna County with Stephanie Longo.
What do Gubbio and Jessup (PA) have in common?
Join our conversation with Stephanie Longo, as we explore old and new traditions and how diverse Italian American populations join old and new with events such as La Corsa dei Ceri or St. Ubaldo Day in Jessup and La Festa Italiana on Scranton's Courthouse Square.
Stephanie Longo, an expert on the Italian American history of northeastern Pennsylvania and author of Italians of Lackawanna County tells us that every town in the county with an Italian population has its own story. Whether the people can trace their origins to Guardia or Gubbio, Felitto or Perugia, the Italians of Lackawanna County all share one thing in common: a strong sense of pride in their ethnic origins. In Images of Modern America: Italians of Lackawanna County, readers will find familiar images of summertime traditions, as well as new representations of how the region's Italian community seeks to preserve its heritage.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Venice, the city of water. For centuries Venice has been made famous by the material that most profoundly represents its enchanting history and fluid terrain, glass.
As early as the nineteen eighties, Stephano and Daniele Attombri caught much attention and acclaim with their unique design that seems to move amid the fertile terrain of both fashion and fine art. The Attombri brothers work within a particular contemporary key. A skillful balance has been struck between the materials of old and new and the blend of both traditional Venetian technique and innovation. Venetian antiquity merges with ethnic patterning, mythology and avant-garde style. The surprising selection of materials such as copper, silver and Murano glass beads of old intertwine to render a look that is timeless.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Ready to pack your bags and head to Venice? This week, we connected with Monica Cesarato, food blogger, guide extraordinaire, podcaster, and much more to talk about "Andar per bacari"...aka, how and where to go to try authentic Venetian "finger foods" (cichetti). Her tours and also book with the same title, will be a great (and delicious) way to discover Venice in a more authentic way.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: "Tracing threads and weaving stories" with Luci Callipari-MarcuzzoOf Calabrian origin, Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo is a multi-disciplinary artist, mother, researcher, arts worker, curator, and writer, based near Mildura in Northwest Victoria, Australia. Via a variety of disciplines, Luci makes artifacts utilizing traditional women’s modes of making: sewing, embroidery, and crochet, reinventing these notions through her practice, reclaiming these practices through memory and intention. The work is a manifestation of the hopes, dreams, and desires of migrant women, and also, their lived realities. It strives to honor their voices which were often silenced by the dominant gender roles within the Italian Calabrian diaspora.
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"POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS" - Directed by Zac Baliva (Executive Producer John Tuturro), this full lengthy documentary gives voice to the untold stories of families what were victims of the Proclamations by President Roosevelt which authorized the United States to detain allegedly potentially dangerous enemy aliens. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies arrested thousands of suspected enemy aliens, mostly individuals of German, Italian, or Japanese ancestry, living throughout the United States.
WINNER - 2021 Russo Bros. Italian American Film Forum
BEST DOCUMENTARY - 2022 Ferrara Film Festival
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Let's cook with best selling author Frances Mayes, who returns to The Italian Radio Hour to talk about her new cookbook: PASTA VELOCE - Under the Tuscan Sun inspired recipes easy to make in a cinch!During our conversation, we will talk about the making of Under the Tuscan Sun and her residence Bramasole, her life in Cortona (Italy), and a special appearance by Frances' husband Ed to talk about Extra Virgin Olive Oil!
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: TINA, MAFIA SOLDIER.In conversation with Sicilian writer Maria Rosa Cutrufelli and Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and translator of the book.Sicily, 1980s: When she was just eight years old, Tina watched as her father, a member of Cosa Nostra, was murdered in cold blood. Now a teenager, she terrorizes her hometown of Gela, having made it her mission to join the mafia, an organization traditionally forbidden to women as made members. Nicknamed ’a masculidda, or “the tomboy,” Tina has taken charge of her own clan, and is notorious for her cruelty and reckless disregard for societal expectations. When a news article is published about Tina’s latest crimes, a teacher living in Rome feels compelled to write a novel about her—even though it means returning to her native Sicily to gather material. She and Tina circle around each other in a dangerous dance of obsession and violence until their first, and last, explosive meeting. This groundbreaking exploration of gender identity and clear-eyed presentation of an unseen side of the mafia is a landmark literary achievement by one of Italy’s feminist icons.Subscribe for FREE to the Italian Radio Hour on YouTube Channel and get automatically notified about new content!https://www.youtube.com/@theitalianradiohourMaria Rosa CutrufelliRobin Pickering-Iazzi Italian-Program UW-Milwaukee Istituto Mondo Italiano - Centro di cultura italiana The Italian Radio Hour
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - A conversation with Marina Marchese, Italian trained honey sensory expert and author of The Honey Connoisseur, a conversation that will span from her passion that started with Italian bees, honey tasting and bee keeping!An interesting conversation not to be missed!#italianbees #honey #beekeeping #queenbee
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Ready to travel to LIGURIA? Join me in conversation with Enrica Monzani, Founder of A small kitchen in Genoa, and now author of a new cookbook in Italian AND ENGLISH (Yeah): LIGURIA IN CUCINA - The Flavors of Liguria.
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From Calabria to Sharpsburg, the story of Pete's father, Pietro Ferraro and his mission to bring recorded messages of hope and joy to the United States as an immigrant in 1966. In doing so, he unknowingly immortalizes a generation of Italians through rare audio recordings and more than 50 years later we see its impact on the next generation living in the U.S.
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How does USA made pasta hold up to their Italian counterparts? Meet Sfoglini pasta! Sfoglini combines the very best of Italian technique and American ingredients: traditional bronze dies and plates, beautiful pasta shapes, great porosity! Pasta is also slow-dry to preserve both flavor and nutrients. Sfoglini sources fifteen organic durum semolina pastas from the best in North American organic grains and local and small farms to produce various seasonal pastas throughout each year. While interviewing Sfoglini’s Co-Founder Scott Ketchum, we cooked their cascatelli in a cream, pancetta, and coffee grinds (yes, you heard me!) for a real time test and the result was simply delicious.The pasta held not only its beautiful "waterfall" shape but the sauce and a nice al dente bite!Try to believe!
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: REMEMBERING THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE.As the City of New York is preparing to commemorate the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire where 146 mainly young immigrant women lost their lives, trapped in the building, we caught up with Mary Anne Trasciatti, President of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, and a Professor of Rhetoric and Director of the Labor Studies program at Hofstra University in Long Island.Mary Anne talks about the impact this tragedy had on current safety and labor laws, what the commemoration will look like THIS FRIDAY, the construction of the Memorial that will unveiled later in the year and the impact this event had on the collective through the essays contained in "TALKING TO THE GIRLS".To learn more: https://rememberthetrianglefire.org/commemoration/ ABOUT THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE:The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was the site of one of the worst workplace tragedies in American history. On March 25, 1911, fire broke out at the factory, which occupied the top three floors of the ten-story Asch Building, in Greenwich Village, New York City. At the time, there were over 500 employees—most were young women; most were recent immigrants. The fire began on the 8th floor; most workers on the eighth and tenth floors were able to escape. However, those on the 9th floor, where the rear door was locked to prevent theft, were trapped. The locked exit, the collapse of the fire escape, and the inability of the fire truck ladders to reach above the sixth floor, resulted in the death of 146 workers, mostly young women. Many of the victims jumped to their death, rather than remain in the burning building.ABOUT Mary Anne TrasciattiShe is co-editor Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire (New Village Press, 2022), with Edi Giunta. She is also a co-editor of Where Are the Workers?: Labor’s Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (University of Illinois Press, 2022). Trasciatti is the daughter and granddaughter of garment workers, and has devoted more than a decade to advocating for the creation of a Triangle Fire Memorial. In her work, she is inspired by the discipline of rhetoric as a tool for knowledge creation, community building, and social advocacy. ABOUT Talking to the Girls: Intimate & Political Essays on the Triangle FireA powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire brings together stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. One hundred and eleven years after the tragic incident, Talking to the Girls articulates a story of contemporary global relevance and stands as an act of collective testimony: a written memorial to the Triangle victims.Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition: https://rememberthetrianglefire.org/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with Larry Richert (Producer of the documentary) and Bruno's son Darryl Sammartino.
Not only Bruno's achievements as an athlete with unprecedented sold out matches at Madison Square Garden as a headliner but also how his story on how he and his family escape from the tragedies of WWII, have made Bruno Sammartino a great inspirational figure for people all over the world.
Bruno was the son of Italian immigrant parents, who looked out at that world of privileged fame with the eyes of a boy whose family fled the Nazi invasion of their home in Italy, feared for their lives at the hands of Hitler’s SS Troop’s, were nearly machine gunned to death execution style and suffered malnutrition and near-fatal illness only to arrive in a country where his inability to speak the language and his poor physical health as a 13 year old 75 pound that made him a focus of ethnic ridicule and an easy target of schoolyard bullies.
Throughout his life, Bruno faced his own moments of challenge both in and out of the wrestling ring. This documentary provides an in-depth look at the man who holds honor above fame and dignity above fortune. It provides Bruno the opportunity to share the truth behind the speculation and allows others intimately involved with his life to share their experiences about the man behind the titles. Historic images and films plus recreations supplement the interviews and provide a chronological thread for detailing Bruno’s improbable rise to become the strongest man in the world.
Additionally, Arnold Schwarzenegger flew from a movie set in California to Madison Square Garden just to induct Bruno into the WWE Hall-Of-Fame in 2013.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with Anila Aloisio For those belonging to a generation born from the immigrant experience, often the link to their heritage lies in the interaction and culinary rituals centered in the kitchen. The sacred ingredients and codes for food preparation make the process of cooking all the more meaningful. It isn’t surprising that family secrets and cultural attachments are interlaced and inadvertently divulged during the preparation of the meal. Food becomes the pretext for intuitive exchange and conversation.
Driven to honor such culinary attachments, Basilicata Secrets brings its audience on a cinematic and literary adventure. It highlights the richness of undisclosed culinary and oral traditions and recipes and illustrates them on video and in an unconventional recipe book. A total of 14 episodes produced for TV and Web platforms map out the 10 villages visited by the director Anita Aloisio who then shares her experience in uncovering the uniqueness of 14 recipe secrets. The Book, describes the personal journey of the director as she reconnects with the traditions and practices in food making and relationship building.
Emotionally strong, poignant and entertaining, the Basilicata Secrets project provides an opportunity to understand culture, identity and tradition and will satisfy the curiosity of the modern culinary traveler, the sedentary foodie and of course all Italophiles. For more info: www.istitutomondoitaliano.org https://basilicatasecrets.com/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: A conversation with The Gladiator Guide" aka Alexander Mariotti aka "The GLADIATOR GUIDE. Alexander is an award-winning Roman Historical Consultant and a leading speaker on gladiatorial life, combat, and weaponry. We will learn interesting and less known facts about Gladiators, as well as when to see Gladiators parading downtown Rome, and much more!
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The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - A wonderful conversation with Susan Everett Gravely, Founder and Creative Director of Vietri, and internationally acclaimed author Frances Mayes as they share stories about Italy, Food, and Friendship to accompany the publication of Susan's new memoir and cookbook "Italy on a Plate". Foreword by Francis Mayes.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Grazia D'Annunzio joins us to talk about Italian Fashion through her recent production "Italian Fashion from A to Z" available for free on YouTube. Each week, Grazia presents a different designer in a concise, informative and engaging way providing enough information to want to rewatch each episode twice or...watch a few more at the time!
Watch our video interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UuiFgHOqLt4
For more information: Istituto Mondo Italiano: www.istitutomondoitaliano.org Italian Fashion from A to Z: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwMxUCxY04akTxv8a8dY4Q
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour in Conversation with Laura Caparrotti, Director and Writer of "Tutti in Scena", the first documentary about the history of the beginning of the Italian Theater in NYC told by today's Italian Theater Company in NY, Kairos Italy Theater.
Thru the work of Malzone, Maiori, Farfariello, Cordiferro, Antonietta Pisanielli, Ria Rosa and many others, Laura documents the development of the first amateur and professional theaters in NYC as well as the role that theater had in the immigrant community, family life and social conscience of those times.
About Laura Caparrotti:
Laura is the Founding Artistic Director of the main Italian Theater Company in NY Kairos Italy Theater and of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian Theater Festival to take place in all 5 NY Boroughs. In 2019 Laura inaugurated On Stage! the first American Theater Festival in Rome as a associate director. Among Laura's many characters, one of our favorite is Miss Margherita, a despotic teacher-diva, who has a unique method for teaching Italian through the ABCs of what everyone knows about Italy: “A” equals “amore,” “B” equals “buono,” “C” equals “citta,” and so on. After Miss Margherita finishes reciting Dante’s poetry and scenes from Italian plays, singing old and new Italian songs, comparing regional differences, and demonstrating her impeccably correct pronunciation, everyone will know absolutely everything they ever need to know about the Italian language,” the library states.
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For more information: Tutti in scena : https://tuttiinscena.com/ KIT Theater: https://kitheater.com/profile/laura-caparrotti/
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Today’s conversation topic is Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino, a wonderful publication written by Jonathan Cavallero. Jonathan is an Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies at Bates College and the Founding Director of the Bates Film Festival. In his book, Jonathan explores the different ways in which Italian American directors from the 1920s to the present have responded to their ethnicity. While some directors have used film to declare their ethnic roots and create an Italian American "imagined community," others have ignored or even denied their background.
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Prof Edvige Giunta On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, New York. The top three floors housed the Triangle Waist Company, a factory where approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women and girls, labored to produce fashionable cotton blouses, known as “waists.” The fire killed 146 workers in a mere 15 minutes but pierced the perpetual conscience of citizens everywhere. The Asch Building had been considered a modern fireproof structure, but inadequate fire safety regulations left the workers inside unprotected. The tragedy of the fire, and the resulting movements for change, were pivotal in shaping workers' rights and unions. A powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire brings together stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. One hundred and eleven years after the tragic incident, Talking to the Girls articulates a story of contemporary global relevance and stands as an act of collective testimony: a written memorial to the Triangle victims.
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Experience Italy in an action-packed ALL-EXPENSES paid journey exploring UNESCO sites, local hotspots and breath-taking landscapes. With NIAF's Voyage of Discovery, you will travel with Italian American peers while being introduced to the vibrant culture, mouth-watering cuisine, and fascinating history that puts one's Italian American heritage into a life-changing context that was never realized before.
ELIGIBILITY: - Must be a full-time college student at a college or university for the semester preceding the trip; - Between the ages of 18-23 at the time of travel; - Of Italian heritage; - Never previously visited Italy; - A United States citizen or permanent resident alien; - Must be a member of NIAF IMPORTANT DATES: Trip dates: June 2023 Deadline to apply: January 31st, 2023 For more information, visit: https://www.niaf.org/programs/voyage-of-discovery/
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This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas.
In conversation with Dr. Andrea Canepari, Directorate General for Country Promotion of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome. Dr. Canepari was also the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2017
Italian arts and culture have been a significant influence on Philadelphia dating back to Thomas Jefferson and colonial times. Throughout the ensuing decades, Italian art and architecture styles flourished, and wealthy Philadelphians traveled to Italy and brought back objects to display in emerging institutions of art and culture. New immigration formed neighborhoods—such as South Philly, home to the Italian Market—and Italian business leaders, politicians, artists, musicians and sports figures came to prominence and became part of the social fabric of the city.
This glorious volume, The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia, celebrates the history, impact, and legacy of this vibrant community, tracing four periods of key transformation in the city’s political, economic, and social structures. The editors and contributors chronicle the changing dynamics of the city as Italian immigrants established themselves and as they continue to have lively interactions with people and institutions in Italy.
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In 1985, Antonio Ratti created in Como the non-profit foundation that bears his name, with the desire to share his passion for art and textiles and to preserve his textile collection. Over the past 30 years, Fondazione Antonio Ratti (FAR) has been supporting and promoting research and experimentation in culture and the arts, including scholars, established and emerging artists in a lively and open environment. The Foundation, headed by Annie Ratti since 2002, is located in Villa Sucota, an historic building on Lake Como. Here we find Antonio Ratti’s extraordinary collection of antique textiles preserved – with more than 30.000 pieces from across the globe – and a library open to the public with more than 7800 volumes specialized in textiles, fashion, visual arts and crafts. Every year the program Artists' Research Laboratory (CSAV) is held in this location. It was conceived by Annie Ratti in 1995, with the intention of allowing young international artists to deepen their practices and research through experimentation and dialogue with major figures on the contemporary art scene. FAR organizes also a wide range of activities, courses, lectures and seminars dedicated to different subjects, from history of textile to theory of art, from cineforum to permaculture. In addition, FAR proposes exhibitions in which antique textiles from the collection dialogue with contemporary works of art, activating unexpected connections between the two souls of the Foundation. The spaces of the villa and the surrounding garden – that host site-specific artworks made by a selection of artists who have collaborated with the Foundation – become thus places of encounter and debate platforms where visitors, scholars, entrepreneurs and experts from different fields have the chance to meet and gather in order to expand and deepen their research and influence each other in the process. Fondazione Antonio Ratti is therefore internationally renowned and is part of a larger network of institutions which exchange and develop ideas together. The location of Villa Sucota – where FAR moved in 2010 becoming part of the Kilometer of Knowledge project – places the Foundation in a wider cultural context in terms of its architecture and location, thus acting as a cultural reference point for the city of Como.
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A massive enterprise to build the bigger movable Befana "puppet" that has made her "royal" entrance today in Padova in Prato della Valle. A team consisting of various artists, gymnasts, and creative minds conquered the challenge to even transport the huge Befana in pieces and reconstruct it for the enjoyment of "grandi e piccini". Bravi tutti! Today, we were joined by Sara Celeghin and Giovanna Bracco right after all the festivities and the tear down was completed, full of excitement for the "mission accomplished". Befane on stilts, Befane on bicycles, Fire fighters as part of the show, Prato della Valle today was filled with smiles. L'evento è a cura di Teatro Invisibile in collaborazione con il Comune di Padova. La Befana marionetta è un'idea di Giorgio Gabrielli che l'ha progettata e realizzata con la collaborazione di Giovanna Bacco- Crispy, Samuel Silvestrin e l'aiuto indispensabile di Olmo Gabrielli ed Elena Testa.
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In this episode, we caught up with artist Teresa Astorino who has been making nativity sets, aka Presepi from a very young age with a variety of different materials. Her work has been features at the Vatican's exhibit of "100 Presepi" which features 100 nativity sets from all over the world. She joined us from Ciro, in provide of Crotone (Calabria). The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italian culture from all over the world. Celebrate your Italian-ness by subscribing to The Italian Radio Hour.
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This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Have you ever wondered how Italian food became American?
Join us for a conversation with Ian MacAllen, author of "Red Sauce, How Italian Food Became American", an interesting journey into the history and the development of some dishes that might have had Italian origins but took an "American twist" over time.
This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Dreaming of Italy?
Don't miss our conversation with Kathy McCabe, Host and Executive Producer of the TV Travel Series "Dream of Italy" as we talk about how Italy can change your life and how to Make your Italy Dream Come True.
Kathy McCabe is America’s #1 Italy travel influencer with an audience of more than 60 million on PBS alone.
She is the Host and Executive Producer of the TV travel series "Dream of Italy" with two seasons and two specials currently airing on on PBS stations, CreateTV, PBS.org, the PBS app, YouTube and Amazon Prime.
We all love CHEESE but there is one someone that really knows A LOT about Cheese.
Join The Italian Radio Hour this Thursday as we chat with Eleonora Baldwin, the creator of ABCheese, a TV program that kept people curious, entertained and informed about all the different types of Italian cheeses.
Additionally, Eleonora will share a little bit about growing up as a "figlia" and "nipote" d'arte. Yes, Baldwin like Peter Baldwin, and De Sica, like in Vittorio De Sica!!!!
Welcome to The Italian Radio Hour, news from Italy, about Italy and Italians all over the world. Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: On your next trip to Italy, how about a little treasure hunt around Florence to find those lovely wine doors that were featured in the news as examples of "contactless" distribution of wine? Join us as we chat with photographer Robbin Gheesling, who patiently documented over 170 of these little wine doors in her book "Wine Doors of Florence". (Addresses included to complete your hunt!) Tune in on Thursday at 5:05pm on 620AM (Pittsburgh) or stream us online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhbOrder your book here: https://www.robbingheesling.com/.../wine-doors-of-florenceI love both the tote and we will reconstruct the puzzle over the holidays! Robbin Gheesling Photography Robbin Gheesling
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with the amazing, the one and only Katie Parla, a Rome-based New York Times bestselling cookbook author, food and beverage journalist, culinary guide, educator, and Emmy-nominated television host. Katie has written, edited, or contributed to more than 35 books and when not writing cookbooks or filing articles for publications like Saveur, Food & Wine, The New York Times (and more!), you’ll find Katie leading culinary walking tours of Rome and appearing on television programs like “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” on CNN and “Chef’s Table” on Netflix. Her latest book: “ Food of the Italian Islands” promises to be equally extraordinary as Katie dives into the culture, history, and traditions of two amazing regions of Italy 🇮🇹, Sicilia and Sardegna. Pre-order your signed copy: https://katieparla.online/products/food-of-the-italian-islands-cookbook
Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Ready for "your dose of Pasta Grannies?
Join our conversation with Vicky Bennison, the creator of Pasta Grannies who will share all about this wonderful, heart-warming project and the grannies...
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Recently, we came across a beautiful story about a PenPal friend and we thought it would be a great story to share with our listeners and viewers as it is a celebration of friendship across the ocean. Written by: Sharon Waldrop Published in the MAY 19, 2022 of: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a38199320/my-pen-pal-died-before-we-could-meet/
Enjoy our conversation with Valentina Gritti on tonight's episode of The Italian Radio Hour: SLOW FOOD YOUTH NETWORK!
Fresh of the radio!
Valentina Gritti, Global community and project manager at Slow Food Youth Network.
The Slow Food Youth Network is celebrating food culture and local tastes and reducing food waste while championing sustainability and biodiversity in their communities and around the world.
The Marriage of Figaro with Samuele Bozzolla.
Ready to catch the ongoing production of The Marriage of Figaro at Pittsburgh Opera?
Our friend and opera connoiseur Samuele Bozzolla returns to The Italian Radio Hour to give us interesting fun facts about on of Mozart's masterpiece.
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The faces of NEW IMMIGRATION. Now, we are called "Professionals living Overseas" but America is still providing professional oppurtunities to grow and start your own business that continue to appeal to many young Italians. Meet Valentina Scholar, Founder of Bike the Burgh Tours and Bea Spolidoro, Principal at Fisher Architecture as they both share how they came to Pittsburgh, initial challenges and biggest accomplishments while also providing some advise for the new comers.