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January 2020 | La Gazzetta Italiana
From November 12-17, Venice experienced the second worst flood in its recorded history. More than 85 percent of the city flooded causing immense damage to its cultural and historical heritage and to its homes and businesses. We in the Italian...
Superstition or Religion? The Ultimate Afterlife Destination: Heaven
January 2020 | Diana Lucarino-Diekmann
The Roman Catholic Church teaches heaven to be primarily a state of being; a beatific, happy, blissful understanding of God, rather than a place “up there.” It is utter and absolute fulfillment. I liken it to Samadhi, the eighth limb of Yoga or...
Perugia Sardines Don’t Swim
January 2020 | Anne Robichaud
In the everchanging scope of Italian politics, a new anti-populist political movement calling themselves ‘Sardines’ is growing exponentially all over Italy as a response to Matteo Salvini’s bid to win power in traditionally left-wing Emilia-Romagna...
A Look Back: ITALIAN AMERICANS - A CULTURE OF LOVE
January 2020 | Phillip Campanella
As we look forward to a new decade ahead, I'd like to take some time to look back at some of my favorite articles over the years. Here is an article by Phil Campanella from January 2014. I really enjoy how Phil 's words bring to life our...
To Catch a Thief
December 2019 | Joanna Lucarino
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” also known as La Gioconda, has more than just her smile and eyes shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories. Most notable is the world-famous theft from the Louvre in 1911 and vandalisms in the 1950’s. The Mona...
The Night of La Befana
December 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In Italian folklore, La Befana is an old woman who delivers small gifts and treats to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5th). Italian children leave a snack for her and hang their stocking before going to bed, hoping...
Connecting Continents or Destroying Populations?
November 2019 | Janice Therese Mancuso
Before news of Christopher Columbus’ western voyage with his discovery of a new land was distributed throughout Europe, others had made the trip. Most well-known is Leif Erickson, who landed somewhere on the north coast of America around 1000 AD....
The Italian Language: The Dearest One to Me
November 2019 | Elia Iafelice
There are three different languages within me: Italian, English and Spanish. Each of them is like a unique person I met during different stages of my life. The first in my childhood. The second in my adolescence and the third in adulthood. They all...
Mannerist Painting Now Signature Work in Cleveland Museum of Art's Collection
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Cleveland Museum of Art announced recent acquisitions including a 16th-century Mannerist painting by Maso da San Friano, an Italian painter whose real name was Tomaso D’Antonio Manzuoli. Florentine artist Maso da San Friano (1531–1571) worked...
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