Cinzia
I wondered what my mother would think of Cinzia… and what Cinzia would think of…
2008
Italian Films at TIFF – The Feisty Spirit is back
While the FilmItalia contingent at the 33rd edition of the Toronto International Film…
Florio is Shakespeare – Fifteen Reasons
1. John Florio added more than one thousand new words to the English language, the same…
A Theory of Everything
If someone were to ask me what Nino Ricci’s Governor General award-winning The Origin…
Giovanni da Verrazzano – Explorer of Canada
Giovanni da Verrazzano’s name belongs on the same marquee as the great navigators…
Vespa Cena
“Vespa Cena was taken in 2007 on a very hot evening in August in Porto Recanati, Italy.…
Interview with Lamberto Tassinari
Accenti: Can you tell us a little bit about your background and what in that background…
John Florio – The Anglified Italian Who Invented William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is – let us put it this way – the least English of English writers. The…
The Folklore of Making Tomato Sauce
Newfoundland’s Memorial University is famous for its Folklore department and may boast…
The Views of the Vedutisti – Piazza San Marco Seen Through Its Painters
Every year, the fourteen million tourists who visit Venice gravitate towards the Piazza…