Calabrese Moon
Some dreams are meant to come true. I am living proof. My teenage years were not the…
Places
More Precious than Diamonds
Despite my frequent trips to Italy, I consciously decided never to learn the language.…
Centro Arte e Cultura Alberto Di Giovanni in Roccamorice
To honour his hometown of Roccamorice in the mountains of Abruzzo, Alberto Di Giovanni…
Italian San Francisco
It is impossible to think of San Francisco without its Italian heritage. There are the…
The Gentrification of Griffintown
Dedicated to my grandmother Maria Luisa Agostino, my great-aunt Carmela and my…
Canadian Problems
It’s a Canadian problem. When you’re overseas, people don’t know what to make of…
Sicilian Ruins: Resurrecting Poggioreale
In a June 2012 editorial in a local Piedmont newspaper on the earthquake in…
Place des Arts’ 50 Years
On September 21, Montreal’s Place des Arts – the largest performing arts centre in…
Crossing Cultures
We’re waiting to catch a train to Venice, four of us: my husband and I, our son and…
Montreal, a Patchwork City of Design
A cross between the brash New York huckster and the fun-loving Parisian artist, Montreal…