Visiting the Old Town
There used to be one reason, really, to visit Italy. Brothers and sisters, parents and…
On Leave-Taking And Monuments
No one leaves country, home, all he has loved, unless driven by a powerful necessity. In…
The Fourth Wife
To look at Uncle Enzo you’d be hard pressed to believe that this short mild-mannered…
Old World New World
Italian Canadians offer good lessons in preserving Old World culture in the land of milk…
Baldassare Forestiere’s Underground Gardens
Baldassare Forestiere’s Underground Gardens is a work of art that expresses the…
I’ll Be Home for Dinner, Mamma
An air of excitement permeated the Gazzola household that spring day in April 1943.…
Maestro Paolo Bellomia
Born in Rome and settling in Montreal as a child with his parents, Paolo Bellomia seemed…
Going to the Chapel
The Italian wedding in Canada has become a bit of a cliché. As a first-generation…
Breathing New Life into Vancouver’s Italian Cultural Centre
It’s a few minutes past six on a warm Vancouver evening in May outside…
Letters from the Russian Front – Winter 1942 (Part 2)
Tired, Terribly Tired I am tired, terribly tired. All in me hurts: my head, my arms, my…