Maurizio Gigola, cross-media storyteller, will discuss the fascinating history of the development of the Italian cuisine, and how it informed the world.

Lessons from the Black Plague in 1348, which triggered a reordering of European society.

What started as a short essay about her family’s history turned into a life-changing journey of self-discovery for this third-generation Sicilian American. Along the way, Lisa uncovered family secrets, learned the truth behind old family rumors, and found cousins in Italy that her family had lost touch with 50 years ago. The technology of the […]

Her life was a portrait of an age and spanned the 20th century with its dramas and tragedies. Born in 1900 and died in 1989, she experienced revolutions, world wars, exile, and flights.

“The Futurist Manifesto,” written in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, outlined the tenets of the Italian Futurist Movement. Artistically it grew out of the Cubist Movement that was created by Picasso and Braque between 1904 and 1912. The major difference was in the intent. While the Cubists focused upon the breakdown of forms and interrelationships […]