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Reaching you with a brand new national editionCommunicating Italy is a labor of love. Starting with the current issue, i-Italy will be traveling beyond New York to cover Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.See inside page 73
All Things Italian in the U.S.Year 4 — Issue 1 — Spring 2017 — $5.00
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ww FocusGianandrea Noseda and Harvey Sachs on the Future of Opera
ww StyleWhen Rome was Italy’s Film and Fashion Capital
ww BookshelfElena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Revisited
ww CuisineMarketing Italy Abroad. The Good, the Erotic,and the Bad
ww TravelThe Enchantment of the Ionian Coastof Calabria
ww Italy in the CityWhere To Go and What To Do Italianfrom Coast to Coast
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A magazine about everything Italian in the US
year 4 issue 1 spring 2017—Editor in ChiefLetizia [email protected] ManagerOttorino [email protected]
Staff & ContributorsTommaso Cartia, Natasha Lardera, Mila Tenaglia — editorial coordinationMichele Scicolone and Charles Scicolone — food & wine editors Camilla Sentinelli — fashion editorRosanna Di Michele — chefJudith Harris, Maria Rita Latto, Virginia di Falco — Italy correspondentsStefano Albertini, Giuseppe Basso, Dino Borri, Enzo Capua, Fred Gardaphe, Jerry Krase, Gennaro Matino, Lucia Pasqualini, Fred Plotkin, Stanislao Pugliese, Francine Segan — columnists & contributorsMatteo Banfo, Ennio Serafini,Mattia Minasi — TV & multimedia teamAlex Catti, Samantha Janazzo, Joelle Grosso, Kayla Pantano — events team Francesca Maltauro — marketingDarrell Fusaro — cartoonistWill Schutt — translator Robert Oppedisano — editorial supervisionAlberto Sepe — web & mobileLilith Mazzocchi — layout Andrée Brick — design—
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05 Editorial
focus
08 Stories in Framesby Letizia Airos
The powerful visual narrative of writer and photographer Giuseppe Di Piazza
11 A Conversation on the Future of Opera with Gianandrea noseda and Harvey Sachs
14 Heritage, Politics and Women Empowerment by ottorino cappelli
Interviewing Patricia de Stacy Harrison, President of CPB, recently elected co-chair of NIAF
18 MITEI. The Search for Our Energy Futureby Mattia Ferraresi
20 What It Takes to Realize Italy’s Potential in the World by Letizia Airos
Meeting Vincenzo Boccia, President of Italy’s General Confederation of Industry
23 The Courage to Shout for Peace and Justiceby Gennaro Matino
24 CPAs Without Borders by L. A.
26 Peppe Voltarelli, a Modern Cantastorieby Stefano Albertini
28 “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” by Stanislao Pugliese
Interview with Antonino D’Ambrosio, whose “FrankSerpico” just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival
Reaching you with a brand new national editionCommunicating Italy is a labor of love. Starting with the current issue, i-Italy will be traveling beyond New York to cover Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.See inside page 73
Italy in the City
Valeria RumoriDirector, Italian Cultural
Institute, Los Angeles
Where to goWhat to do
Italian
New York
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Giorgio Van StratenDirector, Italian Cultural
Institute, New York
Francesco GenuardiConsul general of Italy
in New York
Antonio VerdeConsul general of Italy
in Los Angeles
Lorenzo OrtonaConsul general of Italy
in san francisco
Nicola De SantisConsul general of Italy
in boston
Renato MiraccoCultural attaché to the Italian
embassy in washington, DC
In this issue:
Joseph Stella (1877–1946) Title Brooklyn BridgeYale University Art GalleryWikipedia Commons
Italy is everywhere around you
All Things Italian in the U.S.Year 4 — Issue 1 — Spring 2017 — $5.00
www.i-Italy.org
Follow us on the web and on social networksIf you are in NYC watch us every Sunday at 1:00 pmon NYC Life (Channel 25 - HD 525)
free!
LandscapesItalian and American
ww FocusGianandrea Noseda and Harvey Sachs on the Future of Opera
ww StyleWhen Rome was Italy’s Film and Fashion Capital
ww BookshelfElena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Revisited
ww CuisineMarketing Italy Abroad. The Good, the Erotic,and the Bad
ww TravelThe Enchantment of the Ionian Coastof Calabria
ww Italy in the CityWhere To Go and What To Do Italianfrom Coast to Coast
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Vito
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31 Community of Unity’s SONG Celebration Honors Colavitaby Joelle Grosso
32 Back To The Future: La Scuola Moves to Columbus Circleby Kayla Pantano
style
35 When Rome Was Italy’s Film and Fashion Capital by Stefano Dominella
A doyen of the fashion world leads us through the first installment of a multipart trip to the heart of Made in Italy
38 Fashion and Ethicsby Kayla Pantano
40 Thinking Global: A Lesson on Fashion at Diesel by Alex catti
41 Glimpses of the Design Weekby Joelle Grosso
42 Italian Fashion Trendsby camilla Santinelli
bookshelf
45 Discussing Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novelswith Anna Lawton and Laura Benedetti
48 Afro-Italian Intersections in Popular Musicby John Gennari
50 Into the Mind of the Godfather’s Fatherby Fred Gardaphe
51 Arturo Toscanini Turns 150by A. S.
53 The Double Bass: A Grouchy Member of Jazz? by enzo capua
54 Happy Birthday, Forum Italicum! by Mario B. Mignone
56 Must Reads, Must Listens
57 the History and Politics of the last 70 Years of Italian Migration to the US
cuisine
58 Marketing Italy Abroad: The Good, the Erotic, and the Badby Giulia Iani
61 Italian Wine in Americaby L. A.
Interview with Michele Scannavini, President of the Italian Trade Agency
63 Gruppo Italiano: Promoting Authentic Italian Cuisineby tommaso cartia
Renown restaurateur Gianfranco Sorrentinolaunches a non-profit organization to promote authentic Italian cuisine in the US.
64 Bringing Nonna’s Cooking To Your Kitchenby otylia coppola
65 Butter: A Food To Be Eaten Wiselyby Dino Borri
66 How To Prepare Zia Armida’s Warm Bread with Butterby Rosanna Di Michele
w A favorite dish, paired with the right wine
67 Agnello al fornoby Michele Scicolone
67 Cirò, from Calabriaby charles Scicolone
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68 The Enchantment of Calabria by Goffredo Palmerini
69 Specialties to Taste When in Calabria
Italy in the city
WASHINGTON
76 Italy in the United States: Not Like a Comet or TV Spot!
Conversation with Renato Miracco, cultural attaché to the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC
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79 Italian Calendar
79 From the olnick Spanu collection to the Hillyer Art Space
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80 An Italian Spring in DC
81 Featuring Il canale: Where Italians Go to eat (and drink) Italian
82 The American Dream of Luigi Diotaiutiby o. c.
NEW YORK
84 Networking Italophiles in the Tri-State Area
Talking with Francesco Genuardi, Consul General of Italy in New York
85 Italian Culture in New YorkConversation with the Director of the Italian CulturalInstitute, Giorgio Van Straten
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86 Italian calendar
86 Breaking Walls. An emigrant/immigrant journey through Southern Italy
87 Films of My Life. Antonio Monda’s Le Conversazioni
89 Antibodies. 150 paintings, objects, and works on paper by carol Rama
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90 Fabbrica. When Dining Rhymes With Entertaining by tommaso cartia
92 Pizza, Pasta and Beyond
93 Upper east Side Pick: San Matteo
93 Upper West Side Pick: Piccolo cafe
94 Il Gattopardo: Mediterranean Fusion from the Kingdom of the two Sicilies
95 Donna Margherita. An Italian Home in New Yorkby Alex catti and tommaso cartia
BOSTON
96 The Italian Communities of America’s College Capital
Interview with Nicola De Santis, Consul General of Italy in Boston
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98 Italian Calendar
98 A Painter in Search of the Divine
99 A Florentine Baroque Master at the Davis Museum, Wellesley collegen
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100 Eataly Boston: Building a Surf and Turf Marketby tommaso cartia
102 A “Mediterranean” City
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104 Promoting Italy by Thinking Out of the Box
Interview with Lorenzo Ortona, Consul General of Italy in San Francisco
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106 Italian Calendar
106 celebrating Italian Scientists
107 two exhibitions at the Italian American Museum
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108 A Taste of Italy in the Golden City
109 Featuring Ristorante Ideale: Just Imagine If everything Was Made In-house...
110 Massimiliano, His Wife Lorella, and a Bite of Sardiniaby tommaso cartia
LOS ANGELES
112 Coordinating the Italian Presence as a System
Talking with Antonio Verde, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles
113 The Job of Promoting Contemporary Italy
Conversation with the Director of the Italian CulturalInstitute in LA, Valeria Rumori
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116 Italian Calendar
117 The Lure of Italy Today. “Grand tour in contemporary Italy” at the IIcLA
117 Serial Flirtations. Rotari’s Muses at the norton Simon Museum
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118 Italian Dining: Los Angeles Has It All
120 Matteo’s + Townhouse + Hoboken = 3 in 1by tommaso cartia
122 The Italy I Loveby Fred Plotkin
New YorkConsulate General of Italy (690 Park Ave) Italian Cultural Institute (689 Park Ave) Italian Trade Commission (33 e 67th St) Italian Government Tourist Board (686 Park Ave) Scuola d’Italia (12 e 96th St) Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, NYU (24 W 12th St) J.D. Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY (25 W 43rd St) Italian Italian Academy, Columbia University (161 Amsterdam Ave) Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University (100 nicolls Rd, Stony Brook) Belmont Library and E. Fermi Cultural Center (610 e 186th St, Bronx) Italian Cultural Center (one Generoso Pope Pl, tuckahoe) Italian Cultural Foundation, Casa Belvedere (79 Howard Ave, Staten Island) Inserra Chair, Montclair State University (1 normal Ave Montclair, nJ) Club Tiro a Segno (77 MacDougal
St) CIMA - Center for Italian Modern Art (421 Broome St) Rizzoli Bookstore (1133 Broadway) Alessi (130 Greene St) Poltrona Frau (141 Wooster St) Cappellini (152 Wooster St) Casa del Bianco (866 Lexington Ave) Cassina (51 Wooster St) Guzzini (60 Madison Ave) Scavolini (429 W Broadway) Boffi Soho (31 1/2 Greene St) Galleria Ca’ D’Oro (529 W 20th St) Ierimonti Gallery (24 W 57th St) EATALY New York (Flatiron: 200 5th Ave; Downtown: 4, Wtc 101 Liberty St) Di Palo (200 Grand St) Agata & Valentina (1505 1st Ave; 64 University Pl.) A.L.C. Italian Grocery (8613 3rd Ave, Brooklyn) Mike’s Deli (2344 Arthur Ave, Bronx) Giovanni Rana Pastificio e Cucina (75 9th Ave) Al Vicoletto (9 e 17th St) Don Antonio By Starita (309 W 50th St) Fabbrica (44 n 6th St, Brooklyn) Il Gattopardo (13-15 W 54th St) Kestè (271 Bleecker St) L’Arte del Gelato (chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave)
Le Cirque (151 e 58th St) The Leopard at des Artistes (1 W 67th St) Mozzarella e Vino (33 W 54th St) Ribalta (48 e 12th St) Piccola Cucina Osteria Siciliana (196 Spring St) Piccolo Cafe (313 Amsterdam Ave; 274 W 40th St; 238 Madison Ave) Pizzetteria Brunetti (626 Hudson St) San Matteo (1739 2nd Ave) Tarallucci e Vino (163 1st Ave; 475 columbus Ave; 15 e 18th St) Zio (17 W 19th St) Zibetto (163 1st Ave; 475 columbus Ave; 15 e 18th St)
Washington, D.C.Embassy of Italy (3000 Whitehaven St nW) Italian Cultural Institute (63000 Whitehaven St nW) National Italian American Foundation (61860 19th St nW) Italian Cultural Society (4827 Rugby Ave, Bethesda) New Academia Publishing (4401-A connecticut Ave, nW) Department of Italian, Georgetown University (37th & o St nW)
BostonConsulate General of Italy (600 Atlantic Ave) EATALY Boston (800 Boylston St) I AM Books (189 north St) Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts (641 Hampshire St, cambridge)
San FranciscoConsulate General of Italy (2590 Webster St) Italian Cultural Institute (601 Van ness Ave F) Museo Italo Americano (Golden Gate national Recreation Area, Landmark Building c, 2 Marina Blvd)
Los AngelesConsulate General of Italy (690 Park Avenue) Italian Cultural Institute (1023 Hilgard Ave) Department of Italian at UCLA (212 Royce Hall) IAMLA-Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (125 Paseo de la Plaza, Ste 406)
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Communicating Italy in the US: A Labor of Love
new magazine. Our design isn’t the only thing dif-ferent about us. After four years of covering New York, we’ve decided to reach out to readers in other American cities: Boston, San Francisco, Los Ange-les, and Washington, DC. And Miami, Philadelphia and Chicago are just around the bend… That means we won’t just be talking about the New York area. Italian America spreads like wildfire and we’re on
its trail. Italy lovers look for it everywhere they go and every-where they go they find it. As the Polish Nobel Prize win-ner Henryk Sienkiewicz remarked, “How could you not love Italy? […] I think everyone has two countries: one his own, the other Italy.” So it’s with a dash of pride, a lot of nerve, and a pinch of presumption for being the first on the scene that we embark on this new adventure in search of Italy outside Italy, in America in particular. By now its presence is firmly rooted here, yet it has also become more various and complex, bringing together diverse experiences and stories with one common root: Italianità. A major plank in the very fabric of this country’s society, Italy’s vast presence in the US is constantly growing nowa-days—and it wouldn’t be as powerful or visible without the contribution of diplomats, cultural institutes, and organiza-tions that form what is known as the “Sistema Italia” and their tireless work to bolster Italy’s cultural, artistic, scien-tific, and commercial presence in the USA. In fact, it was the Embassy of Italy in Washington that “challenged” us to become a national magazine roughly one year ago. And we
have taken up that challenge. So we would be remiss not to thank Ambassador Armando Varricchio, his press office, and all of the Consul Generals and directors of cultural institutes who have contributed to our national launch by giving in-depth interviews, helping us explain their mission to readers, and providing us with a broader picture of the Italians and Italophiles in their districts.
So if you happen to be in a major city, keep an eye out for our free-press magazine in Italian places. You’ll find us in con-sulates, cultural institutes, Italian Studies departments, and many other places with close ties to Italy, from art galleries to restaurants. You can also subscribe to the magazine, visit our website (www.iItaly.org) or follow us on social media. New Yorkers can tune into our TV show every Sunday at 1 p.m. on NYC Life (Channel 25-HD 525). All our videos are also available on WebTV and YouTube. And don’t just sit there reading! Send us articles, photographs, and videos. We want to reach you as much as we want you to reach us. None of this would be possible without the participation of tens of thou-sands of people who have followed us—online, in print, and on social media and TV—and helped shape our content. In order to continue, we need to build a strong network together.
A few years ago Piero Bassetti, a major Italian entrepreneur, coined the term “Italici” to describe people in the world who inhabit a way of being that transcends Italian citizenship or ancestry. “The Italica way is a pluri-identity that doesn’t place an ultimatum on being Italian, American, French or Argentine,” says Bassetti. “It’s a group that, as a world com-munity, can become larger and more nuanced, and for that same reason, richer.” In the US, these Italici form a vibrant community. i-Italy knows that because they have been our audience since we started way back in 2008 as a spinoff of a European Union project that, courageously at the time, in-vested in information and new media. Many of these millions of Italici may speak English but they wear and eat Italian. They read Italian books, watch Italian movies, and listen to Italian music. Some are Italian citizens. Many have Italian relatives and ancestors. Many more simply love Italy and the Italian way of life. Italy is a major cultural and human capital, the foundation of a “soft power” that still seems insufficiently understood, even in Italy. We believe the reason for this is a lack of communication. And that’s the area in which we are trying to contribute. Communicating Italy abroad, especially in the US, is our job and our passion. You, reader, are an Italico too. Even if you’re not connected by blood. For the sole reason that you’re interested in the italico world. And therefore interested in i-Italy. ;-) ww
AThe editorial team
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The Italian Communities of America’s College Capital
wwOne of the hallmarks of this Consulate Gen-eral’s constituency is its academic zeal and
thriving science and research communities. Here you’ll find not only the best-known institutions of higher learning in the world like Harvard and MIT, but public universities like the University of Massachusetts. There are also many leading innovative research companies in the fields of medicine, biotechnology and life science.
Does this cultural and scientific environment attract many Italians? Certainly. In fact, our large and qualified com-munity of Italian researchers keeps growing. Upon graduation, many young people come to Boston to specialize. And they often stay here and go on to brilliant careers. We also have many Italian professors. Over 80 Italian professors—full professors for the most part—have been here for at least 5 years. This major influx of Italian intelligence led us to create DBiT, a digital plat-form at the core of which is a list of roughly 150 students, researchers and scholars in the area. What we’ve begun to offer them is an opportu-nity to network, to create a community.
Tell us more about this initiative. DBiT (italyinboston.org/dbit) is the new Inter-net portal of the Boston Consulate General of Italy. The digital platform performs two func-tions. First, there’s a website where we plan to promote major Italian-related events in New England, a kind of gateway to the best Italy has to offer in the area, where we’re constantly ag-gregating and updating a list of concerts, semi-nars, conferences, exhibits and other events.
But the heart of the platform is a database that generates new networking opportunities for students, researchers, professors and Italian start-uppers in New England who can sign up and make contacts. The most important feature of the platform is that it is open: once you’ve registered you can immediately enter into contact with other members. It’s a kind of Boston “LinkedIn” for Ital-ians. In the future, we might expand and create a
notice board for employment opportunities, a tool for Italian and American companies looking for particular professional types.
How did you develop the project? Thanks to an internship program with the Univer-sity of Messina, specifically its technical engineer-ing program. We host two interns on a rotating basis. The kids are amazing and we’ve developed other projects with them. All in all it’s a very posi-tive relationship. In our small way, even we at the Consulate are in the business of innovation.
These scientific community initiatives aren’t limited to the digital platform…Of course not. The platform is no more than the natural digital evolution of our other initiative, the “Aperitivo Scientifico” (Cocktails for Scien-tists), which offers the opportunity for the same public to meet one another in the flesh, rather than virtually, and keep a sense of Italianness alive. The event has been a hit with the public. On average we attract 70-90 people. We orga-nize seminars, company meetings and presenta-tions of innovative projects. A few months ago, for example, we had Federico Musto, the CEO of Arduino. For another Aperitivo we hosted Ste-fano Domenicali, the CEO of Lamborghini. The event had a great turnout.
Boston: a vibrant Italian-American community, hundreds of Italian students, professors and professionals, and a vast number of American Italophiles.
The meetings always include refreshments—the aperitivo—that give people an important chance to meet and network, since the commu-nity is so large that many people don’t know one another. Yet there are many self-run groups: the Bocconi Alumni Association, the Harvard Italian Society, the MIT Club of Italy, the New England Italian Students Association, PIB (Professionisti Italiani a Boston) and others. It’s all about creat-ing occasions for them to meet, and that’s what we’re trying to do.
Apart from the sciences and academe, where else is Italy’s presence felt? There’s a large Ital-ian-American community in Boston and New England, for example…Indeed. There’s a major presence of people descended from Italian immigrants here, who represent an enormous asset to our country. This city has a vibrant Italian neighborhood in the North End and several associations for the Italian-American community. The Consulate or-ganizes or sponsors many events either geared toward that public or that pay homage to our cultural patrimony. We work especially closely with the Dante Alighieri Society, which is very active. There are events of all kinds: musical, artistic, eno-gastronomic, cinematographic. To give you just one example, we co-sponsored a
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screening of Boston’s North End: An Italian-American Story, a documentary produced by the North End Historical Society, with Boston University’s Initiative on Cities.
Is it hard to bridge the gap between these two faces of Italian immigration? Perhaps no harder than it is to bridge the gap between different generations in Italy. The fact is the “old” immigration tends to conserve its iden-tity in time. Their memory of Italy no longer cor-responds to the contemporary reality of a coun-try that their ancestors left over 100 years ago. Furthermore, the representatives of this social group suffered, or at least hold onto a memory of having faced prejudice and discrimination in mainstream American society.
Thanks in part to the sacrifices and successes of that Italian-American community, young people from Italy who come here today don’t have those kinds of experiences. They find a completely dif-ferent and very positive perception of Italy, and they tend to integrate into the social, cultural and professional fabric of America quickly. That’s a good thing, naturally, because it facilitates their professional, entrepreneurial and academic ca-reers. However, at the same time, rapid assimi-lation puts them at risk of losing their identity. That’s why it’s important to bridge the two.
On the other hand, the efforts often succeed. After the earthquake in central Italy, for example, young Italian students and representatives of tra-ditional Italian-American organizations combined forces to fundraise for the victims. It was a very
effective collaboration and helped these two ap-parently distant worlds get to know one another.
In Boston there’s also a strong attraction to Italy on the part of the wider American public, the so-called Italophiles…That’s why our program of events is so diverse. Just think of the three wonderful shows on ex-hibit through the end of July: Botticelli at the Museum of Fine Arts, Carlo Dolci and 17th-cen-tury Florentine painting at the Davis Museum of Wellesley College, and the archaeology exhibit at the Smith College Museum of Art where unique findings from two Roman villas in Oplontis, an ancient city near Pompeii, are on display. At the end of July the Amerigo Vespucci naval school will dock here. And then there’s the great Eataly Boston food market, which opened a few months ago and has tangibly demonstrated the allure of all facets of Italy. They are very active, and we’ve collaborated with them on several events, especially those geared toward promoting the study of Italian in American schools.
Any plans for the future? At least three. First and foremost, there are our initiatives to promote the Italian language, tra-ditionally held in October. This year we’ll once again organize Italian Day in high schools where Italian is taught. Last Italian Day, we presented a special abridged version of La Traviata with the help of a soprano and tenor who came from Italy; with Eataly we led classroom lessons on the Mediterranean diet; showed a few Ferrari and Maserati models; and, thanks to Arduino, we organized lessons in electronics in Italian us-ing a special kit made specifically for students of Italian. Few of them were aware that Arduino is an Italian company. These innovative ways of promoting the language extended beyond tradi-tional teaching methods and focused on getting students emotionally involved in the material.
In November there’ll be the second Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. This is another case where we’d like to expand upon last year’s posi-tive experience with the seminar “Artificial Intel-ligence: Mediterranean Diet Under Analysis” at the headquarters of IBM Watson Health in Cam-bridge. The benefits of the Mediterranean diet will be brought to light with recent scientific analysis conducted by the artificial intelligence of Watson.
Last but not least, there’s a very important ini-tiative for next fall, which we’re working on with the Italian Institute for Culture of New York: a reading of the first of Italo Calvino’s American lec-tures, which the Italian writer had prepared for the Norton Lectures at Harvard. Calvino never gave the lectures because he died the year before. The first and most famous lecture is on lightness, and we hope it will be read at Harvard. ww
Below, counterclockwise: Ribbon-cutting at IAM Books.Flyer announcing an Aperitivo Scientifico.
Poster of the documentary film Boston’s North End.Presentation of Lamborghini’s “Car of the Future.”
Left page, clockwise: St. Anthony’s Feast in North End. Members of MITaly, the Italian students association at MIT. Nicola De Santis.
ww Bridging the gap between “old” and “new” Italian immigration isn’t easy, but it may be no harder than it is to bridge the gap between different generations in Italy.
