Culture

For the 10,000 residents of Salemi, a frozen-in-time town in the Sicilian province of Trapani, being neighborly is the rule of the day. An hour’s drive from…

Audra DeFalco grew up living across the street from her nonni in Queens. Fluent in Italian and English, as a teenager, DeFalco started helping friends in the…

Your typical natural history museum in Italy once skewed more “dim vault where old stuff gathers dust” than “state-of-the-art science hub.” But the country’s…

150 years ago next week, one of the world’s most influential people, often described as the inventor of radio, was born in Bologna. Guglielmo Marconi altered…

Ed., March 27, 2024: This article was originally published in 2023 and has been updated to reflect this year’s dates and themes. Easter eggs aren’t just child…

The Rohrwacher sisters — director Alice and actress Alba — are already A-listers in contemporary Italian cinema, but look poised to raise their profiles across…

It’s looking to be a cold and wet Valentine’s Day on this side of the tracks, and what better way to spend the evening than snuggled up for a classic romantic…

Bologna still has faith in the big screen — and the brick-and-mortar spaces that house it. The city’s historic Modernissimo cinema, which first opened in…

Italian events and initiatives to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which falls on November 25, are expected to be…

Le Mie Cittá — “my cities” — is an appropriate title for the major new Gabriele Basilico exhibition held between the Triennale di Milano and the Palazzo Reale…