by Bill Dal Cerro | May 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Boston’s late Mayor Thomas Menino Mayor Thomas Menino presided over what has been called the “Boston Renaissance” (1993-2013). The state of Massachusetts itself also produced two Italian American governors: John Volpe, who later became...
by John Mancini | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is a follow-up to last week’s blog on the movie Cabrini. A few of our subscribers have seen the film and confirmed the fact the theaters averaged only a handful of viewers. So, is Cabrini a financial success? If you try Googling the answer, you may...
by John Mancini | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Currently, the movie Cabrini is being shown in only one theater on all of Long Island. The same scarcity is probably true in regions around the country. Cabrini is a $50 million production starring Italian actors and many well-known Americans like John Lithgow. All...
by John Mancini | May 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
On May 9th 1936, Mussolini proclaimed the “Italian Empire” after Italian troops occupied the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. This victory was the apex of the Fascist regime but sowed the seeds of its destruction. The founder and the vanquished Of all his...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
View of Lucca from Guinigi Tower It might be a new tradition for me: a two-week trip to Italy every late April, when air and hotel fares are down and crowds are limited. So, as I did last year, I booked such a trip again, this time mostly focusing on Trento, with...
by John Mancini | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
When our Senior Analyst Anthony Vecchione informed me that the Italian government just placed a Minneapolis museum on its cultural sh-t list, it gave me a crazy idea. (More on that later.) According to the Italians, the Minneapolis Institute of Art has had...
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