Last Summer, on the occasion of the award ceremony for the scholarship “Costruisco il Mio Fututo in memory of Antonio Mamone”, at the Tropis Hotel in Tropea (VV), a work of art by the artist Vanessa Cariati was inaugurated. It is entitled “Il Dono”(The Gift) (featured on magazine cover). The work is 2 meters high […]
Nonsolosipario
“In this particular historical moment, from North to South, Theater has been almost mortally wounded. The theater has always been a mirror of society, it addresses a paraphrase of life itself as well as of its uses and customs. The teater is the exporter of the values that are the basis of a civil society. […]
Nigel Lembo. Poems, Marionette and ‘Mariviento’.
Let me introduce you to an artist who works to revalue the Cilento area and to spread its traditions. Not long time ago the RAI TV dedicated a report to him. This was a very important thing for him, for his area and also for his restaurant that was doing great until before the pandemic. […]
Meet Max Mazzotta: director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer. The Story.
In Montalto Uffugo, a town in the province of Cosenza, a young man is about to make an important decision. He will sacrifice his jeans to buy a train ticket. Today this would seem unusual or irrelevant to many, once it was not. We are in the ‘90s and the iconic Levi’s 501 are a […]
Ludovica Iue’
After the Second World War, in a destroyed and impoverished Napoli, “‘e scugnizze” (the children of Napoli) used to collected cigarette butts that the Americans threw away. Then they cleaned them and they made new cigarettes to resold to the Americans. Some ingenious women from the neighborhood of Sanita’, who were seriously in sad condition […]
The way of the drum – Parthenope-Cuba and Afrocubanìa – Interview with Giovanni Imparato
Part I In the last issue you have met ‘A Madonna d’ and Rrose, celebrated with a series of events and parades that involved the locals who participated by playing tammurriate and dancing in her honor. Now let’s go back to the 1st century BC. The poet Catullus, in the heartbreaking poem 63 of his […]
Interview with Gea Martire
I have watched “Ferdinando”, a play by Annibale Ruccello, featuring Gea Martire and directed by Nadia Baldi. I was captivated by the text, which I had heard about but did not know, and I was excited by the interpretation of the actors, all of them. The play tells of a Bourbon baroness who after the […]
CONTAMINARSI – Artistic contamination.
Interview with Antonio Conte and Lucia Longo. You might remember him as The Artist of People featured on Napulitanamente issue from August 31st 2020. He is also the author of the painting published on last issue’s magazine cover. Beside his activity as an artist he does many other things like managing a business, organizing art […]
The sun rises in the East on Alberto Pizzo’s notes.
The habit of wanting at all costs to include an artist in a certain category I believe it can be limiting. I think that in order to find an artistic identity it is not necessary being labeled in a specific category. Alberto Pizzo is a Neapolitan composer and pianist known, and also highly appreciated abroad, […]
‘Enzo Apicella’. The upcoming cd.
It all started almost for fun. He later realized that it was enough material to make a record. An album in which to say what he has to say. Since he lived in Napoli he has always been launched towards more exotic sounds than those preferred by musicians of his same age. He played with […]
She losts in ‘Mina Settembre’ and wins the Premio Massimo Troisi 2021.
Interview with Mariarosaria Cafiero. Being on stage was amusing. However she did not believe she would become an actress. She made her debut on stage as an enterteiner in resorts. In 2009 the Italian director Francesca Comencini chose her as a special figure in the movie “Lo Spazio Bianco” with Margherita Buy. Maria Rosaria Cafiero […]
Ascapece. A tasteful music recipe.
“‘E cucuzzielle’ a scapece” is a typical dish of Neapolitan cuisine that consists of round cutted Italian zucchine, first fried and then seasoned with vinegar, garlic and fresh mint leaves. It is an delicious dish whose characteristic and success comes from the sweet/sour contrast.This contrast has been musically translated by Ascapece duo formed by Alfredo […]
Ernesto Vitolo new release: Organismi.
Ernesto Vitolo is one of the pillars of the Neapolitan musical phenomenon that developed in the seventies and that the journalist Renato Marengo called Neapolitan Power. Neapolitan Power is actually the magical result of cultural contaminations that began after the Second World War especially in Southern Italy where U.S. Army left later than in the […]
Marsicano. From Rap to Image.
Simone Marsicano made his music debut as rapper, collaborating with Neapolitan idols in projects that gained considerable success reaching 1.8K visits on youtube. Simone has collaborated with artists such ‘Nto, CoSanghe, and Uomodisu. By chance, through rap, he approached the world of music videos. Since 2012 he works as video editor at Incolore Communication, a […]
Antonio Conte. The artist of people.
A few years ago, the Municipality of Cosenza, in Calabria, hosted Antonio Conte for a painting exhibition for a month. At his exhibition Antonio learned that the first Gay Pride Cosenza, that was suppose to have place that day, had been blocked by the Mayor of the city who had not given permission to demonstrate. […]
The re-birth of art. Meet Gennaro Patrone
This is a story of reincarnation and love. It begun about 40 years ago. Teacher Adriana taught at elementary school in Napoli. Among her students he noticed Gennaro, a child who was particularly talented in drawing. Adriana complimented the student’s parents and she asked them what plans they had regarding the child’s future. Like most […]
Neapolitan Power – The music phenomenon told by Tony Cercola
The advance of the American and African culture in the post-war period as well as the political and cultural changes brought in Italy a series of contaminations that developed in the Neapolitan music scene in the 70s. Italy, especially the South of Italy, has always been a place of contaminations. In this case we are […]
‘A Madonna d’ ‘e Rrose (Madonna of Roses).
Three years ago I was in Napoli to accompany an actor to an audition for the crive tv serie Gomorrah. While we were waiting for the actor to be called, I met a group of guys who accompanied a friend. Their friend’s name is Marco and he is a playwright, an actor and director […]