The man behind the hero that England celebrated and Italy forgot These days, there is much talk about the terrible tragedy that occurred in Modena—perpetrated by El S.—and about the official recognition being granted to the rescuers. Among them, it appears, is a young Indian man who, during an interview with Italy’s national broadcaster RAI, […]
From Naples to America and Back: The Living Lesson of Renato Carosone
One of Renato Carosone’s most extraordinary gifts was his ability to bring together things that seemed worlds apart and make them sound as if they had always belonged in the same room. At his piano, American rock’n’roll could meet the Neapolitan dialect; classical training could embrace the theatrical instinct of popular song; the precision of […]
Liliacreativity: The Quiet Revolution of One Woman’s Vision
How one woman’s lens captures both the pause and the pulse of human stories There are artists who walk softly but leave deep footprints. Lilia A’Hearn is one—a woman of open doors and fierce resolve, whose creativity flows like light through water. Between the demanding rhythm of promoting her film Starlight and You, she gifted […]
Marketiello. A Canadian with a Neapolitan heart.
This is the story of Mark Manganiello aka Marketiello, a Canadian with Neapolitan origins. His father was from Cimitile, a neighboring agricultural town next to Nola in the Campania region. He immigrated to Canada with his family when he was only four years old. During the adolescence he went to study in Italy where he […]