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The former Emigrant Industrial Bank on Chambers Street in downtown Manhattan has been brought back to life. Gianfranco Iannuzzi, the ingenious creative director, has reinvented and repurposed this majestic Beaux Arts building and created Hall des Lumière now New York’s permanent digital arts center. The inaugural exhibition features a multi-sensory...
Read moreFollowing the inimitable Stanley Tucci, a lovable and charming host of the much-adored Searching for Italy, is a refreshing diversion of television time well-spent. Based on his previous shows, it may be wise to consider a fast before feasting with him again for Season 2, which was due to drop...
Read moreImagine a romance that blooms without the aid of texting/voice mail/Face Time or WhatsApp, but simply through letter-writing, resulting in a marriage lasting a lifetime. In Letters from Italy: A Transatlantic Love Story (BlackRoseWriting.com) this simple pleasure recurs throughout the book, leading to one of the most compelling thoughts: to...
Read moreI’ve had a very casual relationship with automobiles. Perhaps it had to do with my driving coach - a very nonchalant Dad, who on my first encounter at the wheel, read a newspaper while instructing me. The fear of being led through busy and congested streets as a young teen,...
Read more“Greed without social and urban planning has led New York to becoming its own ghost. Art and creativity are just commodities, the soul left town in search of a better place. For a while, Brooklyn seemed to be inheriting the old spirit of Downtown, but in just a few years...
Read more“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. Maya Angelou’s words seem to encapsulate much of Marina Jarre’s (1925-2016) complex and conflicted life in Distant Fathers, her memoir, originally published in 1987. This brilliant...
Read moreWhile some are still guarded with anticipation of life returning, the reality is becoming clear. After a 14-month pause, we seem to be entering a new chapter of life in New York City. One of the many colorful neighborhoods in NYC. On closer reflection, it is more a ‘version’ of...
Read moreI’m not suggesting in any way, that Andrew Cuomo should not be held accountable for this behavior, most especially following the #MeToo movement, which he praised loudly and promoted emphatically. The double standard seems to be at play once again. However, when a person who has been held in such...
Read moreAnd now it appears that these rich and famous folks who purchased at 432 Park, are singing songs of sorrow, adding to an unusually stressful year. From excessive swaying on windy days to metal clanging in the night, the design flaws that have reared their ugly head are too numerous...
Read moreThe city has suffered tremendously from the lack of entertainment and the need to remain indoors. In a city that thrives on its cultural offerings, the majority of many institutions have remained closed, and the museums that have opened are on very limited scheduling. The Metropolitan Opera is closed until...
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President: Giampaolo Pioli | Editor in Chief: Stefano Vaccara | English Editor: Grace Russo Bullaro
