On March 6th, 2011, FRUIT TREE BLOSSOMS…
…in shades from white to pink are popping and promising spring in the back garden.
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On March 5th, 2011, ROMAN APARTMENT BALCONIES…
…(from the Italian ‘balcone‘) is the private domestic outdoor space available to most Romans, which they try to make the most of – usually full of plants and…
On March 4th, 2011, UNDERGROUND ROMAN MOTO REPAIR…
…just down the hill from me, which I pass everyday on my way through Trastevere, is cool, as is any underground activity, space, home, institution or business –…
On March 3rd, 2011, MINI MOSSY ZEN ROOF GARDEN…
…is something I started messing around with a few months ago (featuring a miniature landscape of tufa rocks and scavenged blocks covered with pieces of moss varieties gathered on…
On February 28th, 2011, ‘100 YEARS FROM NOW’…
…the series of public Roman street posters by Academy fellow Jeremy Mende (depicted in one of Marco Raparelli’s portraits) are now showing up around town! (website)
On February 27th, 2011, CITTÀ DELL’ALTRA ECONOMIA…
…the center for activities promoting another economy (organic farming, fair trade, renewable energy, reuse and recycling, responsible tourism, ethical finance, open communication plus a ‘bio’ caffe’ and store)…
On February 26th, 2011, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #1 IN MONTEVERDE…
…this afternoon with a young local resident living in cozy top floor quarters of a 1930’s fascist apartment block (previously cheap working class housing, now expensive sought after…
On February 25th, 2011, ‘CASTING JESUS’…
…tonight’s live, recorded, and simultaneously projected three hour performance in Vatican City by Christian Jankowski at Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Saxia (the city’s oldest hospital, dating back…
On February 23rd, 2011, THE ANNUAL PRUNING OF THE OLIVE TREES…
…took place this morning in grand style with freshly cut dusty green leaved olive branches covering much of the ground after the garden crew had come through to…
On February 20th, 2011, PIAZZA DI SIENA…
…where the equestrian events of the 1960 Roman Olympiad were held and where occasional equestrian events are still staged today within the public park and gardens of Villa…
On February 18th, 2011, THE FOOD OF ROME AND LAZIO…
…the 1994 book by Oretta Zanini de Vita full of fascinating accounts of Roman’s relationships to food through time featuring folklore and recipes (with chapters including Mills on…
On February 10th, 2011, DUCK RAMP…
…is what I found in the pond at Villa Doria Pamphili this afternoon, installed by some thoughtful human, allowing the many duck residents to access the extensively wooded…
On February 9th, 2011, CAVALO NERO…
…or ‘black cabbage’ (a loose-leaf Italian cabbage, or kale) has been on our plates almost every day this winter, and today will be no exception, as I harvest…
On February 8th, 2011, LES BALLETS C DE LA B….
…the Gent based dance company featured at the Equilibrio Festival at Auditorium Parco della Musica tonight, performed ‘Primero – Erscht’ – staged on bright green astroturf with vintagey…
On February 6th, 2011, LES SLOVAKS DANCE COLLECTIVE…
…comprised of the very charismatic Slovakian boys Milan Herich, Peter Jaško, Anton Lachký, Milan Tomášik and Martin Kilvády with highly individuated and endearing personalities (friends since childhood who…
On February 5th, 2011, COLLETTIVO 320 CHILI…
…the young Italian dance collective (or contemporary circus company, Compagnia di Circo Contemporaneo, as they also refer to themselves, whose name refers to the total weight of the…
On February 4th, 2011, UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA ‘SAPIENZA’ – FACOLTÀ DI ARCHITETTURA…
…is the Italian school of architecture – with a building just north of Piazza del Popolo (whose suggestive nature from certain points of view was recently pointed out…
On February 3rd, 2011, CIMITERO DEGLI ACATTOLICI AL TESTACCIO…
…or “Cimitero degli Inglesi,” or ‘The Protestant Cemetery in Rome,” or the cemetery of artists and poets – such as Keats and Shelley – is a mysterious hidden…
On February 2nd, 2011, THE LETTUCE REPORT…
…from the Roman rooftop garden is good – and though some are still looking small and scrappy after months in the ground, growing very slowly with the cool…
On January 30th, 2011, TWO BEARDED FRIENDS…
…artist A.A. Bronson and Sicily-based fashion writer Angelo Flaccavento, plus beardless Roman artist Paolo W. Tamburella, came over for a cozy home-cooked meal of barley lentil vegetable minestrone…