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Scopri di più sulla privacy di Mailchimp This delightful town south of the imposing River Pò has its first "appearance" already in Roman times with the name of Iria a small settlement on the banks of the Staffora River until the Middle Ages when it was called Viqueria at that times to intense commercial exchanges markets and fairs and a passageway for pilgrimages to and from the Holy Land and Rome a thriving commercial center and located on a fundamental road intersection a passage between north and south (and since 1858 also by rail) was often attacked and sometimes even destroyed When the city was rebuilt over the years it has experienced a demographic which from 1920 to 1950 was exported all over the world but the cubic-shaped and light green Peperone di Voghera has a delicate moreover it is very digestible and here it is also used raw but above all for the famous Risotto alla Vogherese.  The golden onion of Voghera has a diameter of 6 centimeters and is very fragrant and savory Mostarda di Voghera from the French "moût ardent", "burning must": because it involved the use of cooked grape must mixed with mustard grains to obtain a spicy sauce that went well with roasts and meats. It seems that it was already produced in the 14th century. https://www.mostardadivoghera.it/ita/mostarda-di-voghera its large dome can already be seen from afar The road will lead directly to the magnificent square where the Cathedral of Voghera has stood majestically since the 17th century and with three naves it is truly the symbol of Voghera Its bell tower accompanies the passing of the hours in the city with its tolls the pedestrian street famous for the "tubs" and where we also find the Theater Social since 1845 we arrive at the former Military Barracks of the Cavalry of Vittorio Emanuele II a monumental complex of military origin from 1748 and which housed over 400 horses and 4 infantry battalions There is also to visit the Historical Museum (from Napoleon to the twentieth century) and the Museum of Natural Sciences with exhibitions of Zoology https://www.greenwayvogheravarzi.it/percorso/ Subscribe to our weekly Newsletter dedicated to the Italian culture Check your email to 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questioning by the investigators a 44-year-old woman strangled and killed her one-year-old son this would seem to be the sentence uttered this morning around 9 by the same woman The 118 rescuers intervened on the spot in via Mezzana and were only able to ascertain the death of the child while the woman was transported to the San Matteo Polyclinic hospital for checks and hospitalized in psychiatry pending developments from the Public Prosecutor's Office Investigations by the investigators immediately began and at the time of the tragedy the woman would appear to have been alone in the house with her son the child's father had left to go to work and an hour later the woman's mother arrived and immediately called 118 For the child Luca there was nothing to be done Estimated 1.2m Italians who are not in police or the security forces own small guns A row over privately owned guns has been ignited in Italy after a councillor with the far-right League party allegedly shot dead an immigrant is under house arrest after the shooting outside a bar in the Lombardy town on Tuesday night was shot in the chest and later died in hospital the leader of the League and a key partner in Mario Draghi’s broad coalition a former police commander and criminal lawyer He said in a video posted on social media on Wednesday: “The hypothesis is self-defence [Adriatici] is a professor of criminal law a former police officer and criminal lawyer known and esteemed … he was a victim of aggression to which he responded accidentally.” Salvini also defended Adriatici for carrying a gun: “From what has emerged he was attacked by a criminal and illegal immigrant Let’s wait until all the findings emerge – when someone dies it’s always a defeat and a time of mourning but before judging and condemning we must be cautious.” who had a wife and two children in Morocco and El Bossettaoui allegedly pushed Adriatici who said a bullet was accidentally fired as he fell to the ground the leader of the centre-left Democratic party “A man has died because of a gun,” Letta said “One thing we must and can do: stop privately owned weapons.” “A man shot and killed another man,” he said Riccardo Magi, the president of the small leftwing party More Europe said: “Salvini’s game is deceptive … it has given citizens the idea that they have to defend themselves and that there is impunity for shooting.” According to figures from the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey an estimated 1.2 million Italians who are not among the police and security forces own small guns there are tough laws governing gun ownership and use in Italy Owners have to go through a stringent process to obtain a gun purchasing licence and once a gun is bought the owner must notify the interior ministry There are limits on the type and number of firearms an individual can own as well as restrictions on the amount of ammunition they can access Another special licence is required to carry a gun in public spaces Most police and security staff can carry guns their use is permitted only in extreme circumstances CR Fashion Book May 11 marks the 90th birthday of the visionary designer and founder of the house of Valentino Valentino has debuted groundbreaking designs that have transformed fashion and become staples in every celebrity’s wardrobe In honor of Valentino Garavani’s 90th birthday Valentino is releasing a limited edition plush hoodie and opening up a special exhibition in Garavini’s hometown of Voghera The exclusive hoodie will feature Valentino’s iconic quote– “I love beauty it’s not my fault” and all net profits from the sale will be donated to Fondazione Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammeti The exhibition in Voghera is set to open on Valentino’s birthday set inside of the city’s Teatro Sociale theater and will chronicle Valentino’s friends The installation will put Valentino’s elegant and timeless creations on display with 36 of his signature Valentino red dresses placed at center stage and photographs will accompany these exclusive designs depicting the spirit of the garments’ debut times the exhibition provides an intimate look at Mr Valentino’s unbridled influence that continues to control fashion today The Valentino exhibition is open from now until June 5 at Teatro Sociale in Voghera, Italy and Valentino’s limited edition Valentino Garavani hoodie is now available for pre-order on valentino.com a new exhibition marks seminal designer Valentino Garavani’s 90th birthday collating pieces from his time at the helm with ‘Valentino red’ taking centre stage the favoured hue of house founder Valentino Garavani It is fitting, then, that a new exhibition to mark Garavani’s 90th birthday takes place at Teatro Sociale di Voghera, a dramatic 1842-built theatre found in Italy’s northern Pavia region (until 5 June 2022) Taking over the theatre’s circular auditorium – which was renovated in 2018 after nearly three decades of disrepair – visitors will discover works from the designer’s 50 years at the helm lining the various balconies On the stage itself is a collection of dresses in Valentino red from across the archive ‘an anthology of styles that have each been able to embody the spirit of their time’.  ‘It is a metaphor in which Valentino’s women are both actresses and spectators all belonging to a global vision that represents a total idea of beauty and femininity in which each subject is on the same level,’ says the brand of the show’s site-specific design various pieces of ephemera are also on display to newspaper clippings and photographs that ‘depict the time in which the clothes made their debut’ Garavani’s birthday celebrations continue next month with the release of a special hoody the proceeds of which will go towards his namesake foundation Fondazione Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti (the limited-edition piece is able to be pre-ordered now) it is adorned with one of the designer’s famed quotes written in Valentino red: ‘I love beauty ‘Maison Valentino’ 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know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org The work by Giovanni Gasparro shows several Jewish men and women as they collect blood from the body of an anguished child (JTA) — A well-known painter in Italy unveiled on Facebook an oil painting depicting an anti-Semitic blood libel Giovanni Gasparro uploaded “the Martyrdom of St Simon of Trento for Jewish ritual murder,” which shows several Jewish men and women references a blood libel that led to the execution of several Jews in 1475 as well as numerous anti-Semitic murders It grew around the disappearance and death of a Christian boy in Trento named Somonino He was later made a saint and the day of his death was included in the Roman martyrology until its removal in 1965 the director of the Milan-based Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation labeled the painting unveiled Tuesday a form of “typical anti-Semitism where the Jew is dirty Luzzatto Voghera in an op-ed Friday for the Moked Italian-Jewish website also pointed out some historical inaccuracies in the painting including the fact that three of the Jews depicted are wearing a fur hat known as a shtreimel that headdress derives directly from the tradition of the Hasidim in 18th century Ukraine and Belarus who imitated local nobility in a place and time quite distant from Trento of 1475.” typically deals with Christian themes in his work which has been honored by the Catholic Church JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy Enter the official Derthona Basket website it's time to home debut for the 'Olympia Basketball Voghera formed entirely by the U19 Eccellenza group of Derthona Basket Saturday October 2 21 hours al Pala Oltrepo the yellow and blue team faces the Sanmaurense Pavia for the second round of the group Yellow 2 of Series C Silver Lombard The objective is to improve on the defeat suffered in the debut match last week against Aironi di Robbio (92-58) The opponent in tomorrow's match is another candidate for the noble areas of the rankings fresh from a large home success in the inaugural outing against Ardens Sedriano (66-42) STATEMENTS "This time too they find themselves facing two teams that have completely different ambitions Sanmaurense like Robbio aims to win the championship and does not hide it given that they have important players for the category” "The reaction I expect is not so much about the score that will be read at the end of the match I want to see something better on an individual level which shows a process of growth game after game" that remains united in moments of difficulty we play in C Silver but I like to say that we are a youth team playing in a senior championship Our goal is to improve all the guys on the roster over time" TRANSPORT The PalaOltrepo will be open to the public up to 35% of the total capacity due to the well-known anti-Covid-19 restrictions to attend the match you will need a green pass or a negative swab certified by a green pass carried out within 48 hours before the event MEDIA The race will be broadcast in live streaming on the page Facebook of Nuova Olympia Basket Voghera e di Palaoltrepo Voghera ©Derthona Basket SSRL Privacy Policy Cookies Policy credits dpsonline* players must toss their ball so that it lands closest to the boccino (Credit: MCT/Getty Images)In the bars of small-town Italy ageing bocce players are keeping the country's local dialects alive “Piia na cadreia e setat su a vardà.” Battista Valenti greeted me but I didn’t understand a word he was saying His Italian was harsher than what I’m used to; he stretched his syllables silver-haired 70-year-old was speaking the dialect of Cornale had invited me to Cornale's Centro Sportivo (Sports Centre) to watch a game of bocce “Watching a bocce game is like doing anthropological research • Why Italian sounds so seductive • The revival of Europe’s oldest language • Greece’s disappearing whistled language small Italian villages like Cornale were self-sustaining centres that had everything they needed from mills to make bread to shops to build and fix bicycles Each village ‒ including my hometown of Voghera located 10km south-west of Cornale ‒ also forged its own distinct dialect Watching a bocce game is like doing anthropological researchGiven the proximity of the towns Cornale’s dialect is very similar to that of Voghera And yet I found myself struggling to follow the conversation with Valenti ‒ so much so that I had to lift both hands at the side of my chest and make the flipping movement of the wrists that Valenti laughed and patted me on the shoulder “You may have travelled all around the world but not knowing your dialect is a serious crime,” he said in standard Italian He pulled back an empty plastic chair and we joined a row of attentive spectators watching a game come to a close Beyond the metallic net that separated spectators from players four lanes of powdery grey soil shimmered under the harsh overhead lighting Half a dozen men in collared monochrome shirts – none of whom appeared to be under the age of 60 – stood before me in the game fields some pondering the weight of a boccia (bocce ball) in their right hands others attentively observing their opponents' moves They were playing one of Italy's oldest games; bocce originated during the Roman Empire and grew popular during the 13th Century It wasn’t long until nearly every town had a bocce court Not knowing your dialect is a serious crimeEssential bocce dictionary Terms to know before attending a bocce match in Cornale to invite the team member to place his ball as close as possible to the small ball the small ball (“pallino”) in the game of bocce to hit and strike an opponent's ball away while managing to stop your own boccia in the place of the former (also called “stop” or trick) a particular kind of flying throw technique aiming to hit the other team's winning ball and strike it away from the balâi to start a bocce match by throwing the balâi my father has played bocce all his life; he learned to love the game from my grandfather I would follow my father to the bocciodromo ‒ the bar with playing fields found in every Italian town ‒ to meet his friends middle-aged men with whom I felt I had nothing in common I would watch the games for a while and then I would make my way to the video game corner I didn’t inherit my father’s love of bocce and because this was the only place where I ever came in contact with the Voghera dialect local dialects are a crucial aspect of life in Italy’s small towns was a way to establish our identity,” he said the retired English teacher has been helping to create a dictionary of local vocabulary as part of the Alimentiamo la Memoria (Let's Feed the Memory) research project funded by the village's Tre Fiumi (Three Rivers) Library Yet Valenti also knows very well that because of globalisation and the influence of mass media local dialects have been curtailed to places like the bocciodromo where the generations that grew up without television have gathered for decades Yet bocce is not nearly as popular a pastime as it once was “Young people's needs have changed so much since the olden days,” Valenti said with a hint of nostalgia in his voice each osteria [local restaurant] had its own bocce fields That was where we gathered to play during summer evenings and holidays The referee whistled and Valenti ‒ who was supposed to be keeping score ‒ excused himself turned on his heels and left me alone to watch the rest of the game trying to understand what they were saying they pondered the position of the bocce at the other end of their lane and then leapt forward tossing their own ball towards their target: the boccino or el balai (the little ball that players need to send their bocce close to in order to score) The men hummed and raised their hands each time one boccia got closer to the boccino than their opponent’s Paragia su ciapa al balai u po fa partìa!” one man yelled angrily at his partner I got the gist ‒ they were about to lose the game ‒ but I couldn’t understand the details “You don't understand the dialect?” His expression let on that he knew he was asking a rhetorical question in Italian: “That man there complained that his companion didn't hit the boccino another player was arguing with the referee was a way to establish our identity“L’è al me ad vaint cintìm Al vaga anca un orb!” I remembered from my afternoons at the bocciodromo that an ‘orb’ is a blind person But the rest of the sentence was entirely foreign translated: “He says that he has scored because his boccia is noticeably closer than the opponent's and that the referee's mistake is so obvious that even a blind man would see it.” Don't worry: I know well that youngsters like you don't understand the dialect That's why only us elders ‒ I am 77 ‒ speak it.” By using the dialect almost like a secret code small-town bocce players make the game's culture all the more exclusive we want to keep the old dialect alive for those who understand and appreciate it,” Frassini said However, even these dialect-lovers are dwindling in numbers. “In Voghera alone, the number of players registered with Italian Bocce Federation is a mere 300 compared to the 1,200-odd registered in the 1980s,” explained Valenti who had returned from his score-keeping duties “Regardless of poor trans-generational exchange bocce will keep being supported by the federation But I have my doubts about who will take care of the dialect.” all the other elder bocce players and spectators seemed oblivious to the bleak future of their language One man hummed approvingly as his partner’s boccia came dangerously close to the boccino while the opposing team began an animated debate over 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Join our VIP Club for exclusive giveaways and members only events As the legendary fashion designer Valentino Garavani celebrates his milestone 90th birthday on May 11 the founder’s namesake label is honoring the occasion with a special limited-edition piece To celebrate its founding father and the “last emperor of fashion,” Valentino is releasing an exclusive “Happy Birthday Mr V!” hoodie that features his famous quote It’s Not My Fault.” The hoodie is available for pre-order until May 23 and proceeds from the sweatshirt will be donated to the Fondazione Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti a non-profit focused on promoting culture and art is honoring its famous resident with a site-specific installation at the theater Pieces from the ’60s through the 2000s will be featured including iconic red dresses situated in the center of the stage and documents that depict the spirit of the time in which the clothes made their debut Wishing his predecessor a happy birthday, current Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli shared some thoughts with WWD “I have always admired Valentino Garavani’s ability to transform his personal vision in a concrete creation,” he said he imagined a charismatic woman and created her Working with him allowed me to understand the man behind the legend The major lesson I learnt from him is the constant search for beauty This is what he has looked for during his whole career Garavani’s longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti also shared some fond memories and birthday wishes with the outlet. After recalling a few special celebrations that took place at Studio54 and during epics travels Giammetti said that they planned on a more intimate celebration this year “And then the real celebration this year is the exhibition in his honor that his hometown Voghera is preparing in the municipal theater with 50 dresses in display and many celebrations…he wants to visit it as soon as possible.” Reproduction in any manner in any language in whole or in part without the prior written permission is prohibited Registration or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service Peoply may receive compensation for some links to products and services Offers may be subject to change without notice .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Staten Island AdvanceFamily PhotoCharles Persichetty died yesterday in Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center where he had been a rehabilitation patient for a week he was a little boy when he moved with his family to New Dorp about 1915 He and Rita Vallebuona were married in 1939 The family settled in Meiers Corners in 1954 Persichetty worked as a milkman for Weissglass Dairy in Mariners Harbor for 32 years He then worked as a landscaper until age 78 he and my grandmother would open their hearts and their home to family and friends for backyard barbecues,” said his granddaughter Persichetty also enjoyed gardening and going on vacations The funeral will be Monday from the Matthew Funeral Home Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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Codice Fiscale: 97340600150. | credits SWI Agency You should be seeing some content in this space that is currently blocked due to cookie settings Open the Cookie Management Tool to change your settings Co- Hosted by: FOCUS Forum on Film and Screen Media Theories and Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media The process of othering involves categorising people as different from those of the dominant (hegemonic) social group It is a discursive process that often creates an unhealthy or disempowering, “us versus them” dynamic. The new power relationship can become a mechanism to justify marginalisation and alienation. The categorisation of social identities with a view to their rendering as a subaltern group is usually based on religion disability or sexual orientation Othering has the potential to dehumanise those that do not or cannot conform as it exaggerates differences whether real or imagined between participants in the political system Its principal strategy is the normalisation of discourses of alterity Art and cinema have continuously examined questions around otherness as they relate to identity and individuality, and have sought to convey the damage and trauma of othering They have also attempted to celebrate the strength and perseverance of social participants who have been othered and stigmatised hosted by FOCUS Forum on Film and Screen Media our speakers explore the theme of otherness in relation to cinema as it enters into dialogue with literature Our speakers situate their reflections on otherness within the contexts of Eastern Cinema Subcultural Cinema and Cosmopolitan Cinema Abstract: Rashōmon is the film that introduced Akira Kurosawa to the West establishing a Western interest in Japanese cinematography commentators were faced with the challenge of interpreting what they viewed as a film from “another world” They became aware of the problematic nature of finding an appropriate interpretative approach that respected the film’s cultural background The range of interpretations produced suggests a kind of tug-of-war between what critics argued to be the extent of Japaneseness versus the extent of Westerness in the film Tommaso intends to highlight the problematic nature of labelling Rashōmon as precisely either an Eastern or Western text in terms of a cross cultural and interdisciplinary reading of this film Bio: Tommaso Verga is a Special Needs teacher in Carlo Calvi High School in Voghera He is currently pursuing a PhD in Italian and Film at University College Cork His research concerns the works of Luigi Pirandello He has a Masters in Italian Didactics and a Masters in Eastern and Western Antiquity His research interests include Arts and Humanities from educational Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between the psycho-social concept of “the other” and subcultural environments that claim a close connection to this concept Temmuz will discuss a number of academic and creative punk productions where the experiential differences with regards to “the other” have been generally swept under a reduced image that has been attached to identity politics Through overviewing studies on punk aesthetics in visual media Experimental Filmmaking and Punk (Garfield this paper will discuss the ethical charges surrounding the discursive position of “the other” through literary and audio-visual works that are subculturally produced Bio: Dr Temmuz Süreyya Gürbüz is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin working on their monograph Judith Butler and Film (forthcoming 2024) They have a PhD in Film Studies from the National University of Galway where they taught various topics in the field of film and digital media They have recently been funded by the Arts Council to develop their film practice Maria argues that cosmopolitan cinema stems from a discursive ethical space in which it is possible to stand in for (but not as) others who are denied access to public representation Cosmopolitan cinema is predicated in intense negotiations of difference whereby the symbolic borders between self and other are challenged and redefined through cosmopolitan dialogue We will see that one of the key challenges for those involved in the making of cosmopolitan cinema is how to articulate the dignity of the lives of distant and suffering “others” – not as objects of pity – but as fully fledged subjects in the specificity of their culture Bio: Dr Maria Rovisco is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds She is a non-fiction editor for the literary magazine “The Other Side of Hope – Journeys in Immigrant and Refugee Literature” She has research interests in cosmopolitanism She has recently co-edited Visual Politics in the Global South (Palgrave and is currently writing a book on cosmopolitanism which can be transmitted through close contact with others before the government signed new measures to release some low-risk inmates to house arrest the ministry sought to play down the spread of the virus in announcing the latest case in a prison in Voghera in the northern region of Lombardy hardest hit by the virus that has killed 2,503 people throughout the country and infected 31,506 "At the moment these are isolated episodes and there is no evidence of infection caused by these positive cases," the ministry said But prisoner rights group Antigone said the government measures were insufficient given severe overcrowding in the system which forces inmates to share cells and come into close proximity with each other "Prisons are in danger of becoming a health bomb that can have repercussions on the very integrity of the national health system," Antigone's president Patrizio Gonnella said adding that recently announced new measures were "clearly insufficient" The group said more than 14,000 inmates should be released to relieve overcrowding A new government decree that came into effect on Wednesday said certain categories of inmates serving sentences of less than 18 months would be allowed to serve them under house arrest and inmates associated with organised crime Prisoners who took part earlier this month in riots in 27 institutions across Italy will also be unable to benefit from the measure The riots were sparked by inmates' worries over coronavirus and the suspension of family visits most through drug overdoses after prison infirmaries were raided The pool of a maximum of 3,000 inmates targeted by the government as eligible for house arrest falls far short of the over 10,000 needed to reduce overcrowding Some 61,230 people are behind bars in Italy 20 percent more than the maximum capacity of 50,931 Some prisons in the country are at 200 percent capacity often resulting in three inmates sharing cells of just 12 square meters (130 square feet) or less the infected prisoner is being treated in the city hospital and his cellmates were quarantined for 14 days while the affected wing of the prison is isolated Two other infected inmates are in quarantine inside special rooms for overnight stays within their prisons Some contracted the coronavirus outside prison while hospitalised any Italian woman has dreamed of wearing one of the great master's magical total red garments or accessories his skill and his character with which today he also celebrates his own 90 years An important milestone for the stylist of Voghera who has dedicated an entire life tohigh fashion and the dressmaking through which he gave his name a very particular chromatic tone was able to reinvent an idea of Christian Dior it is "Czar" of Italian fashion will celebrate theMay 11 in Rome a very important birthday also celebrating the story ofhaute couture del Bel Paese and the craftsmanship that has conquered the whole world The birthday will take place in an intimate and private way: among the guests the name of the business and life partner stands out Giancarlo giammetti The capital has always been the place of the heart for Valentino since it opened in 1960 in Via Condotti his madison a brand later sold in 1998 to the German maison for 500 billion taken over from Marzotto group in 2022 and 2012 acquired by the Emir's wife of Qatar The city itself is waiting impatiently for the kermesse event on 8 July the day in which Valentino will officially present the autumn-winter 2022-23 collection in the background of Piazza Mignanelli e Trinity of the Mountains our stories and our identities reside here We belong to this place as much as it belongs to the world and to Valentino ” the creative director of the maison from 7 July 2016 @ 2020 - All rights reserved. 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