The moon-chaser
Marco Bifulco's love for William Least Heat-Moon's "Blue Highways" has yielded fruit.
The Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi's terrifying vision of imagined prisons dug into the bowels of Rome.
Father of invention
Italian Antonio Meucci is overlooked in a telephone-invention saga focused on Alexander Graham Bell.
Angel’s rise
Fashion filmmaker Stewart MacLennan uses Calvino to "reinvent" beleaguered Los Angeles.
Roman housewife
For Audrey Hepburn, stardom came second to running her Rome household.
Look at me!
A Manhattan modeling event offers insight into ambition and the age-old craving for a breakthrough.
Blaze of glory
How a bandit with a code, Salvatore Giuliano, came to define rebellion in postwar Sicily.
Unchained
Dave Weiner got tired of a corporate life and turned his attention to his true love: bikes.
The historian
The legacy of Oriana Fallaci grows more powerful as media questioning softens.
Keyboard crumbs
Adjusting to life post-Italy deepens an awareness of cultural differences.
I am so indie
The indie music festival Musica Importante a Milano featured strong acts and serious playfulness.