Italian Artist Paints In Grand Central Terminal

Manhattan, May 28, 2018 -

Artist Marco Luccio, who now hails from Australia, creates his own artwork in GCT and paints in the Main Concourse. He performed his painting outside the gate where Amtrak's Empire Service was using New York's Grand Central Terminal during the May 26-September track work in NY Penn Station and Spuyten Duyvil Bridge repair this summer.

His family originally came from Benevento, Italy (near Naples). His website is: www.MarcoLuccio.com.

         Photo and story by Joseph M. Calisi (c)2018 All Rights Reserved

NAPLES, NOT A COMMONPLACE - A Discussion With The Mayor of Naples, Luigi De Magistris

Manhattan, NY - Friday, June 5 2015 -

The former Italian magistrate, known for his anti-corruption investigations, then Member of the European Parliament, that is now the current Mayor the third largest city in Italy, appeared at NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at 24 W 12th Street in Manhattan. The House of Italian hosted a discussion featuring the Mayor of Naples, Italy, Luigi De Magistris. The Q&A was moderated by Stefano Albertini (NYU professor of Italian) and Letizia Airos (i-Italy News).

The discussion that began at 6:30 pm was called, “A Conversation with the Mayor of Naples, Luigi De Magistris (Città in movimento: Napoli si riscopre).

The question and answer ‘chat’ focused on his administration's mission of "lawfulness through education" and the changes his policy brought to the city alongside its plans for the future by keeping Naples as the artistic and creative breeding ground that it is.

 

Some of the discussion revolved around his fight against local crime and how infiltration into normal government functions shows how difficult crime fighting can be.

With an NYU, they chatted about being Mayor. On June 4, he walked around NY City with Mayor De Blasio.