Cultural updates: New book on bread history and Capossela’s Ballad Opera

Pino Cinquegrana has released a new book titled ‘Il grano e le valli dei mulini. Storia, cultura e tradizioni del pane e delle farine’, published by Libritalia Edizioni. The work explores the history of wheat and bread, tracing the connection between agricultural labor, the role of mills in communities, and the cultural identity of the Mediterranean and Calabria regions.

In musical news, Vinicio Capossela is presenting his first ‘Ballad Opera’, titled ‘E Morte non avrà dominio’. Inspired by Dylan Thomas’s poem ‘Under Milk Wood’, the performance is scheduled for October 14 at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona. The production features Pierpaolo Capovilla and serves as a tribute to the late DJ Renato Striglia, focusing on themes of friendship, community, and memory.