A short clip from Italian television in 1960, I Can’t Get Started + Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Leo Wright on alto sax, Junior Mance on piano, Art Davis on bass and Teddy Stewart on drums.

The cheeks make their first appearance just after the 50s mark and really get going at 2 minutes and again at 4m50s.

Have some colored felt tip markers, some self-adhesive velcro and a milk frother? If so, then get ready to make a “robot” that can draw.

During the Minimondi Festival in Parma, Italy, artist Lorezno Bravi experienced a workshop for children to create this amazing little diy toy of sorts. It’s a variation on these drawbots (like these at the 2010 Maker Faire-NY) by researcher, writer, and artist Jonah Brucker-Cohen, PH.D.

via graphism.fr. Thanks, @toccaceliblasi.

The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy played on a Glass Harp. Performers Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec, called Glass Duo, have more videos on their site.

Via Neatorama.

Italian studio n9ve has illustrated the alphabet using animated representational vignettes for words starting with each letter. This is a follow up to their first Alphabet video, based on fonts. 

Via This Is Colossal. 

Italian acrobat and artist Selyna Bogino juggles five basketballs. With her feet, too. Upside down.