Italian language: Let’s Set The Table
WTI Magazine #82 2016 August 19Author : Giulia Casati for the Italian School NJ Translation by: One thing everyone knows about Italians is that they love their food. They love their bread, their pasta, their pizza, and nothing else is like a good lasagna made by their grandma. Salami, focaccia, gelato, hey, anything Italian is delici...
7 Reasons Italian Citizenship Can Change Your Life
Keep in mind; there are five key criteria to consider in determining someone's eligibility be recognized as an Italian citizen. These standards have been known to be challenged in the Italian courts with some success. If you choose to dispute them, I recommend that you seek legal assistance. The European Union has expanded six times since...
Architetti italiani a New York: i segreti del successo
di Maddalena Maltese Coniugare bellezza e funzionalità è uno dei must del design italiano. La passione per i dettagli, per i materiali artigianali, per l'eleganza delle linee sono un'attrazione per i cosmopoliti abitanti di New York che hanno affidato e affidano agli architetti italiani ristrutturazioni, progetti innovativi, edifici civili e spazi...
Phoenix considers celebrating Native American culture on Columbus Day
Phoenix could soon join a collection of cities that hold alternative celebrations on Columbus Day to commemorate the history and contributions of Native American cultures. City leaders are considering whether to establish Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October. Supporters say the event would promote a more accurate understa...
The explorers you did not expect: little known Italian men of adventure
Thinking of Italian explorers means thinking chiefly of three names: Cristoforo Colombo, Marco Polo and Amerigo Vespucci. Of course, there are many other famous men of adventures hailing from the Bel Paese, like Antonio Pigafetta, who travelled with Magellan to the Indies, or Umberto Nobile, famous especially for its polar expeditions and for havin...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series–Saturday, November 12, 2016 Featuring Chuck Joy and Jennifer Militello
WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleecker WHEN: Saturday, November 12, 2016 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm The Italian American Writers Association is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every 2nd Saturday of the month. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAWA-East is he...
Italian discovers 'fat gene'
An Italian researcher working in the US has discovered a gene that slows down metabolism and makes people gain weight if it is too active. The gene, found in muscles, is called THNSL2. It was discovered by Paolo Piaggi of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Healt...
IT and US: Columbus Day Parade
WTI Magazine #85 2016 November 21Author : Agnese Tortosa Translation by: It was really touching. I witnessed several parades in my life, some of them in New York, but to march representing my own country, well... it has been completely different. I am writing this article to express with more details what I experienced, trying to des...
The Disneyland of gourmands
'Eataly World' recently became the Disneyland of gourmands all over the world. Largest gourmet park will open in Bologna and costs no less than $ 106 million. Italian food fans have hundreds of reasons to be happy. Bologna, the red city is the culinary capital of Italy and will welcome guests starting September 2017. It will become the lar...
Il radiologo Bonomo conquista l’America
Lorenzo Bonomo, professore ordinario di Radiologia all'Università Cattolica di Roma, diventa Socio Onorario della RSNA, la Società di Radiologia del Nord America, che riunisce oltre 54.000 membri provenienti da 136 Paesi del mondo. L'importante riconoscimento gli è stato conferito il 30 novembre, a Chicago, in occasione del 101° Congresso...
Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio, folk soul from Calabria
by Valerio Viale Peppe Voltarelli, a Calabrian folk singer-songwriter, with a musical career spanning over twenty-five years and two prestigious "Tenco Awards" under his belt, has been touring campuses across the States to present his latest book + CD, Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio. He has been sharing this multimedia journey wi...
The cultural resonance of Italy’s Alpini
EVERY winter, town squares all over Europe are filled by the hum of Christmas choirs. Towns in northern Italy follow this tradition too, but with a twist. Singers abandon Santa costumes in favour of the distinctive feathered hats of the Alpini, tough soldiers mostly recruited from remote Alpine villages. The Alpini repertoire is different too. Chri...