Italiani ad Harvard: il cervello parte ma il cuore resta a casa
La prima volta che sono entrata nello yard di Harvard non sapevo ancora che quel crocevia così denso di studenti e turisti a breve sarebbe stato per me una nuova casa. A colpirmi di più non furono tanto gli edifici con i caratteristici mattoncini rossi, o la celebre statua delle "tre menzogne" (la terza più fotografata di tutti gli Stati U...
St. Paul's Punch Pizza owner, cook attend Obama address
By Nick Woltman Punch Pizza founder John Soranno and cook Nick Chute had choice seats Tuesday at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The pair attended the event as guests of first lady Michelle Obama and sat in her reserved box in the House chambers in Washington. The St. Paul-based, wood-fired pizza chain, which has...
GRAND TOUR: train all your senses for ExhibItalia
Grand Tour, the historyThree hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France and Italy in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization. With nearly unlimited funds, aristocratic connections and months (or years) to roam,they commissioned paintings, perfected their language skills and min...
NASA Intensive Four Day Italian Wine Specialist Provides Certification Opportunity for Both Professionals and Wine Enthusiasts
Diego Meraviglia, Vice President and Director of Education of the North American Sommelier Association (NASA) and Gold-Pin Sommelier, returns to Miami to head the Southeastern US presentation of the Italian Wine Immersion Course. Designed for either wine enthusiasts or professionals, the classes deeply and fully explore all 20 wine regions of Italy...
I miei giovani talenti alle prese con Boccaccio e uno spettacolo che speriamo di rivedere a New York
By Laura Caparrotti Diceva Eduardo: gli esami non finiscono mai. Lavorando nel teatro sembra doppiamente vero e mi chiedo se Eduardo non l'avesse pensato alla vigilia di qualche suo debutto. Gli esami non finiscono mai e in questi giorni di esami ne sto passando molti, a partire dal nuovo esperimento messo in atto con la compagnia giovani...
Andrea Bocelli marries longtime girlfriend Veronica Berti in Italy
By Nardine Saad That's "Amore" for Andrea Bocelli — the singer is now a married man!The Italian tenor wed his longtime girlfriend Veronica Berti in a Tuscan village near Livorno, Italy, last week, his rep said in a statement to the Associated Press. Bocelli, 55, and Berti, 30, have been together for 12 years and are already parents to dau...
In Little Italy, Joe Benny's Focacceria opens in former Max's Empanadas space
A new restaurant, Joe Benny's Focacceria, opened last week in the Little Italy storefront that was formerly home to Max's Empanadas. The specialty at Joe Benny's will be the "true" Sicilian-style pizzas, which are made with focaccia, topped with ingredients like eggplant, mushrooms, prosciutto and sausage. Read more Sourc...
Spotlight on Chris Pantaleoni: The man behind the lens
by Michele Pluss As the old adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words – whether it has its own story to tell you or you create a story for it yourself. Photographs have a special way of conveying messages in a way that the written or spoken word cannot. They can invoke emotions, immortalize memories and freeze time by capturing peopl...
IT and US: Michigan Première of Michael Angelo DiLauro's Film La Mia Strada
WTI Magazine #28 2014 May, 1Author : Sandra Tornberg Translation by: On March 28 the Italian Heritage Society and the Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan (FADM) sponsored the Michigan première of the film La Mia Strada ("My Road"), a beautiful feature-length documentary by Michael Angelo DiLauro.
Italian cinema: Nino Manfredi, a timeless legend
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: You think about it and think again, and in the end you realize that Italy's classic movies world has had so many big names, compared to the contemporary scene: talented actors recognized throughout the world, glorious icons that take us back in time and at the sa...
Eataly to Open at Autogrill Highway Service Stations
Eataly may soon be found at Italy's Autogrills, the restaurant chain found at every major service station off the Italian highway (autostrada). Eataly's founder Oscar Farinetti told the Foreign Press Club of Milan that the first "Eataly for Autogrill" is set to open by the end of 2014 at Secchia Ovest, near Modena, thanks to a franchise de...
Simone Cinotto (Writer)
Used, as we are, to study the impact that the American consumer society had on we Italians here in Italy, it is interesting to understand how it influenced our compatriots who had emigrated there in America, and whether and how they have in turn played a role in it. To do so, we are meeting Prof. Simone Cinotto, author of a very interesting book t...