L'Umbria secondo Steve McCurry
di Beatrice Bondi L'Italian Trade Commission inaugura la mostra fotografica Sensational Umbria, che raccoglie un'accurata selezione di scatti attraverso i quali il fotografo di fama mondiale, Steve McCurry (indimenticabile la sua fotografia della ragazza afgana pubblicata come copertina del National Geografic nel 1985), ha catturato l'anim...
2013 Miss Italia Peekskill Winners
On Saturday, Young ladies of Italian Descent competed for the Miss Italia Peekskill title at the Harbor at Charles Point in Peekskill, NY. The pageant was open to young ladies between the ages of 16 and 26 from all areas, not just Peekskill. The categories they competed in was photogenic appeal, casual wear, evening wear and intervie...
Italian art: Adalberto Libera
WTI Magazine #9 2013 Dec, 13Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti I want to start my column by immediately admitting that to me Adalberto Libera represents the Italian Rationalism. In his pure geometric forms, in his space development solutions with the alternation of horizontal and...
A Sandwich A Day: Spicy Italian at Chop Shop
by Tessa McLean There's no shortage of good Italian sandwiches in Chicago, so if you plan to serve one, it better be good. Now that that public service announcement is out of the way, please go get a Spicy Italian (12" for $12) from Chop Shop in Bucktown. This new butcher/deli/bar/restaurant/event space (seriously) is still gettin...
Raffaella De Vita, la scienziata di 37 anni che verrà premiata da Obama: «Vi racconto come ce l'ho fatta»
«Mio padre lavorava alla Olivetti come operaio, mia mamma era una casalinga. Io sono andata avanti grazie alle borse di studio. Poi un professore degli Stati Uniti è venuto in Italia, ha chiesto se qualcuno era interessato a fare esperienze all'estero. Da lì è nato tutto». Raffaella De Vita, 37 anni, sta per ricevere dalle mani di Barack O...
Italian Food in Crisis? Italians, Their Food, and the Foreign Press
Over the past few days, a couple of pieces in the American press -- later translated in Italian media -- have drawn attention to some of the least glamorous aspects of the culinary trend "Made in Italy." In The New York Times, a graphic piece by Nicholas Blechman entitled "Extra Virgin Suicide: The Adulteration of Italian Olive Oil" illust...
Bryan Voltaggio to open restaurant in Baltimore
By Richard Gorelick Bryan Voltaggio, the chef behind the acclaimed restaurants Volt and Family Meal in his hometown of Frederick, and Range in Washington, will open his first restaurant in Baltimore. The restaurant, Aggio, will be Voltaggio's second Italian fine-dining restaurant. It will open at 616 Water St., in the space now occupied by Tatu A...
Franciscan priest celebrates last Mass at Little Italy's Most Precious Blood Church
A Franciscan priest celebrated his last Mass Sunday after decades at the helm of Most Precious Blood Church at the heart of what was once teeming Little Italy. The Rev. Fabian Grifone, 88, bade farewell to his now tiny, teary-eyed congregation at the Mulberry St. Catholic church. "It was very bittersweet," he said after celebrating morning Ma...
Ferlinghetti to publish his travel journals
There's no letting up for Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The dean of San Francisco booksellers, who co-founded City Lights Bookstore in 1953 and helped launch the Beat movement, published a book of poetry, "Time of Useful Consciousness," in 2012. When he's not at City Lights, Ferlinghetti is at work on his paintings at his art studio in Hunters Point....
The 2014 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12)
The Director of the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, Dr. Mary Ann Re, is delighted to announce that, recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have generously increased to $4,000 the monetary prize associated with the Teaching...
Assemblyman Lentol Announces Collegiate Scholarships
Assemblyman Joe Lentol announced this week that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded June 9th at their Annual Legislative Conference Day. "The cost of attending college is increasing every year, every opportunity must be made by Brooklyn stude...
Bruno Munari in the spotlight at Milan's Museo del Novecento
A 20th-Century artist, designer and graphics master, Bruno Munari is the focus of a retrospective tracing his life and work, from his first sketches and designs of the 1930s to his final experimentations of the '80s. The Museo del Novecento or Museum of the 1900s in Milan hosts the exhibition Munari politecnico until September 7, 2014, off...