Jenna Prandini, BA '16, earned All-America honors on the track and in the classroom, but now faces the biggest test of her life
In the time it takes Jenna Prandini to run 100 meters, the average person could... well, they couldn't do much at all. After all, what can a person really get done in fewer than eleven seconds? They couldn't boil an egg. They couldn't fast-forward through a commercial break. What they could do, though, is spend as much time thinking...
Opening night brings taste of Italy
Lancaster Festival Artistic Director Gary Sheldon predicts there will be something special for everyone to enjoy during the Lancaster Festival Orchestra Opening Night Concert, "Viva Italia," which begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at St. Mary Catholic Church. "I'm always tickled to hear what different people say was the 'highlight' of a...
Italy’s funiculars: wonderful all the way to the top
One of the most famous Italian songs in the world is dedicated to a funicular: it's "Funiculì funiculà" of course, composed by Giuseppe Turco and Luigi Denza in 1880 to celebrate the inauguration of the Vesuvio Cable Railway, the first cable railway to successfully ascend the slopes of an active volcano. The song became so popular it was t...
Italian cuisine: Watermelon Salad with Quartirolo cheese
WTI Magazine #82 2016 August 19Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: This is a refreshing, easy, fast and healthy recipe. It is summer in a bowl: savory and sweet at the same time. As improbable as it might sound, this combination is delicious. It is prepared with watermelon, celery, Taggiasche olives and quartirolo chee...
Here’s where to play bocce ball in Sonoma County
Peggy Fransen prepared to toss her bocce ball into a crowded field of red and green spheres, all huddled around a little white pallino. She had a strategic conundrum. Should she try to knock out an opponent's red ball or try to land her green one closest to the pallino, a small white ball? Or, take the safe route and throw it outside the scrum...
Datebook: Francesca Pasquali at Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Leila Heller Gallery in New York is hosting a solo exhibition displaying works of Italian artist Francesca Pasquali titled "Plastic Resonance" through October 22, 2016. The exhibition is the first US solo exhibition of Pasquali. The artist creates site-specific installations, wall reliefs and folded sculptures that bring to life organic fo...
Top ten most memorable Italian movies
The Italian cinema started its development at the beginning of the XX century. Since then the Italian movies have had numerous significant successes both inside the country and all over the world. As everything Italian the Italian movies can cut to the quick without being superficial, they are educative but at the same time full of irony,...
Falcomatà ha incontrato l’ambasciatore Usa John Phillips ricevuto anche dal Prefetto
Il Sindaco di Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Falcomatà ha ricevuto a Palazzo San Giorgio l'ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Italia John Phillips. "La presenza dell'ambasciatore nella nostra città è la dimostrazione che Reggio è meritevole dell'attenzione da parte del vostro Paese. Viviamo in una città ricca di bellezze paesaggistiche, archeologiche...
The Italian House on Park in Westfield serves up authentic food in a cozy restaurant
The Italian House on Park is located in the Grand Junction neighborhood in Westfield. The beautiful and quaint restaurant is a perfect spot for customers who enjoy quick service and authentic Italian cuisine - bon appétit! "We try to take care of our guests and make them feel at home. We are upscale but not stuffy," explains general manager Jim Ne...
Florence flood exhibitions in New York and Washington
Forty-year old American artist and teacher Joe Blaustein was in Florence on November 4, 1966 when the Arno submerged the city. With his camera in tow he decided to document what was happening in real time. Among the very few colour photos of the 1966 Florence flood, the images are now on show at an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute of N...
Great Italians of the Past: Alessandro Volta
WTI Magazine #85 2016 November 21Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The inventions and discoveries of Alessandro Volta have provided this Italian scientist fame and an immense popularity. Indeed, the invention of a device that would generate electricity without the help of an external power supply, aka the battery, represented a...
L’impurità degli italici - La penisola è una porta sempre aperta e non cerca la purezza incontaminata
di Riccardo Giumelli Scriveva Sartre nella sua introduzione al Cristo si è fermato ad Eboli di Carlo Levi: "Quando si incontra Carlo Levi a Mosca, a New York, a Parigi, si è subito colpiti da una strana contraddizione: egli, dovunque si trovi, rimane il più romano dei romani, così che si crederebbe non abbia neppure lasciato Roma, o che se l...