Umberto Mucci
Umberto has a degree in Political Science and a master in Marketing and Communication. He is the founder and CEO of We the Italians and the representative in Italy of the Italian American Museum of New York. He gives lectures about History of Italian Emigration to the US, and he has published seven books about Italy and the US
Italian cinema: Bud Spencer
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Edoardo Peretti Translation by: Last June 27 Bud Spencer passed away. Carlo Pedersoli, better known as Bud Spencer, was a man of many lives, and an absolute protagonist of the history of Italian cinema, especially the more popular. Born in Naples in 1929, his first life, before arriving on the bi...
Italian traditions: Polenta well competition in Corinaldo, Marche
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : folclore.it Translation by: The "Contesa del Pozzo della Polenta" (Polenta well competition) returns in July 2016. It is the oldest reenactment of the province of Ancona, Marche. The story goes that one day a farmer with great effort ascended the ancient stairway of Corinaldo (109 steps) carrying...
Italian wine: The many styles of Lambrusco
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: You may be familiar with Lambrusco as the cheap Riunite sparkling sweeter red, but gosh is there much more to it than that. Lambrusco hails from the Emilia Romagna region and more specifically from the flatlands of Modena and Re...
Italian sport: Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Forza Italia!
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: After the good performance in London 2012 (eight place, 28 medals with 8 golds, 9 silvers and 11 bronzes) Italy arrives at the Olympic Games in Rio with the usual expectations: that of an average power of world sport, which aspires to a place among the very f...
Italian land and nature: Versilia
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : italia.it Translation by: Versilia, a zone both fun and cultured, is known to many for its gossip pages. Yet this stretch of land (in the Province of Lucca), that runs past the slopes of the Apuan Alps and the Park of San Rossore, is famous for its beaches. Lying between the cities of Forte dei M...
Italian language: No Need to Kiss the Ring, Just Use “Lei”
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Giulia Casati for the Italian School NJ Translation by: English and Italian grammar are very different. Anybody that studies Italian can tell that the Italian and English grammar, specifically the verb tenses and the nouns, are completely different. But the most foreign concepts to English speake...
Italian art: Agostino Iacurci's street art
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: The last few years mark the beginning of a new "school" in the contemporary art. It's a current born in the metropolitan areas but now it's reaching important proportions even for the art market, albeit very late compared with USA, France and Great Britain. It is a...
The Italian Way: Discovering Italy Differently
WTI Magazine #81 2016 July 15Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: As I have often indicated in my articles while talking about the Made in Italy concept, art and tourism are two of the main reasons that attract millions of people to visit our country. However, it seems that the average tourist seems to be stuck with Rome, Flo...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 80
WTI Magazine #80 2016 June 17Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 80th issue of our online magazine. During this month a lot of things have happened, and I want to briefly tell you about them. First of all, like every year on Memorial Day We the Italians paid our respect to the American soldiers burie...
Italian cuisine: Strawberry cups with Ricotta and Moscato wine
WTI Magazine #80 2016 June 17Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: Do you like both strawberries and moscato wine? This is the dessert for you - fresh, fragrant and light too. The addition of creamy ricotta (a light cheese) makes the perfect combination. If you prefer a richer version you can substitute ricotta with masc...
Italian little Italies: Castelmezzano the Pearl of the Lucanian Dolomites
WTI Magazine #80 2016 June 17Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia Translation by: Perched on a wall of peaks and pinnacles amid a fantastic rocky landscape, Castelmezzano has preserved its original medieval conformation. It is in fact a cluster of concentric houses set in a terraced rocky hollow, with roofs tiled with sheets of sands...
Italian cinema: Neorealism
WTI Magazine #80 2016 June 17Author : Edoardo Peretti Translation by: If the Italian cinema has almost always been part of the "G8" of world cinema, we can enlighten two particular moments when it was able to exceptionally influence the worldwide development of the seventh art. The first dates back to the origins, to the second decad...