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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

  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by: Giulia Carletti   One can easily recognize the unmistakable smile of Renato Carosone. His smiling face while playing the piano, as it were an easy job, reveals Carosone's slight greatness. Renato Carosone (Naples, 3 January 1920) studied piano from a young age, encou...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   This pork roast is an appetizing and inviting main course to enjoy with family and friends. I know pork is excluded from the dinner table in many cultures, but in Italy it has long been an important part of our culinary tradition, particularly in the nor...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   "Non essere cattivo" by Claudio Caligari, the beautiful Italian movie selected to represent our country for the Oscar as "Foreign Language Film", didn't get the nomination. Despite this, the Oscar ceremony spoke Italian: the Oscar for best soundtrack has been won...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Giulia Carletti     Translation by:   A long corridor to pass, then a magnificent spectacle. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings in the world, as well as a powerful work of art. The Chapel is 40.23 meters long, 13.40 meters wide, and 20.70 meters high (about 132 by 44 by 68 feet) and...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Art and architecture, nature and museums have made Trento a cultural hotspot. Provincial and (autonomous) Regional Capital, this city in Trentino Alto Adige boasts a long, rich tradition and some of the most important monuments in Italian history. Trento was struck at t...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Giosuè Prezioso      Translation by:   According to the Californian neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, the amount of words pronounced on a daily basis by women and men is very diverse: the former, in fact, can use until 20 thousand terms, the latter only 7 thousands, basically a third. Among these wo...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia      Translation by:   Palms along the river swayed by the wind, a line of low tannery buildings, the river-stone paths of the medieval quarter and moreover, its green nuances, its blue sea, and if you are lucky, the griffins flying around the Castle of Malaspina. This is wh...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Dolores Alfieri      Translation by:   November 2015 marked the launch of The Italian American Podcast – the first podcast dedicated to helping Italian Americans learn about and celebrate their brilliant heritage. Recent guest Lidia Bastianich, famed chef and host of "Lidia's Italy," said this on an ep...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   Like many wine producing areas within Italy, grapes that were native to a region over the years were replaced with grape varieties that were more productive for winemakers. In Calabria, wines that were blended were always prefe...

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WTI Magazine #76    2016 February 15Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 76th issue of our online magazine. It's February 2016, and I'm about to leave for the US, where I'll be presenting my book "We the Italians. Two flags, One heart. One hundred interviews". A few days ago I had the privilege of presentin...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Castel del Monte, 37 mi from Bari, is one of the 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy. Commissioned by Frederick II of Swabia in the 13th Century, the Castle is a massive and dominating octagonal structure that sits on a small stretch of the Murge plateau in Apulia...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 75th issue of our online magazine, and happy new year. Starting 2016, our magazine becomes monthly. We want to be able to go on with a quality product, and this is the right choice to do that. Big news are coming, so please stay tune...

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