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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 #71    2015 October, 30Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Let's discover a new and unusual Sardinia. An island rich in monuments which testify to the presence of ancient peoples and civilizations. Among the first to discover the magnificent scenery that this island hides were the Nuragic people who, between 1800 and 1000 BC...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   In a recent conference at the prestigious George Washington University, I was approached by a colleague of mine who teaches Italian language and culture in another college in USA and I was asked, how do I answer questions by the students that relate to the...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The San Trifone Feast is a unique, big treasure trove of entertainment: religion, music, illuminations and the largest fireworks festival day and evening of the world. It annually attracts thousands of visitors, pilgrims, believers and curious. A full program of ev...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by: Giulia Carletti   The apparently common lives of the anarchists Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were thoroughly intertwined within a storyline, which became symbol of an unsuccessfully exposed injustice. In 1920s, Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested, tried,...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   A winery that is rather new, being established in 2002, that I'm sharing with you today is Agricola Punica located on the island of Sardinia, also known as Sardegna. The winery is a joint venture majority owned by Sebastiano...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Torre di Babele      Translation by:   Why people like to study Italian? Art, culture, music, food and wine: is all Italy and Italian language can offer? Why the language of a small like this is that important in the world, to be one the most widely taught languages in the world? If you are interest...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   When you are away from home, meeting someone who shares your roots is always exciting. This becomes even more so when you are a fiercely proud Sicilian and this person also happens to be equally enthusiastic about your culture and origins. Mike Kalmeta is...

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Living Adamis      Translation by:   Pasquale Bruni, President and Founder of the brand of fine jewelry Pasquale Bruni, and Eugenia Bruni, Creative Director of the House, were the special guests of "The Italian Jewelry Festival", an event organized by luxury retailer Neiman Marcus through several ma...

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  WTI Magazine #70    2015 October, 16Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from the East Coast! Welcome to the 70th issue of our online magazine. We've been in New York, where we attended the Columbus Day Parade: a big wave of energy, Italian pride and passion of Italy that every year gives us an incredible strength and confirms to...

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  WTI Magazine #70    2015 October, 16Author : italia.it      Translation by:   When it comes to historical Italian coffee, you can not help but talk of Venice. It is in this lagoon city that the tradition of coffee was born, that due to its position and its trade relations with the Arab world, which then spread to the rest of Italy. The first "...

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  WTI Magazine #70    2015 October, 16Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   The vines in Montefalco are rather young and only about 15 years old. The traditional version of sagrantino was more of a passito, dried grapes, style, which is still produced today. These wines are sweeter in style, but due...

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  WTI Magazine #70    2015 October, 16Author : Joseph Giordano      Translation by:   I wrote Birds of Passage to honor the memory of my father and grandparents, all of whom emigrated from Naples to New York. The great wave of Italian immigrants started after 1871, when Italy had been consolidated, but il Risorgimento, did not create a nation. A...

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