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
Great Italians of the Past: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The extraordinary artistic talent of Giovanni Battista Piranesi has often been underestimated in Italy. The Venetian artist was involved in a series of works of great value and author of an original review of the Italian artistic past, condensed in the grandeur of th...
IT and US: From Friuli to the US
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Ente Friuli nel Mondo Translation by: John Cabot University The Ente Friuli nel Mondo is a non-profit private association established in Udine on June 20th, 1953, and it has considered as regional site by the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia. The Ente independently promotes connections betwe...
Italian art: MUDEC, Museo delle Culture
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: John Cabot University The transformation of Milan - because of the forthcoming Universal Exposition - has been constantly growing. Besides the website for the event, for the new infrastructures of the city and the railroad modernizations, the Ambrosian museum center...
Italian language: Keep calm and use subjuntive
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com Translation by: Today we continue to explore the pronominal forms of the Italian language. Let's focus on personal pronouns: as we will see, they can have function either as a subject or as a complement. In the first case, the subject expressed by the variou...
Italian good news: Foreign Trade, in February import and export both growing
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Exportiamo.it Translation by: ISTAT data on Foreign Trade in February 2015, give a photo of a cyclical increase in imports and exports with a trade surplus of 3.5 billion euro, increasing if compared to February 2014 (2.4 billion euro). Italian exports gave a positive performance (+ 2.5%) due to t...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 57
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: We the Italians would like to wish you a Happy Easter! Spring has come, Italy is beautiful, and herein Italy everybody's thinking about how and where to spend this holiday. The motto here is "Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi" (Christmas you're your family, Eas...
Italian traditions: Easter in Italy
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Italia.it Translation by: A visit to Italy during the Easter holidays is an experience of a lifetime: from north to south, cities and towns throughout the Peninsula are celebrating during this time, with processions, religious rites, holy representations, sagre or food fairs, and folkloristic tr...
Italian cinema: Easter in the Italian movies
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Edoardo Peretti Translation by: In a country like Italy, whose culture and imagination were and are directly or indirectly strongly characterized by Catholicism, some way also present in writers and directors who do not believe in God, Easter, the most important Christian holiday, has not had th...
The Italian way: Italians and their Style - Part 1
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: The poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold stated "Have something to say and say it as clearly as you can. This is the only secret to style". Think about Italian style, the way we move and clothe ourselves, and you can understand why Italians are worldly famo...
Great Italians of the Past: Artemisia Gentileschi
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome on July 8, 1593. Since she is a child, she shows to have an extraordinary talent for painting, also pushed by the stimulating Roman environment made by several artists friends of his father Orazio, also a painter. The style of...
IT and US: Italian Language and Culture Day 2015. Il Made in Italy
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Mary Ann Re Translation by: A full house of almost 400 students of Italian from New Jersey middle and high schools competed during Italian Language and Culture Day, the annual signature collaboration between the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America (the 'academic arm' of Coccia...
Italian handcrafts: The Zampognas of Scapoli
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Unioncamere Translation by: The origins of bagpipes are lost in the mists of time: in the prehistoric era there is evidence of wind instruments made of pipes with holes and reeds to modulate the sound. The presence of similar flutes spread through the various villages of the Mediterranean area f...