Dal calcio alla scherma: con lo sport le università Usa aprono all'Italia
di Michela Cuppini Studiare in America senza pagare esorbitanti rette universitarie? Oggi non è più impossibile. L' "American Dream" potrebbe presto diventare realtà grazie a borse di studio istituite da college statunitensi. I requisiti d'accesso richiesti? Essere degli sportivi. Ebbene sì, il proprio background atletico giocherà un ruolo...
Christopher Columbus Statue Vandalized With Red Paint, 'Black Lives Matter'
by Danielle Abreu The Christopher Columbus Statue on Boston's North End was vandalized Monday night with red paint and the phrase "Black Lives Matter," Boston police said. Red paint was poured over the top and sides of the white marble statute. The slogan, which has become a common refrain at demonstrations across the U.S. in...
Ha 20 anni l'Mp3, algoritmo che canta e fa le playlist
Compie 20 anni l'Mp3, il formato che ha cambiato radicalmente il modo di distribuire la musica nel mondo e ha portato la rivoluzione delle playlist personalizzabili anni prima dell'arrivo di iTunes, iPod e dello streaming. Una rivoluzione nata non dall'industria musicale, ma da un collettivo internazionale di scienziati coordinato da un ingegnere i...
The Italian Way: Addressing the Italian Stereotypes, Myth 7 - Latin Lovers
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: I always surprise foreign people when I mention that I married an Irish man. "What about a lovely, passionate and sexy Italian man?" would be the usual comment while obviously thinking of the "typical" Italian man. Thus, here is the focus on one of the best kn...
Italy's cowboys show off their skill
Italy may be better-known for its soccer skills, but on ranches across the country, cowboys are honing their skills of horsemanship and cattle management, and dreaming of taking on the Americans at their own game. Team penning and ranch sorting is believed to have started as a competitive sport in California in the early 1940s. Since then...
Italian Grandmother, Multistate Wholesaler, Happy To Grow Slowly And Make Gelato By Hand
by Zach Melvin A city famous for its pizza is making a name for itself with another Italian delicacy. At Gelato Giuliana, 15 employees produce between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds of gelato a day. The company sells to supermarkets, country clubs, restaurants and colleges from Maine to Delaware. "This was quite accidental actually,...
Where those dishes in “Northern Italian” restaurants actually originate?
The term "Northern Italian" has long been more of a marketing tool rather than an accurate descriptor of a restaurant. It is term that is supposed to denote some level of sophistication, at least in regards to the typical Italian restaurant. At least that is how it has been used for much of the past thirty-five or forty years when "Northern Italian...
Caruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound
September 20 (Sunday) 2:00 pmCaruso and the Evolution of Recorded Sound: Caruso recordings and the history of recorded music, music boxes and records. Sponsored by the Enrico Caruso Museum of America - 1942 East 19th Street, Brooklyn Admission: free; open to the publicContact: Comm. Aldo Mancusi 718-368-3993amancusi@enricoca...
ORLANDO: furiosamente solo rotolando
ORLANDO: furiosamente solo rotolando. Episodes inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (in Italian) performed by Enrico Messina Armamaxa teatro, Foggia (FG) / Ceglie Messapica (BR) from the text HRUODLANDUS libera rotolata medioevale by E. Messina and A. Nicotine with passages from Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (in English)&nb...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 69
WTI Magazine #69 2015 October, 2Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 69th issue of our online magazine. We're planning our trip to the US right now. It is October, the Italian heritage month, and We the Italians will be in New York and Washington DC to celebrate Italy! First we will march at the Colum...
Columbus Day celebration kicks off on Federal Hill
by Annie Shalvey The annual Columbus Day Parade on Federal Hill in Providence kicked off on Sunday. Eyewitness News is a proud sponsor of the event and many members of our team took part in the celebration. Atwells Avenue isn't just any old parade route. All of the usual suspects were part of this year's celebration – from po...
International Opera Theater presents American premiere of “AZA’IO” Italian Children’s Opera
October 24 @ 7:30 pm - Philadelphia (PA), String Theory School Theater 16th and Vine Streets AZA'IO was the 11th world premiere and 1st Italian children's opera created by International Opera Theater in Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta' della Pieve in August of 2014. In the past 12 years, artists from more than 40 countries have come to Citta'...