What's up with WTI: Editorial # 59
WTI Magazine #59 2015 May, 1Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! As previously announced, We the Italians is working in partnership with a few other friends on Tony Lo Bianco's "Little Flower" one-man show, for the first time in Italy on May 18 here in the Eternal city. It will be a legendary evening, with VIP and t...
Yogi Berra at 90: The life and times of a Yankees icon
by Josh Peter Yogi Berra turns 90 on Tuesday, and for readers there is a gift: rarely heard "Yogi-isms," the inimitable quotations that turned Berra, a Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees, into an American icon. Millions of people know the most famous ones: "It ain't over 'til it's over." "It's déjà vu all over again." A...
DeFranco 50th
Luigi and Maria DeFranco plan to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a family party at the Italian American Club. Luigi and the former Maria Gentile met in Italy as children through family members. Luigi's family eventually immigrated to Kenosha for a better lifestyle. After seven years, Luigi returned to Italy, where the...
Morto a New York Claudio Angelini, stava curando il premio Capri 2015
È morto martedì a New York il giornalista e scrittore Claudio Angelini. Aveva compiuto 72 anni lo scorso 29 marzo. Lo ha comunicato la moglie, la giornalista Olga Cortese, ad amici che vivono a Capri (Napoli). Angelini - si è saputo dalla moglie - si è spento in serata a causa di una malattia che lo aveva colpito di recente. Era presidente...
Retaking Rome with Virginia Vitalone
American expats in Rome hear the same question all the time from fellow Americans visiting the Eternal City: "Rome is SOOO beautiful! But why is there so much trash and graffiti around? Don't the Romans care about their amazing city?" Well, the answer is complicated and I admit that it's hard for me to understand, too. But today on my podc...
Finding an Italian Family in a Handwritten Note
by Kerry-Lynne Demarinis Alison Greene is four-foot-something with a gregarious personality, dark eyes, curly hair and a quick smile. You like her as soon as you meet her. I first met Alison at a meeting for an Italian memorial in Portland, where she intrigued me with the admission that she had discovered she was Italian only 8 years ago....
15 reasons why you should go to Portofino
by Claudia Baroncelli "A small village, Portofino, stretches crescent shaped along the edge of this calm bay" these are the words French writer Guy de Maupassant used to describe the charming and peaceful town of Portofino in 1889, a real piece of heaven on earth on the wonderful Tigullio gulf. Best known for its picturesque port,...
Alameda Business Buzz: Santoro's Italian Market & Deli
by Janice Worthen On the corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Fifth Street sits a little deli that's easy to miss, but its sandwiches — stuffed with a generous serving of meat on a wonderfully fragrant choice of breads — are hard to forget. Just take a step inside this classic corner eatery, and you'll see why Santoro's Italian Market & De...
Growing up speaking North End English
by James Pasto In his 1975 study of the North End, "The Italian-American child: His sociolinguistic acculturation," Fr. Lawrence Biondi stated that "The English spoken in the North End is English that is heard nowhere else in New England or Boston. North Enders have a strong tendency toward being uniquely apart — they are not quite Italian...
Festa di Ferragosto 2015
Saturday August 15, 17 - 21 EDTGino's Italian American Meat Market - 5729 Johnson St, Hollywood (Florida) 33021 This event is being co-presented by Gino's Italian American Meat Market and www.ItalianSouthFlorida.com Ferragosto is an Italian holiday celebrated on August 15, so it's perfect that this year it will be on a Saturday. This dinner...
Joseph Toia Appointed Macomb County Judge By Governor
Shelby Township attorney Joseph Toia was named by Gov. Rick Snyder today to fill the judicial vacancy on the bench of Macomb County Circuit Court. Toia, 61, received the telephone call from the governor in the late afternoon telling him that he was selected from a field of four finalists. He will fill the vacancy left by Judge John Fo...
Bronx educator retires after 42 years
By Jaime Williams The Bronx is losing a long-time educator. Roseann Carotenuto, most recently a regional superintendent for the Archdiocese of New York, has retired after a 42-year career in Bronx Catholic schools. Carotenuto's love for education goes back to when she was a kid, she said, when she would rather read or play 'schoo...