Studying (in) Italy: Study Abroad Student Spotlight, Mike Kalmeta, Class of 2018
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...
IT and US: Is your "Girlfriend" still in a coma?
WTI Magazine # 1 2013 Oct,18 Author : Bill Emmott Translation by: That has been the question most frequently asked of me since I, in an Anglo-Italian partnership with the film director Annalisa Piras, first released our documentary film about Italy, Girlfriend in a Coma, in February of this year. I expect i...
Great Italians of the Past: Filippo Mazzei
WTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The figure of Filippo Mazzei is unfortunately not very well known to the public, even the Italian one. His life, for long shrouded in mystery and rediscovered just in recent years, is a testimony about an Italian role in the process of the formation of the American...
Italian language: Studying Italian around the world
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...
Italian lifestyle: The One and The One for Men Dolce&Gabbana, The Collector's edition
WTI Magazine #49 2014 December, 10Author : Living Adamis Translation by: Dolce & Gabbana celebrates the timeless elegance of The One and The One for Men with a valuable collector's edition. The One is interpreted as deep Dolce & Gabbana red, while The One for Men is in a dark brown, rich and deep.
Great Italians of the Past: Leonardo da Vinci
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : Giuseppe Verde Translation by: An absolute genius for the whole human history, a representation of the greatness of the human mind, one of the greatest representatives of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is the symbol of versatility, knowledge and curiosity, always looking for extraordi...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 64
WTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! This 64th issue of our magazine and newsletter arrives at the beginning of a new exciting phase of the life of We the Italians. We have reached our goal for our first step: being the most complete repository of contents between Italy and the US, gett...
Italian wine: What makes carignano special in Sardinia with Agricola Punica
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...
Italian art: Pablo Mesa Capella
WTI Magazine #49 2014 December, 10Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: When one comes across a work by an unknown artist, rarely one wonders what is the his or her nationality, because this is irrelevant to know the purpose of the artistic language and, indeed, because is often challenging to receive messages and signals that are...
Great Italians of the Past: Sacco e Vanzetti
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,...
IT and US: From Philadelphia to Città della Pieve to The World!
WTI Magazine #49 2014 December, 10Author : Karen Lauria Saillant Translation by: "Tutti gli uomini sono per natura egualmente liberi e indipendenti." With light streaming through the majestic Palladio window of Independence Hall, Thomas Jefferson turned these words of his Italian friend, Philip Mazzei, into the heart of The Declarati...
The Italian way: Addressing the Italian Stereotypes, Myth 2 The Pizza
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: A recent spot by McDonald's on the Happy Meal broadcast in Italy has caused outrage all over the huge community of pizza makers and pizza lovers. In the spot, a young child prefers a happy meal while at the pizzeria with his parents and, as we always do, they a...