Italian language: Indulto (Pardon)
WTI Magazine #3 2013 Nov, 1 Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: The word comes from the Latin indultum, past participle of the verb indulge. The meaning is clear (to be lenient, forgiving), and even today the term refers to the well-known measure by which you assign a discount of punishment to the prisoners. A gesture of cleme...
Italian traditions: Franchises de Nus, Nus
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : folclore.it Translation by: Franchises de Nus is a weekend of celebrations in Nus, Aosta, to commemorate and celebrate the relief granted to the town in 1296.
Italian design: Cassina and Luis Vuitton featured an exclusive piece for 2014
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : Martina Siega Translation by: Cassina and Luis Vuitton featured an exclusive piece for 2014. LC4 CP is a master piece that joins Design and Fashion. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, well known with the pseudonym of Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect who belonged to the first generation of...
Italian art: Pietro Tenerani
WTI Magazine #74 2015 December 11Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: If there is a gray area in the common people's attention to the history of art, this is definitely one that covers the artistic production of 1800. If the painting, thanks to the romantic current that led to the testimonies of great historical and literary even...
Italian cinema: Is Fuocoammare ready for the Oscar?
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : Edoardo Peretti Translation by: "Fuocoammare" (Fire at Sea) by Gianfranco Rosi is the Italian candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This does not mean that it will be among the five shortlisted movies that will actually run for the Oscar: if the Rosi film will be in t...
Italian fashion: TRU Trussardi, Be Your Idol
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6Author : Nadiah Ahmad Shukri for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Be Your IdolDo you remember the Be Your Icon event at TRU Trussardi that I gushed about so enthusiastically last month? Well, here's a little secret I waited to let you in on: the delightfully embarrassing photographs I had obliged to having take...
Italian cuisine: Apricot stuffed with goat cheese and pecans
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: Fruit is the real star of this recipe which, although very simple, is exquisite and perfect for a tasty summer aperitif. This should hardly be called a "recipe"; you just assemble three ingredients: apricots, fresh goat cheese and nuts. The result is ext...
IT and US: The Texan Italian Stories Doc Series, Compiling the stories of the Italian community of Texas
WTI Magazine #46 2014 October, 29Author : Sergio Carvajal-Leoni Translation by: The ability to tell stories is one of the most powerful skills that humans have. For thousands of years we have used stories to make sense of our lives and to pass down cultural identity from one generation to another. Nonetheless, recording technologies...
Italian traditions: The world's biggest Christmas tree in Gubbio
WTI Magazine #74 2015 December 11Author : folclore.it Translation by: At the beginning of the holiday season, each year on the evening of December 7, the day before the Immaculate Conception, the Umbrian town of Gubbio proceed with the lighting of the biggest Christmas tree in the world. Laid down on the slopes of Mount Ingino, overl...
Italian cuisine: Eggplant Rolls
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: A quick, easy and light way to prepare a delicious antipasto(appetizer) with eggplant or aubergine, a staple vegetable of the Italian cuisine (for more info about eggplant see melanzane alla parmigiana). Eggplant is a very versatile vegetable, you can...
Great Italians of the Past: Anna Maria Mozzoni
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: A figure unfortunately not adequately addressed over the years, Anna Maria Mozzoni is probably one of the most important and influential women of Italian and international political life between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries.
Italian land and nature: Calabria's Tyrrhenian Coast
WTI Magazine #74 2015 December 11Author : italia.it Translation by: Miles and miles of untamed coastline that alternate with stretches of sand, suggestive villages facing the pristine sea, and lively, buzzing beach establishments are – in a nutshell – the elements of littoral Calabria on the Tyrhennian Sea. Ideal for every type of va...