Italian language: Bufera (Storm)
WTI Magazine #10 2013 Dec, 20Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: The word originates from the verb "to buff", indicating the action of strongly blowing, whether if related to humans or to the wind. The last few weeks have been full of storms, both real and metaphorical. The real ones leave dismayed,...
Italian good news: Italy at Europe's top, recycled 2 million tons of electronic waste
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: A few days ago Europe has reached and passed the record of 2 million tons of RAEE (Rifiuti di Apparecchiature Elettriche ed Elettroniche, as to say Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) collected and recycled. Thanks to the extraction of controlled chemical su...
Great Italians of the past: Sofia Loren
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: Sofia Loren is the most award-winning Italian actress in history, and the most beloved by the American cinema. Her characters are famous, even today, known by old and new generations. Her candor, simplicity and sensuality, and her being light a...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 46
WTI Magazine #46 2014 October, 29Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: I just came back from a couple of very intense weeks in the US, between New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois. I've met several beautiful friends in the Italian American community, I've attended important events, I've had very positive feedbacks about what We t...
IT and US: Venice yesterday today tomorrow
WTI Magazine #51 2015 January, 9Author : Robert Sergio Simon Translation by: Of the many traditions that began in Italy and spread throughout the world, one of the most famous is Carnevale. This pre-Lent festival has endured for nearly ten centuries from before the age when Venice ruled commerce throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Toda...
Italian gardens: Miramare Castle, Grignano
WTI Magazine #66 2015 August, 21Author : Italian Botanical Heritage Translation by: The Miramare Castle stretches from the promontory of Grignano, on the Gulf of Trieste. A 22-hectare romantic park frames the castle and then degrade towards the sea. Until 1855 the park area was a barren and fallow land, that the young and romantic Ar...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 84
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from ... somewhere in the US! As October is the Italian Heritage month, I'm travelling around the East Coast and the Midwest to celebrate Italy in the US, the Italian Americans and meeting a lot of friends of We the Italians! What a wonderful, sparkling, enth...
Italian wine: Trentino's white wines
WTI Magazine #10 2013 Dec, 20Author : OK vino Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti Trentino Alto Adige is famous for its large production of red wine, but the most credit goes to the white ones, which are excellent and take advantage from the fresh weather that can give a pleasant and intense acidity.
Italian art: Catacombs of Saints Peter and Marcellino
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: On 13 April the Catacombs of Saints Peter and Marcellino in Rome have been reopened to the public. This is really one of the best news that we could tell you, because the events of this funerary complex are very exciting and promise well for countless other archaeo...
Italian flavors: Aprutino Pescarese
WTI Magazine #66 2015 August, 21Author : MIPAAF Translation by: The first evidence of olive growing in Abruzzo date from the period of Roman domination, when the protectionist measures adopted by Rome favoured an expansion of olive-growing and the olive oil industry. Virgil speaks of olive trees in the Marsica, near Lake Fucino, whil...
IT and US: Why italytheater is a necessity
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6Author : italytheater Translation by: A story of magicWe have never been in a time more open than ours. We have never had higher technological access to information. Big data is about instant crunching of infinite bits that describe exactly what, where, and how we are living our...
IT and US: Learning Italian Culture at the Italian Cultural Society of Washington D.C.
WTI Magazine #10 2013 Dec, 20Author : Italian Cultural Society Translation by: Last October 19, my colleagues and I attended the "Teaching Italian Culture Conference", organized by Georgetown University in collaboration with the Italian Embassy, and we were reminded how the teaching of the Italian Culture...