Expo 2015: Laboratorio Expo
WTI Magazine #59 2015 May, 1Author : Expo 2015 Translation by: Laboratorio Expo is an Expo Milano 2015 project created in collaboration with the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, and curated by Salvatore Veca. An educational project that brings together some of the most respected opinions in the world of research, Laboratorio Expo...
North Haven’s Italian-Americans keep bocce tradition alive
Playing a game doesn't get more Italian than bocce. "The game of bocce is a very, very simple game," said Giuseppe DeLucia of North Haven. Several times a week a large group gathers to play bocce at the East Haven Italian-American Club. The club has an indoor court which allows them to play year-round. The majority of the men who...
Mayor Joe Riley to raise curtain on his final Spoleto
by Bruce Smith It will be a poignant scene on Friday when the new season of the internationally renowned Spoleto Festival USA opens with a brass fanfare and speeches on the steps of Charleston City Hall. It will be the last time that Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., who helped bring Spoleto to Charleston almost four decades ago, p...
The Italian Americans at the Italian Club of Dallas
The Italian Club of Dallas will be showing the two-part series "The Italian Americans" on Sunday, June 7 and Sunday, June 28. Come out to the Club and enjoy watching this documentary with la famiglia! Refreshments and popcorn will be served during the movie and then dinner will be served at the end of the movie. Click HERE to make reservations or c...
La Collezione del Museo
by Bianca Friundi The Museo Italo Americano of San Francisco is very excited to share its latest acquisitions as well as old favorites with friends, members, and visitors this summer. On June 12th, the new exhibit La Collezione will display an extraordinary selection of artwork from its permanent collection: a great number of work...
21st Italian Festival in Wildwood this weekend
By Jacklyn McQuarrie Wildwood invites the public to celebrate Italian culture during the 21st annual North Wildwood Original Italian-American Festival from Friday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28. The three-day event along Olde New Jersey Avenue, features Italian and non-Italian foods, cultural memorabilia, contests and live music. ...
Enoteca Maria thrives on Staten Island with its soulful take on Italian comfort cuisine
by Michael Kaminer This nonna's got balls. They're palle di joe ($14), beef testicles that are sliced, baked in oil and vinegar, and served on greens. I didn't have cojones to try them at Enoteca Maria, the Staten Island joint that's become a sensation for its rotating cast of grandmas in the kitchen. But almost everythi...
Ambitious New Children’s Books Read Like Graphic Novels ... in Two Languages!
There are two new children's books garnering a grassroots following because they don't follow the traditional format used in children's books. With lush layering of colors and beautiful illustrations that capture the character's emotions, There's A Crazy Dog Under the Palace! and the newly-released sequel, Who Ate the Gelato?!,...
Friuli, Veneto e Piemonte campioni dell’export nel primo trimestre. Bene anche Emilia-Romagna e Liguria
di Raoul de Forcade Con vendite di beni in crescita sui mercati esteri, Friuli Venezia Giulia (+31,8%), Veneto (+5,9%), Piemonte (+5,5%) ed Emilia-Romagna (+3,7%) sono le regioni che hanno contribuito di più a sostenere l'export in Italia nel primo trimestre 2015. A queste si aggiunge la performance particolarmente dinamica – da c...
Keeping alive Sunday dinner tradition with generations of beloved recipes
By Holly Prestidge It was the Sunday gravy — that rich sauce of tomatoes and fresh herbs enhanced by meaty beef shank bones and marrow — that made an instant believer of Lee Casazza many years ago. Now the Seattle resident wants to make the authentic Italian-American meals of her husband's family available to everyone. Casazza's cookbook, "B...
Exclusive Stills From US-Italy Slasher THE MUSK
by Michele "Izzy" Galgana The son of Italian farmers, one of which was Italian actor Tony Di Mitri, director George Nevada grew up in the US. When he's not helming his Boston restaurant, he's making films in Italy, such as the forthcoming slasher The Musk, due out this winter Nevada's teamed up with assistant director and executive producer Domizi...
An evening in Lazio - Benefit dinner
Celebrating 35 Years of the Calandra Institute at PICCOLO FIORE RISTORANTE - 230 EAST 44TH STREET, Manhattan (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) - Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 7pm to 9pm Lazio is a region of central Italy bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea, traversed by the waters of the Tiber River, and characterized by...