Employment at Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
Special Events InternThe Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks qualified undergraduate or graduate students in the fields of Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Event Management/Planning, Hospitality Management, and other relevant areas of study to serve as a Special Events Intern. Course credit is available. http://www.italian...
Rocco C. Alteri
Rocco C. Alteri, 92, Cedar Street, passed away April 2, 2015 at the Carthage Area Hospital. Mr. Alteri was born November 23, 1922 in Watertown a son of Joseph and Mary Sylvester Alteri. He graduated from Watertown High School. From 1943 until 1945 he served in the United States Army. On September 2, 1946, he married Mary Leva at St. A...
Coro Dante Spring Concert (May 17)
Coro-Dante, the all-Italian repertoire chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society, directed by Kevin Galiè, presents their spring concert on Sunday May 17, 2015 at 5 p.m. The concert is free and open to all. It will take place at the Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire St, [Kendall Sq.] Cambridge. Free on-street parking, or $5 validated parki...
Dolce vita - The tasty way to learn Italian
April 28, 2015 - May 19, 2015. Tuesday 7:00 PM - Tuesday 9:00 PMThe Farm Soho - 24 Mercer Street - New York, New York 10012A brand new Italian parlor presents an opportunity to: Improve language, vocabulary, and comprehension. With discussions on film, history and culture featuring authentic Italian cooking classes and wine tast...
This New Italian Movie May Herald a Cinematic Renaissance
By Michael J. Agovino Italy has won more foreign film Oscars than any other country, and it's not hard to see why. From the rubble of World War II came neo-realism—movies like Rome, Open City and The Bicycle Thief that, for all their simplicity, revolutionized the art form. The decades that followed produced monumental, diverse wo...
Built with Faith: l'arte della religiosità degli italiani di New York
di Sante Rifino È stato presentato a New York il libro Built with Faith (Costruito con la fede), di Joseph Sciorra, direttore per i programmi accademici e culturali del Calandra Italian American Instiute del Queens College - CUNY. In un affollato evento tenuto nella sede di Manhattan del Calandra, Sciorra, tra i più autorevoli stu...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 61
WTI Magazine #61 2015 May, 29Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! These last days have been very particularly busy for We the Italians: I have been able to celebrate in three different moments the bond that links Italy and the US. On May 18 Rome has hosted what probably has been the most important Italian celebratio...
Street style: Why italians do it better
From street food to street beauty, nobody can deny Italians definitely know how to do it better on the street, giving a touch of their innate and unique Italian style to some of the simplest gestures. Swide has rounded up some of the best things Italians do on the street. Check it out! 1) Street food: Beyond top chefs and refined restauran...
Q&A with Bruno Serato: Feeding the poor is 'absolutely necessary'
By Kathleen Luppi Bruno Serato, the owner of Anaheim White House restaurant, has served 1 million meals to hungry children over 10 years. The restaurateur's mission of serving pasta dinners to Orange County's neediest families paid homage to his humble beginnings in his homeland of Italy and led to him founding the service organizati...
Expo 2015 astounding architectural masterpieces
One of the protagonists of Expo 2015 is certainly architecture as a genre and its remarkable impact. Visitors passionate about it, should start their tour from the Zero Pavilion, where a 5 thousand squared meters path leads the guests through a deep insight of the humanity food story, stressing the global right to food security. A second s...
Scorrano, a little village turns into the Capital of the Luminarie for a few days a year
by Serena Perfetto Tradition, religion, heritage, and passion: from one generation to the other, a small town in the Apulia region, Scorrano, has been able to keep all these things untouchable and unique and give them expression during a festival called "Festa delle Luminarie". Those who had visited the village way before it becam...
Italian politics: Just like the US, even in Italy immigration is a dramatic political issue
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: The Curia Iulia, the ancient Senate building, is still there, among the Forum's glorious relics. Along with the Athenian Boule and Ekklesia, it is one of the most influencing political institution ever, something that gave birth to politics as a synonym of col...