A Chicago rassegna dedicata a Pasolini
Ha preso il via nei giorni scorsi a Chicago una rassegna dedicata alla vita e alle opere di Pier Paolo Pasolini. La kermesse, organizzata in collaborazione con il nostro Istituto di Cultura, presentera' fino al 15 maggio una serie di dodici film per commemorare il poeta italiano, scrittore, pensatore politico e regista, la cui vita e' stata stronca...
Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department has announced plans to build two new bocce courts
Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department has announced plans to build two new bocce courts. The first, to be completed in mid-summer, will be located in the Jerry Cline Recreation and Tennis Complex (7205 Constitution, NE) at the corner of Constitution and Louisiana. The second is scheduled for a fall opening at the North Domingo Baca M...
Italian traditions: The Race of the Candles, Gubbio
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : folclore.it Translation by: Every May 15 in Gubbio (Perugia, Umbria), keeps repeating the ritual of the "Corsa dei Ceri" (race of the candles), emotionally involving all citizens and the public of visitors in a show that is mystical and profane at the same time.
Andrea Prosperetti Wins 2014 EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Prize
by Latarsha Gatlin Johns Hopkins University Professor Andrea Prosperetti, an authority in the area of fluid dynamics and underwater acoustics, has been awarded the 2014 EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Prize by the Council of the European Mechanics Society. Prosperetti, the Charles A. Miller Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engin...
A Roma il 15° Meeting dei Segretari Generali delle CCIE: il contributo degli italiani all'estero nel seminario alla Camera
Inzierà domenica prossima, 15 giugno, a Roma il 15° Meeting dei Segretari Generali delle Camere di Commercio Italiane all'Estero, che fino a mercoledì 18 vedrà riunita la dirigenza delle 81 realtà operanti in 55 mercati. Il Meeting sarà un momento di incontro e confronto con i principali attori della promozione – istituzionali e non – per...
Medford students win Italian awards
On May 31, 2014, Centro Attività Scholastiche Italiane (C.A.S.IT.) honored contest winners from local schools at a celebration that took place at the Christopher Columbus Park of the North End of Boston. Several students from the Medford Public Schools, accompanied by their families and teachers, participated in the celebration. Read more...
‘Fuggedaboudit’ the motto of new Italian deli on Texas 105
By Kimberly Sutton Love is what brought Tony Nicoletta to Texas from New York.The transplant has opened Tony's Italian Delicatessen on Texas 105 West in Montgomery. From the moment people walk in the door, they will feel as though they just stepped into a Brooklyn deli right off the streets of New York. Nicoletta is 100 percent Italian and speaks...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series – August 9, 2014 – Featuring Michael Cirelli & Camilla Trinchieri
Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the month. IAWA East is held even months at Sidewalk Café (Oct, Dec) and IAWA West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months (Sept, Nov.) Michael Cirelli is the Executive Director of Urban Word NYC, one of the nation's largest youth liter...
Italian millers learning more about North Dakota wheat
Representatives of the Italian milling industry are visiting North Dakota to learn more about hard red spring wheat, the state's staple crop. The North Dakota Wheat Commission says the Italian team includes a representative of the largest spring wheat broker in Italy and also officials with medium-size, family owned milling companies in th...
Beauties of Italy
The Arizona American Italian Club located at 7509 N. 12th St., Phoenix will host the Fourth "Beauties of Italy" (Le Bellezze d' Italia Quarto) Charity Italian Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. This year, the show will celebrate 100 years of Maserati and the return of Alfa Romeo to the U.S. after two decades. Alfa Romeo & Fiat of Sco...
Miss Columbus named for 2014 parade
Gianna Bianco, a 17-year-old Pelham Parkway resident and senior at Maria Regina High School, has been named Miss Columbus for the 38th annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade. Bianco grew up attending the parade each year, and said she always looked up to Miss Columbus as a model Italian-American girl. She was excited to learn she was eligible th...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 44
WTI Magazine #44 2014 October, 1Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: The visit of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the United States has just ended, and there's a final thought that passed through my mind while I was reading articles and statements about it. Reading what he declared after meeting with the Italian community in th...