Italian sport: Let it snow!
WTI Magazine #52 2015 January, 23Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: Good news for the ski team on the eve of the next World Cup, scheduled in Colorado from February 2nd to February 15th. For sure, these are not the times of Tomba and Compagnoni, or even of Giuliano Razzoli (Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010 in the special...
La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema with the New York Philharmonic Featuring Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming and Josh Groban on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 27 at 9 p.m. on PBS
Dawning in the dark aftermath of World War II, the fertile mid-century decades of Italian cinema delighted international movie audiences with an eclectic mix of movie classics from groundbreaking directors including Frederico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and many more. A major component of Italian cinema's enduring popularity continues t...
A Roma va in scena “America”, musical sull’emigrazione italiana
L'emigrazione italiana è stata raccontata attraverso studi e ricerche, analisi attente e approfondite indagini. Anche i libri e le canzoni hanno "disegnato" questo fenomeno ma ora è il teatro a mettere in luce storie di emigranti italiani, quelli partiti per l'America nei primi anni del '900. Il 24 febbraio il Teatro Italia di Roma (ore 20...
Il sogno americano del vino made in Italy
di Andrea Cuomo Una bella responsabilità per Vias Imports Ltd che, fondata nel 1983 da Fabrizio Pedrolli, oggi chairman, ha contribuito a cambiare l'approccio dei consumatori americani nei confronti del vino in generale e del vino italiano in particolare. «Quando abbiamo iniziato - ricorda Pedrolli - se volevamo far degustare i no...
Italian chef brings authentic tastes of home to Batavia
Anyone who travels will most likely agree that the best restaurants are those that are known mainly by local residents. These small eateries where the owner is often the chef survive on reputation so the food is prepared with personal passion. The Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is trying to discover these best-kept secrets by ho...
Olivia Palermo: Inside the life of an American socialite
Olivia Palermo was born on this day, February 28, in 1986. Born in Manhattan’s ritzy Upper East Side, Olivia shot to stardom after being cast on MTV’s ‘The City’ and has since turned from reality TV star to a widely admired fashion and style guru. Olivia spent her early years growing up in between Greenwich, C...
Andrea Riccardi alla Presidenza della Società Dante Alighieri
Si è svolta oggi, domenica 22 marzo, a Roma nella sede di Palazzo Firenze, l'Assemblea Straordinaria dei Soci della Società Dante Alighieri – presieduta dal Presidente facente funzione Gianni Letta e dal Vicepresidente Paolo Peluffo - convocata per l'elezione del nuovo Presidente. Durante le operazioni di voto sono stati espressi 19012 voti. Sono...
Mario Marazzitti: 13 Ways of Looking at the Death Penalty – April 13
Mario Marazziti, co-founder of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, will talk about his recent book on the inhumanity and irrationality of the death penalty in the US with Cesare Romano, Loyola Law School Los Angeles (moderator), Sarah Haley, UCLA Gender Studies, Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, and S...
Solar power: Italy is one of the best in the world
In 2014, Italy's photovoltaic plants park is the third biggest in the world, after Germany and China and before USA and Japan. This is what emerges from ANIE Rinnovabili's report which underlines that in Italy there are 648,183 photovoltaic systems for a total power of 18,325 MW, about 15% of the world global solar energy production. ANIE Rinnovab...
Leggiadro, a new high-end women's store, to open on Greenwich Avenue
The windows at 160 Greenwich Ave. are popping with color, as the name Leggiadro -- Italian for "light and airy" -- was recently painted in a cheerful pink, heralding a new women's clothing store known for its bright colors. The store, which is set to open in early May, marks the 14th Leggiadro location in the country, and will be swiftly f...
Italian lifestyle: Nomination Composable for Mother's Day
WTI Magazine #59 2015 May, 1Author : Living Adamis Translation by: A thousand and one ways to say "I love you" to the most important person in your life: it's what Nomination found creating a special edition of its Composable bracelet, able to let you express all your love for the dearest woman in t...
Le startup italiane di Silicon Valley sulla Videochat del TG1
di Mauro Battocchi Perchè Silicon Valley fa crescere le startup tecnologiche più e meglio di altre aree del mondo? Come può l'Italia trarre vantaggio dalla forza di questo straordinario ecosistema? Quali progetti d'impresa hanno maggiori probabilità di attecchire e avere successo in terra californiana? Che cosa hanno costruito gli imprendi...