di Antonio Degl'Innocenti   Viaggia a suon di clic la nuova mobilitazione cittadina per salvare lo storico castello di Sammezzano nel comune di Reggello. Il gruppo Facebook "Toscana Reggello Castello di Sammezzano" ha raccolto in poco tempo più di 8000 condivisioni per un appello che corre oltre i confini territoriali del comune dove ri...

This past summer, 20 students traveled to Siena, Italy, for the two week-long study abroad program "Food and Culture: The Italian Experience." The program was the first of its kind at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and it inspired Italian Studies assistant professor Vetri Nathan and chef instructor Angelo Guida to create a new course this...

Former American exchange student Amanda Knox spent four years in jail in Italy, from her arrest to her conviction in her first murder trial through her successful appeal. She's now facing a second appeals trial, along with her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Here's a road map to help understand where the Italian court system is going n...

by Carla Hunt   In the same way that Italy continues to be the top pick for all kinds of travelers, for the ninth year in a row, Italy topped Recommend's list of Readers' Choice Award for the Best Destination in Europe. Taking top favorites a step further, the Tuscany region is a favorite among the more than three million American travelers...

Il Dolce Suono: Music of Donatello's Florence. February 28th – March 12th Contact: salonsanctuaryconcerts@gmail.com (646) 470-1837 Dates, Times, and Locations: Saturday, February 28th @ 6pm - Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 122 West 69th Street Sunday, March 1st @ 4:30pm - The Museum of Biblical Art, 1865 Broadway at 6...

By Janet Thomas Dream big. What would your ultimate trip to Italy look like? Some travelers delight in weeks of planning and plotting before exploring a foreign country. I do not, nor does my otherwise patient husband, Steve. In fact, the state of our union can be greatly influenced by travel-related stress.   Our version of a fantasy Itali...

È partita dagli Stati Uniti la prima uscita “fuori porta” del 2015 per il Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Una settimana di appuntamenti e di degustazioni in varie città degli Usa per far conoscere a esperti, opinion leader e operatori del settore le ultime annate in commercio (in particolare il Nobile 2012 e la Riserva 2011).  Co...

Let us guess: you have probably already booked your ticket to Italy for this summer and now you are planning to visit some of the most wonderful Italian cities such as Florence, Rome or Venice to admire their breathtaking architecture, museums and monuments.   Are we right? But considering that it's summer and a bit of sun and crystalline cl...

Parlare di cucina regionale italiana significa inoltrarsi in un labirinto: prendi una strada pensando di avere chiara la tua meta e invece, in un attimo, ti ritrovi trasportato lontanissimo, non solo nello spazio, ma anche nel tempo, nella cultura. Inizia così "A qualcuno piace Cracco", il libro che il barbuto aristochef italiano ha dedicato alla c...

  WTI Magazine #49    2014 December, 10Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde      Translation by:   Dante Alighieri is not only a Great Italian of the past. His name exceeds the boundaries of his and our country and the era in which he lived, to get into a universal dimension of time and space, symbol of the whole Western culture and ligh...