Italian wine: Reinvigorating the Almost Extinct, Native Grapes of Calabria
WTI Magazine #77 2016 March 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: Like many wine producing areas within Italy, grapes that were native to a region over the years were replaced with grape varieties that were more productive for winemakers. In Calabria, wines that were blended were always prefe...
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visits Chicago
By Michelle Gallardo The Chicago area hosted a special guest Wednesday as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi toured parts of the city and the suburbs. His first official visit to Chicago, it was the first stop in a four-day tour of the United States focused on trade issues between the U.S. and Italy. First, he took part in a ribbon c...
Fate of cash-strapped, crumbling Mount Carmel Church appears sealed
"Gravity and a lot of prayer." That's all that's holding the facade of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church from crumbling into Mulberry Street, says Nino Giamei, a member of the parish transition committee mulling the future of the historic church. At a parish roundtable Sunday, members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Ann Parish continued to discuss t...
Film and Workshop on Italian Body Language with Filmmaker Luca Vullo
Join us for this special event: Filmmaker Luca Vullo will show his documentary film on nonverbal"La voce del corpo" (The Voice of the Body) and give a workshop on using gestures to communicate effectively in Italy. The film has English subtitles and the workshop will be in English. $10/person at the door. RSVP at: http://it...
CiboDivino Is Lovely — and It's Also a Hidden Dallas Gem for Drinking Great Wine on the Cheap
What was once a rundown lot catty-cornered from the Belmont Hotel is now a strip of "luxury" apartments plopped next to a handful of eateries and shops. At first pass it looks like just another real estate mogul's wet dream, but on closer inspection, Sylvan Thirty, as it's un-creatively labeled, is becoming a place for neighbors and foodie...
Dining out, Roseland style
As a youngster in a first-generation Italian-American family in Roseland, eating out wasn't something we did very often. As a matter of fact, if I try really hard I can only recall an occasional First Communion or Confirmation that led to some fine dining, Roseland style, at Pesavento's. As a result, finding our way out of the family kitch...
Workers Won’t Be Forgotten
The son of a garment worker found a tale of a long-forgotten strike buried in a corner of the public library, and decided more people should have access to the stories of working men and women who built New Haven. Frank Annunziato made that discovery while working on his graduate school thesis back in the late 1970s. He discovered an exten...
Alitalia staff don new uniforms
The new uniforms of Alitalia flight staff gave rise to curiosity and praise from passengers and tourists on Wednesday at Fiumicino airport. After almost 20 years, pilots and flight attendants are now wearing new ones reminiscent of 1950s and 1960s glamor, designed by Milan-based Ettore Bilotta. Female flight attendants are now wearing bordeaux-hue...
Flash in the Pan: Italian chicory in Montana
At an airport salad bar in Rome recently, I filled a plate with leaves. It was a basic cafeteria salad bar, one that in the U.S. would probably be dominated by a large bin of iceberg lettuce laced with carrot shavings. But instead of lettuce, the leaves were chopped escarole and radicchio. Dressed with oil and vinegar, they were crisp and watery. A...
Urbino Press Award 2016 a Mark Mazzetti: Sabato la Cerimonia/ Ceriscioli: Un ponte tra le Marche e gli Usa
Come annunciato mesi fa dall'Ambasciata italiana a Washngotn il noto giornalista del New York Time Mark Mazzetti è il vincitore, per il 2016, dell'Urbino Press Award, il premio italiano che ogni anno viene assegnato a reporter statunitensi che nel corso dell'anno precedente si sono distinti per il proprio lavoro, informando il grande pubblico. Il...
Mood Market: CNA Federmoda promuove il portale alla Première Vision di New York
CNA Federmoda continua il proprio programma di promozione dell'intera filiera moda italiana attraverso partecipazioni fieristiche e azioni di comunicazione tese a dare visibilità al portale MOOD Market. Il 19 e 20 luglio prossimi, grazie al contributo del Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico e la collaborazione dell'Agenzia ICE il portale sarà prese...
“Fuksas Cloud” in Rome will open to public in mid 2017
by Lorenzo Zanini The "Cloud" by architect Massimiliano Fuksas, Rome's new conference center, will be inaugurated on October 29. It took eight years of work to complete, a €300,000 investment, and brings Rome closer to its goal of competing with other Italian and European cities to snap up a bigger portion of the conference tourism business. &nbs...