Jhumpa Lahiri's new tongue
by Lee Langley Imagine you're an unknown young writer whose first collection of stories wins the Pulitzer prize. Your first novel is filmed, your second is shortlisted for the Man Booker and your next collection of stories goes straight to No.1 in the New York Timesbestseller list, while prizes and honours are showered on you. Mig...
St. Patrick's Day isn't the only March day worth celebrating
By Paul Sassone My mother being Irish, St. Patrick's day always was a big deal at our house. Mom made sure we all were wearing something green when we toddled off to school on St. Patrick's Day. Every year, she would attend a St. Pat's parade somewhere. And everyone in the family received a St. Patrick's Day card each and every year. ...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 77
Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 77th issue of our online magazine. What a wonderful trip I did, visiting 9 cities but most of all 10 different sparkling beautiful Italian communities presenting my book "We the Italians. Two flags, One heart. One hundred interviews" (available here http://goo.gl/f2wBha). What a terrific wave of passion for Italy, of...
Genius: Italy’s toy libraries
The other morning, my baby announced that she was awake by clapping her hands. As I picked her up out of her crib, I drowsily joined her in a round of applause. When I peeked out the window, I realized we indeed had an excellent reason to cheer. It was a gloomy scene, dominated by gray clouds and a constant drizzle. A quick check of my pho...
Dr. Don Romanaggi: The Doctor with a Heart of Gold
It all started with a muddy patch of ground and a desire to build a place of healing and compassion for children in crisis at Providence Child Center. Dr. Don Romanaggi and his late wife, Agnes saw the possibility of a garden where families could spend time outside the hospital walls. The Romanaggi Garden was dedicated in 2006 and the Romanaggi's e...
La Regola del Talento
È un'Italia silenziosa ma meravigliosa, quella raccontata dalla mostra "La Regola del Talento", allestita presso Palazzo Tadea, a Spilimbergo, fino al 1 Maggio. Un'Italia dove una costellazione di scuole pressoché uniche al mondo formano i maestri di domani: ragazze e ragazzi che intendono trasformare il loro talento in una professione e la loro pa...
Cuomo, LaGuardia, Peruggi Join NOIAW Distinguished Board
The National Organization of Italian American Women is pleased to announce three new members of the Distinguished Board. Margaret I. Cuomo, M.D.; Katherine LaGuardia, M.D.; and Regina S. Peruggi, MBA, Ed.D. have demonstrated impressive leadership in a range of industries and commitment to bettering their communities. They join a group of Ital...
All the right reasons to donate Italian wine
As donating for a charitable cause is becoming increasingly popular within the wine sector, Vinitaly International is getting ready to celebrate with the American Cancer Society a seven year collaboration which has seen top Italian wineries contribute to the fight against cancer through the donation of an impressive number of labels on the occasion...
Presentate al Colle le nuove Moto Guzzi California per i Corazzieri
Ai Corazzieri del Quirinale sono appena arrivate venti Moto Guzzi California nuove di zecca. Si tratta del modello Touring 1400, piuttosto imponente ma assai maneggevole, dote che si apprezza in particolar modo sui sampietrini della Capitale. E soprattutto, si tratta di una motocicletta tagliata su misura per i la guardia d'onore presidenziale, che...
Pop's brings wine and pizza to the Ferndale masses
The populist wave coursing through American culture now flows from 32 wine taps at the aptly named Pop's for Italian in downtown Ferndale, where crispy Neapolitan pizzas and Italian-American chophouse classics are served to the masses in a cavernous beer hall-style wine bar and restaurant. Located on West 9 Mile in the former Buffalo Wild...
Nora is in the Heart of Little Italy, But Also a World Away
You don't expect to find a pasta dish that includes potatoes. For good reason too, because who needs to add more starch to a plate of starch? But then the dish lands on the table and you see that those potatoes are wispy little matchsticks, flash fried to a sunny golden brown and arranged like a crown of thorns around the fettucine noodles. More th...
Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park
Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park, dove viene deposta una corona di fiori ai piedi del monumento eretto nella capitale. L'imponente statua (104,4 pollici per 45,6 su un piedistallo di granito 77 pollici per 50) e...