The American story of Yogi Berra
By George F. Will The 18-year-old US Navy enlistee, thinking it sounded less boring than the dull training he was doing in 1944, volunteered for service on what he thought an officer had called "rocket ships." Actually, they were small, slow, vulnerable boats used as launching pads for rockets to give close-in support for troops assaulting beaches...
Cook County board denies students request to change Columbus Day name
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has voted down a resolution re-naming Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day in the county. Brought before the board by the children of the Grand Portage Reservation, the resolution also encouraged institutions to reaffirm the county's commitment to its indigenous community. In a letter to reservation leaders...
The Italian contributions
by Al Southwick The role of Italians in American life continues to fascinate. Worcester County history is especially rich in that chapter of the immigrant saga in America, as shown by the project in Fitchburg where the Italian Cultural Center at Fitchburg State University is assembling an archive - letters, ledgers, diaries, photographs, a...
Facciamo Sognare i Californiani con Nuovo Cinema Italiano, Unisciti al Crowdfunding di BAIA
di Mauro Battocchi Complimenti a BAIA per aver lanciato una campagna di crowdfunding per il NICE (New Italian Cinema) 2015, il festival del nuovo cinema italiano a San Francisco che avrá luogo dall'11 al 15 novembre. Per gli italiani ed italofili della Bay Area questa è una straordinaria opportunità per incontrare attori e registi e nel co...
Made in Puglia: A Legacy Carved in Stone
by Victory De Maio One of the many unique features/characteristics of Lecce is its dramatic architecture. Every where you look–and you must look every where–your gaze will be met with rich Baroque ornamentation. Lecce is often referred to as the "Florence of the South" but it it is truly unique and really cannot be compared to any...
Italy for eaters: 9 destinations that'll destroy your waistline
Movie legend has it that when Robert De Niro needed to gain more than 27 kilograms to play an aging Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull," he called on a country he knew could help. Italy. OK, France also lent a hand, but with its piles of pasta and ice cream, Italy is practically built for elastic waistbands. While the so-called Mediter...
The 20 best Italian restaurants in America
"Cucina povera" and "alta cucina" may be apples and oranges (or rather mele e arance), but we Americans adore them just the same—indeed more than any other foreign cuisine, according to recent reports. These 20 best Italian restaurants in America—which stretch from the best restaurants in Miami in the south right up to San Francisco's best...
IT and US: Ladyvette in New York
WTI Magazine #74 2015 December 11Author : Ladyvette Translation by: Dear Italian "Divetti", as you know we are in the Big Apple. We have received all your letters of concern, but we are writing to reassure you that we will return soon. New York is definitely not what we expected. Very cold in the winter, hot in the summer, the coffee...
Sede a Boston, cuore (e ricerca) in Salento. Gelesis raccoglie 31,5 milioni
di Arcangelo Rociola La storia di Gelesis non è molto nota, ma è una delle startup in assoluto più interessanti nate in Italia. Nata da un progetto di ricerca di uno studente dell'Università di Napoli, Alessandro Sannino, è diventata in pochi anni una realtà imprenditoriale che ha il centro di sviluppo a Calimera, Lecce, ma la proprietà a...
Chef Rocco DiSpirito Trades Celebrity for Weight Loss Crusade
By Jade Scipioni He shot to fame with his carb-filled Italian-American cuisine and his countless cooking reality shows. Now 12 books later, Celebrity Chef Rocco DiSpirito is on a mission to end obesity. "The mission of my brand is to reverse obesity in America. The problem with food in America is that delicious and healthy don't c...
As it dissolves, Italian-American club donates remaining funds to charity
By Megan Hussey After more than 40 years, the Pasco Italian-American Civic Club recently closed its doors, but not before leaving a sizable gift to the community it served for nearly half a century. The club, based in Hudson and at one point claiming membership throughout Pasco County, donated most of its remaining $94,000 in funds to five nonpro...
Watch the Destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius, Re-Created with Computer Animation (79 AD)
A good disaster story never fails to fascinate — and, given that it actually happened,the story of Pompeii especially so. Buried and thus frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the ancient Roman town of 11,000 has provided an object of great historical interest ever since its rediscovery in 1599. Baths, houses, tools and other p...