California Science Center Presents 16th Annual Discovery Ball Amidst the Splendor and Elegance of "Pompeii: The Exhibition"
On Friday, May 16, 2014, California Science Center Discovery Ball guests will experience an ancient city at the height of the Roman Empire as they preview the west coast premiere of Pompeii: The Exhibition. Gala attendees will be the first Science Center guests to see more than 150 artifacts from the unparalleled collection of the Naples National A...
Orchestra brings a piece of Italy to Whidbey
by Celeste Erickson With all the makings of an Italian drama, the Whidbey Island Community Orchestra will conclude its 2013-2014 season with "Italian Spring" this Friday, May 16. Under the direction of Tigran Arakelyan, the free concert features music from soloist Gloria Ferry-Brennan and the winner of the young composer competition,...
Italian good news: The Energy community that will change the energy market in Italy
WTI Magazine #32 2014 May, 29Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: They are called Energy communities and are real communities territorially located - formed by companies, public administrations and citizens that can self-produce and consume energy in an intelligent way.
The Heart of Italy Italian Festival
Spend part of Father's Day weekend at the Italian Festival at the Fayette County Fairgrounds! You don't want to miss this first Big Festival of the summer season! Enjoy three beautiful early summer days tasting wine from regional vendors, eating delicious foods and shopping at our local arts and craft vendor booths. Sit back and soak up the sunshin...
Buddy Cianci, forced to resign twice as mayor of Providence, RI, running again
Buddy Cianci, who was twice forced out as mayor of Providence, R.I., by criminal convictions, is running again this year. Cianci, formally known as Vincent A. Cianci Jr., was one of 10 candidates to file during a three-day nominating period that ended Wednesday. By the deadline, there were six Democrats, three independents, including...
Washington - Evento su negoziato libero scambio Ue-Usa
Nell'ambito del semestre di presidenza italiana dell'Unione Europea, l'ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato un incontro organizzato con il "Trans-Atlantic Business Council" e dedicato al Ttip, il partenariato Ue-Usa su commercio e investimenti in corso di negoziazione. All'evento hanno partecipato, tra gli altri, i membri del Congr...
Italian fashion: Moschino and Jeremy Scott's street and pop
WTI Magazine #41 2014 July, 30Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Giant symbols, an explosion of colors and logos for the new spring/summer 2015 Moschino Uomo collection, presented in London during "London Collections: Men". This is the first designed by the American stylist Jeremy Scott, who has brought w...
Dolores DeLuce reads from My Life, a Four Letter Word: Confessions of a Counter Culture Diva
Thursday, October 9 Dolores DeLuce, "a five-foot diva in six-inch heels," takes us on the bumpy ride from a bleak New Jersey childhood through her escape to the refuge of the tumultuous post-Stonewall days in 1970s Los Angeles and gay San Francisco. After giving birth to a mixed-race daughter and being rejected by her Italian-American family, DeLu...
Atina: Italoamericano fa ricostruire la grandiosa fontana della piazza principale a proprie spese
by Michele Santulli Si definisce 'mecenate' il cittadino che a proprie spese, liberamente, senza sollecitazione o interessi personali, provvede al restauro o alla costruzione o all'abbellimento di un monumento o di una chiesa o di una scuola o di un museo, ecc., oppure dona la propria collezione d'arte o un'opera d'arte o la propria biblioteca all...
Monica Bellucci, Italian beauty icon, turns 50
The star, who has for decades represented the image of voluptuousness and eroticism in Hollywood, enters her fifties with the serenity provided by maturity, but without losing any of her trademark sensuality. Bellucci, born Sept. 30, 1964, in Citta del Castello, in the Italian region of Umbria, uses her generous curves and Mediterranean features a...
An exhibition dedicated to the father of the Italian coffee machine, la Moka
What would Italy be without "il caffé"?Coffee wasn't invented in Italy, but certainly Italy has created such a unique and powerful coffee culture that it would be easy to think otherwise. Imagine waking up in an Italian house in the morning and not drinking an espresso or a cappuccino. It sounds like a horror/sci-fi movie where suddenly th...
Bitter radicchio gets little love from mainstream America; here’s why it’s the next breakthrough vegetable.
Ask the first 10 people you see if they know what radicchio is and here's what will happen. Of the 10, three will be unable to replicate the pronunciation (rah-DEE-kee-oh) and will walk away shaking their heads. Four others will stand there with a quizzical look on their faces, searching their memory banks, saying they know they've heard of it som...