Victoria Fine Foods is Awarded Five Scovie Awards
Victoria Fine Foods (VFF), the #1 slow kettle cooked pasta sauce manufacturer in the US, announced today that they have been awarded five Scovie Awards. The awards given to recognize the world's leading spicy foods, honored Victoria in three different categories including taste, product label design, and logo. Among more than 850 submitted...
Dionisio's Sculpture Exploration: A lecture by international artist Dionisio Cimarelli - December 09, 2014 at 6:30 PM
Dionisio Cimarelli is considered to be the greatest Italian sculptor to have lived and worked in China, and his long residence there, combined with his blending of Chinese and Italian styles, have led to comparisons with Marco Polo. The New York Academy has described him as someone who "has the ability to make a difference in the art world...
7 Reasons Why Growing Up In An Italian Family Is The Best
Ever wonder what it's like to be a part of one of those crazy, big, Italian families? Better yet, ever wonder what it's like to grow up in one of them? Fortunately, I was lucky enough to grow up in one of those families... and the stories I can share from my lovely family are endless. For everyone who grew up in a family similar to mine, t...
Next Stop, the Pasta Shoppe!
by George Yatchisin "Fresh pasta versus box pasta — the difference is night and day," says Diane Harding, owner of The Pasta Shoppe (38 W. Victoria St., [805] 770-3668, thepastashoppellc.com) in the Santa Barbara Public Market. "People come in and buy our pasta from Corona del Mar, Santa Monica, Thousand Oaks, and all say, 'You have to ope...
Italian politics: A more bitter than sweet 2014, but a huge hope for Italy's 2015
WTI Magazine #50 2014 December, 26Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: It's been a long and complicated year. We started it out with Mr. Enrico Letta at the country's helm, and then Matteo Renzi shuffled cards and ministers and replaced Letta at Palazzo Chigi.
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 51
WTI Magazine #51 2015 January, 9Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: In our daily activity on We the Italians, we promote every day 25 news regarding Italy in the US, the Italian American community, or interesting and positive things about Italy. We aggregate news to provide a service, and we try to avoid to publish more than news...
Padua, a college town seething with cocktail culture and Medieval frescoes
Padua is known throughout the world as "the city of the saint", in honor of Saint Anthony. The Portuguese Franciscan, born in Lisbon in 1195, died here on the 13th of June, 1231 in the historic neighborhood of Arcella, behind the station, where a beautiful frescoed church, the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony, commemorates the years he lived in the city....
A Philadelphia il Torneo di calcio balilla “Frank Ceraso Sr” Memorial di Filitalia International
L'edizione del 2015 del Torneo di calcio balilla di Filitalia International "Frank Ceraso Sr" Memorial ha avuto luogo domenica socrsa, 25 gennaio, nella sede del Comitato Organizzativo della festa di San Marziale -C.O.S.M.I.- a South Philadelphia. L'evento, presieduto dal Fondatore e Presidente Emerito di Filitalia International, Pasquale...
Jersey guy Joe DiPietro’s ‘Over the River’ staged in Spring Lake
Jersey guy Joe DiPietro — who collaborated with Bon Jovi's David Bryan on "The Toxic Avenger" and the Tony-winning musical "Memphis" — scored one of his earlier successes with a family comedy that makes up in honest laughs what it might lack in hummable tunes. Beginning tonight, Spring Lake-based South Street Players return for a new seaso...
Italian lifestyle: Art Toy by Artbeat
WTI Magazine #54 2015 February, 20Author : Living Adamis Translation by: The project Art Toy is born to meet the desire to collect a work of contemporary art in a simple and accessible way. The prototype of the Art Toy is the ceramic base on which a group of talents of Italian contemporary art have worked, each one of them creating a...
John Vorrasi, 1948-2015
John Vorrasi, singer, cofounder, artistic director and longtime guiding light of the William Ferris Chorale, died Monday afternoon after a three-year battle with leukemia. Vorrasi, 66, launched the William Ferris Chorale with his longtime partner Bill Ferris in 1971, and continued to guide the chorus after Ferris’s sudden death in 2000. ...
Unique Blue LaFerrari Spotted in Washington
Whoever ordered this blue LaFerrari – apparently a Washington elite – has very good taste in cars. This car must be the first blue example of the Italian hyper car – in this shade of blue, not TDF – and certainly the only one with white interior and matte gunmetal wheels. This combination of sober and elegant colors give the car a c...