WTI Events: November 14 2013 We the Italians @ RAI Community
Video: http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-bffe0c80-be6c-4b15-9ae4-94d1b7e011d9.html November 14 2013 Roma, Italy
WTI Events: October 25 2013 We the Italians @ RAI Community
Video: http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-5da3d9b5-4e08-4639-b0ce-2397b403e616.html October 25 2013 Roma, Italy
WTI Events: October 10 2013 Va pensiero... Giuseppe Verdi and the Italian Americans in Roma, Italy
October 10 2013 Roma, Italy
In Southeastern Sicily, Old World Architecture Meets Stunning Beaches
Given the distances to be traveled and the imperfect roads, conventional wisdom stipulates that even ambitious short-term visitors to Sicily stick to either side of the island. There’s no wrong choice, though it’s the eastern coast that’s home to the majestic Mount Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano. That was also the side favored by the Greeks,...
Ravenna Osteria Emerges As Go-To Eatery In Northern Westchester
Craving some freshly made Italian specialties? Look no further than Ravenna Osteria, located at 1099 N. Division Street in Peekskill. The eatery provides savory and traditional Italian fare; from pizza to pasta, soups, salads, veal, eggplant and much more, this top-rated establishment is a dream come true for anyone who enjoys authentic Italian cui...
Vincent Cirrincione and how he got his Start in the Entertainment Industry
Hollywood is a tough industry to break into. So many people make the pilgrimage to epicenter of the entertainment industry only to be rejected time and time again. It’s a tough place to try and make it and it is definitely not for the faint of heart. It takes a strong backbone and an even stronger will to make it. It is important to acknowledge tha...
WTI Events: June 11 2013 Italy-US relations in a global economy
June 11 2013 Roma, Italy
Sphinx Room at Nero's Domus Aurea re-emerges after 2,000 yrs
A beautifully decorated room has been discovered at Emperor Nero's famed Domus Aurea (Golden House) in Rome and brought back to light after 2,000 years. The hall is decorated with panthers, centaurs and a delightful sphinx. Experts chanced upon the room while they were doing restoration work on the vault of a neighbouring part of the palace. "It is...
A new Italian restaurant is coming to Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood. Here’s what it’s like
A new Italian restaurant is coming to Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood at 2717 N. Proctor St. Crudo & Cotto will open in the second-story space where Soul and Old House Cafe formerly operated. Expect a summer opening. Its owners are Giampaolo Falchetti and Kathryn Philbrook, the husband-wife duo behind Olympia’s Basilico Ristorante. The restaurant’s c...
Larry Bongiovanni, founder of Salvatore Scallopini restaurants, dead at 82
His given name was Lawrence Joseph Bongiovanni, but to the wider community he will always be remembered as Salvatore Scallopini. Bongiovanni, a longtime area restaurateur and founder of the popular local Italian restaurant chain, died Sunday at age 82. The official cause of death was respiratory failure, his son Joe Bongiovanni said, adding that hi...
Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese Talk About ‘Are You Talkin’ to Me?’ and How ‘Last Waltz’ Influenced ‘Broadway’
In their conversation Sunday night at a private Netflix event honoring “Springsteen on Broadway,” Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese spent close to a third of the 45-minute chat discussing their mutual roots in east coast Catholicism and how they’ve both come to terms with a kind of faith. “I think as you get older, what you grow comfortable wit...
Ciao, 19103! | Let’s Eat
You might think of South Philly as our Little Italy. I’ll make a case for a different neighborhood. Also this week, I find interesting Lebanese cooking in a Malvern shopping center and tasty sandwiches from a hole in the wall in Fishtown. And Craig LaBan is here, all choked up about a spring vegetable. If you need food news, click here and fo...