Umberto Mucci
Umberto has a degree in Political Science and a master in Marketing and Communication. He is the founder and CEO of We the Italians and the representative in Italy of the Italian American Museum of New York. He gives lectures about History of Italian Emigration to the US, and he has published seven books about Italy and the US
Italian wine: Rosé wine from Valle d'Aosta
WTI Magazine #31 2014 May, 22Author : Vino OK Translation by: The Rosé Valle d'Aosta is a wine produced in the geographical area that covers Valle d'Aosta, one of the most fascinating regions of the Italian peninsula.
IT and US: Why Naples must go New Orleans, if we want Italian Theater to be understood in NYC!
WTI Magazine #31 2014 May, 22Author : Laurence Cantor Translation by: In July, 2013, Vittorio Capotorto, Founder and Artistic Director of italytheater and its parent organization, Teatromania, asked me to write a script that would best help a wide American audience to get to know the work of the great Italian playwright, actor and di...
Italian cinema: Film 4 Meeting 2014 – Los Angeles Convention
WTI Magazine #31 2014 May, 22Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: Sunday is finally the Day we're expecting. Film 4 Meeting 2014 – Los Angeles Convention, the event is entirely that finally reveals its aces is promoted by the online magazine Film 4 Life directed by Simone Bracci who's gonna host the night together with the youn...
Italian politics: In Italy, Tangentopoli never ends. Fortunately, neither does the fight to corruption
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Twenty-two years after the scandal that killed the "First Republic" and subverted the old political order, the Italian situation looks worse. The issues that brought businessmen, politicians and wheeler-dealers to conviction seems to be just the peak of the inv...
Italian traditions: The Race of the Candles, Gubbio
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : folclore.it Translation by: Every May 15 in Gubbio (Perugia, Umbria), keeps repeating the ritual of the "Corsa dei Ceri" (race of the candles), emotionally involving all citizens and the public of visitors in a show that is mystical and profane at the same time.
Italian art: Angiolo Mazzoni
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: There are artists in the history of Italian art and architecture that have never achieved a wide reputation, a status that crossed generations, names that people rarely knows and recognizes. Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande is one of those names, and this condition of ob...
Italian flavors: Fish Festival, Camogli
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : folclore.it Translation by: Are you ready for a picturesque and unique natural scenery, where the world's largest frying pan will fry fish for visitors and vacationers in the more typical feast of Liguria?
Italian religious events: The blessing of St. Rita of Cascia
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : folclore.it Translation by: The feast dedicated to St. Rita of Cascia is very complex because it is made of celebratory moments, spaces for reflection and prayers according to a liturgy born almost three hundred years ago.
IT and US: The Italian American Fishing Rodeo
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Bette Cadwell Translation by: From pictures of an early 1900's wedding held at St Mary's in the French Quarter, to the fresh catch-of -the-day being peddled at the French Market, the contributions of Italian Americans are embedded in the fabric of New Orleans.
Italian wine: Come explore and replace your next white with Falanghina!
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: Italy has hundreds of grape varietals, which the majority of them many won't know. The varietal I'm writing about today comes from southern Italy and is called Falanghina.
Italian cinema: Nino Manfredi, a timeless legend
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: You think about it and think again, and in the end you realize that Italy's classic movies world has had so many big names, compared to the contemporary scene: talented actors recognized throughout the world, glorious icons that take us back in time and at the sa...
Italian good news: The best bikes in Europe are manufactured in Italy!
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: Italy remains the largest producer of bicycles in Europe: in addition to being a "nation of saints, poets and explorers", Italy is increasingly becoming a "nation of cyclists". In 2013, in fact, the Italian production of two-wheelers has increased by 22% and export...