An estimated 12,000 people descended on the grounds of the Wickliffe Italian-American Club over the weekend for the club's annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce. The tournament drew 96 men's teams and 14 women's teams from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Florida and Canada. Along with play that continued past midnight Friday and Satur...
After a year-long strategic planning process, the American Academy has launched important changes to the format and content of its public programming in the humanities. The AAR has long hosted major public conferences and lectures in the humanities. A series of self-studies and consultations with former Fellows and Trustees have yielded a...
by Rick Nelson As the daughter of an American father and an Italian mother, Domenica Marchetti enjoyed a charmed childhood. Her family lived in the United States during the school year, but spent summers in Italy, where Marchetti picked up an appreciation for Italian food through, as she says, "osmosis." "But as I got older, I beg...
The Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series In Italian American Studies at Queens College/CUNY presents Todd Cambio, a luthier, musician and a collector of 78-rpm records of early Italian American music. Cambio will play selections from his compilation "Paese Mio Bello: An Exploration of Early Italian-American Music," and discuss the music, its perfor...
By Dan Kane My visit to Ristorante Antonio's didn't start off so well. Mostly vacant at 7:30 p.m. last Thursday, the restaurant — the former Angelo's — was uncomfortably quiet. My friend and I found ourselves almost whispering to each other. Our server, while polite, had little knowledge to share about the array of items on the somewhat pricey men...
WTI Magazine #3 2013 Nov, 1 Author : Cookie Curci Translation by: Peter Falk, the veteran actor who portrayed TV's cunning inspector Colombo, did such an excellent job at imitating the Italian American sleuth that most TV viewers believe Peter Falk to be of Italian descent. In reality, Falk is Russian and...
WTI Magazine #7 2013 Nov, 29Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: In ancient greek "TESSARA" meant "four" and the adjective "tessaràgonos" described quadrangular objects. Among the Latin the shorten form "tessera" was used for example for nuts, tickets, vouchers to get food. A little bit like for us: c...
Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Mayor Ignazio Marino met and signed the reaffirmation of the Sister City agreement between the city of Rome, Italy and the District of Columbia. This agreement will build upon previous government to government exchanges while placing a new focus on youth and educational exchanges, as well as on social media outrea...
Record storico per il valore delle esportazioni di prodotti agroalimentari italiani che nel 2013 ha raggiunto il massimo di sempre, arrivando a quota 33 miliardi di euro. È quanto emerge da una analisi della Coldiretti sulla base dei dati Istat relativi al commercio estero. La maggior parte delle esportazioni - sottolinea Coldiretti...
WTI Magazine #14 2014 Jan, 24Author : Vino OK Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti Barolo is appreciated for its culture, its traditions, but above all for its hard work, which allows the creation of an excellent quality product, thanks to which the wine continues to maintain its presence on the market by getting more approvals and ach...
On Feb. 3, the Vatican opened the Roman Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis to the public for the first time. The ancient burial ground dates back to the first century B.C. when it was the place of final rest for local Romans. The 10,000-square-foot site was originally uncovered during the 1950s during construction of a new parking garage underneath...
An important agreement has been signed for the acquisition of the historical Italian brand Simone Collezione, company of the Estel group, which will become part of the Cassina collection from July 2013. Simone Collezione is available in United States from January 2014. The Collezione is in WPA Chicago's show-room, 314 West Superior Street, with the...