Italian fashion: The shirts of Gianfranco Ferré exhibition in Prato
WTI Magazine #7 2013 Nov, 29Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti When you are talking about upper-class white shirts, who are you thinking of? Unique and inimitable, the white shirt of Gianfranco Ferré is one of the symbolic item of Italian fashion in the world. From February 1st to June 15t...
Vintage Posters Exhibition: viaggio nell'Italia della pubblicità
By Fabiana Yvonne Lugli Lunedi 9 dicembre si é inaugurata l'esposizione di manifesti pubblicitari italiani dai primi del '900 agli anni '60 presentata dall'ENIT in collaborazione con Eataly di New York. Vintage Posters Exhibition è stata aperta al pubblico alla presenza del console generale, Natalia Quintavalle, Eugenio Magnani, direttore...
Why does Italian sausage taste so good?
by Anne Thompson When most people think of sausage, the first thing that comes to mind is a tasty link often referred to in America as Italian sausage. While this generic label does not mean much in Italy, it represents a delicious variety of sausage enjoyed year-round in the United States. Its distinctive flavor and famous reputation come from th...
Italian cinema: Matteo Garrone's double soul
WTI Magazine #14 2014 Jan, 24Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: There was a time when Italian cinema, our cinema, used to win hands-down a lot of international success. That media hype has been turned off for thirty years now, except for some small flame of honor that occasionally shakes the Olympus of the great, as happened...
Never before seen works on view in Florence's Vasari Corridor
The splendid Vasari Corridor in Florence is now adorned with 127, 20th-Century self-portraits of artists both Italian and international. The works, deriving from the storage rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, are located inside the final stretch of the historic Corridor (near the exit leading to the Boboli Gardens). Never before made public, these creat...
Italian fashion: Poetic and anticonformistic, the talent of Marta Ferri
WTI Magazine #18 2014 Feb, 21Author : Irene Salvadorini for PoisonDrops.com Translation by:Alessandra Bitetti The New York agesThe story of a careful and elegant love, the scent of flowers and the courage to dare. The inevitable passion for materials, prints and colors, a creativity heritage coming from a family that has been always...
Historic Preservation Program Summer Field Course in Southern Italy
Historic Preservation Program - Summer Field Course in Southern Italy Contact: [email protected] - http://www.arcboutant.org/ EXPERIENCE preservation in action; DISCOVER new skills, new cultures, new places; LEARN preservation techniques from regional scholars and traditional artisans; LIVE in an his...
Arlington Singles Connect Over Bocce
Have you heard about the resurgence in bocce ball, a revered Italian tradition? A new generation of players is taking on Italian-American clubs and grandfathers everywhere at their own game at an ever-increasing rate. It turns out that in addition to the game's appeal as a relaxing backyard past-time, it also provides a framework for the perfect da...
Frankie 'Time Bomb' Scalise to Open Boxing Gym
Time Bomb is back. Bridgeport boxer Frankie Scalise will soon open a brand-new boxing gym and training center at 3411 S. Halsted St. The 35-year-old fighter says he'll open the gym, called the Bridgeport Boxing Club, on May 1. During a quick tour of the building, Scalise was all motion and energy, bounding around the empty 3,000-square-foot space...
State Sen. Hopes Port Chester's Mt. Rushmore Carver Is Recognized by Feds
A new book, Carving a Niche for Himself; The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco and Mount Rushmore, chronicles the life of former Port Chester resident Luigi Del Bianco, who was the chief carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. His story had largely been forgotten until author Douglas J. Gladstone unearthed it in his book. And now, N...
Police: Vandals hit Padre Pio shrine, taking arm, dagger from St. Michael statue
State police in Reading say thieves have struck at the National Centre for Padre Pio in Berks County again, this time stealing the right arm and sword of a concrete St. Michael the Archangel statue. Police say the theft happened sometime between 9 a.m. Tuesday to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday from the National Center of Padre Pio in Washington Township, nea...
Italian-American veterans group remembers the fallen with annual ceremony
by John O'Connell Ten years after Army Sgt. Sherwood Baker of Plymouth was killed in action in Iraq, his widow and son say they've moved on but have not forgotten. "I started my own business, and I have just gone on with my life," Debra Wilgus said. "It's what he would have wanted." Wilgus remarried. She and her husband own P...