Italian guitarist joins Wyoming Symphony for performances in Casper, Lander
Italian guitarist Nando di Modugno will join the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra for a Feb. 8 performance that includes both classical and modern compositions. The symphony will perform selections from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and the first movement of Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings." Then the musicians will accompany di Modugno o...
Nel governo Renzi gli italiani all'estero vogliono contare
By Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli Carissime/i,mi trovo a scrivervi in un momento delicato per il nostro Paese, in cui, ancora alle prese con la crisi economica, siamo chiamati ad un cambio di Governo la cui crisi ha una matrice extraparlamentare, in sostanza decisa dalla direzione del partito democratico, il partito dell'ex presidente Letta e d...
Maria Gillan Receives AWP's 2014 George Garrett Award
Maria Mazziotti Gillan has been given the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs). Contemporary literature and AWP have benefited from the efforts of many teachers, writers, editors, and administrators who have done their utmost to help the next gene...
Italian scientists announce fourth, changeling neutrino
Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of only the fourth recorded transformation of a neutrino from one kind into another. If confirmed, the event – which has so far been a purely theoretical proposition – stands to revolutionize the subatomic particle theory that has been in vogue since it was developed in the latter half of the 2...
Italian power AS Roma to visit Disney again
Italian soccer powerhouse AS Roma is returning to Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando for a week of training and a friendly against Orlando City. Roma will be stateside next month, training at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex from May 22-25, and will play Orlando City on Friday, May 23. Orlando City, currently in the United Soccer...
Italian-American stereotypes still persist in film
The late and great film critic Roger Ebert, a local boy who did good (in both senses), loved Italy, Italian culture and Italian-Americans. He visited the country frequently, admired filmmaker Federico Fellini, and felt a cinematic, Catholic kinship with an American filmmaker of Italian heritage, Martin Scorsese. In 1996, he also praised actor Stanl...
Italian Ambassador Confers High Honor on Georgetown Lawyer
One of Italy's highest honors was bestowed on Georgetown attorney E. David Harrison by Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero in ceremonies at the Italian Embassy on Monday. Harrison was decorated with the title Commendatore of the Order of the Italian Star in recognition for his long-time service providing legal advice to the Italian gover...
Islands High principal headed to Italy
By Jenel Few Danielle Pinkerton spent four years working to build a high school the entire county could be proud of, not just the islands community. Now, she's going to Rome. Pinkerton, who opened Islands High school in 2010, will leave the Savannah-Chatham County public school system on June 30 to become head of an international sch...
UNICO National honors Blaise Alan Dente
In the recent celebration of his 10th anniversary as a member of the Scranton chapter of UNICO, Blaise Alan Dente, of Pittston, was presented a proclamation for his years of service at the May meeting at St. Lucy 's Hall in Scranton. Since 2005, Dente, along with his parents and Dente's Catering, has hosted a dinner meeting once a year. &...
Italian wine: What is Gattinara? A grape, a region or a producer? Find out yourself!
WTI Magazine #35 2014 June, 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: Familiar with Gattinara? I'll give you a hint. It has a lot of similarities to some of the blogs I have posted recently. Well Gattinara is primarily made up of the Nebbiolo grape. Gattinara is in the commune in Piedmont where this wine comes from, in the n...
'Where is my Ego' tour brings Italian electric motorcycle stateside
The Energica Ego is the awesome Italian electric sports bike that we've been dying to see stateside since the concept was first revealed at the Milan International Motorcycle Show (EICMA) back in 2011. Thankfully, that's about to happen as the company's "Where is My Ego" tour brings bikes across the Atlantic for prospective buyers and the...
East Utica festival full of food, familia and fritta
At the ongoing three-day St. Mary of Mount Carmel/Blessed Sacrament Italian Festival, it's all about the pizza fritta — or at least, partly. On Saturday, for example, festival-goer Mike Tartaglia and his step-son were waiting for a taste of the deep-fried pizza in an already almost 40-person-long line."It's all homemade — I love it," he said. "You...