Sons of Italy to mark 100 years in Fitchburg
By Alana Melanson Five generations of Ann Pacetti's family have been involved with the Cristoforo Colombo Regina Elena Lodge No. 169, Order Sons of Italy in America, beginning with her grandmother and continuing today with numerous grandchildren. Pacetti, 91, who currently serves as treasurer, has been a part of the Fitchburg lodge for at...
Road Race Motorsports Fiat 500 Club Sportivo
Often with cars like the Volkswagen Beetle or Fiat 500, the curse of cuteness can be totally reversed by adding slick wheels, applying a few decals, and slamming the sucker. You don't even have to touch the engine. Fleets of first-gen Scion xBs roll around Los Angeles in just such a fashion. They might make the same 108 hp as those transporting the...
Italy's Eni farms into US shale oil play with Quicksilver deal
Italy's Eni has agreed to pay up to $52 million to jointly explore and develop US shale oil acreage in the Delaware Basin with US shale player Quicksilver Resources, the Italian company said Tuesday. Under the deal, Eni will earn a 50% share in 52,500 acres (212 sq km) held by Quicksilver in the Leon Valley area, located in Pecos County some 800 k...
Bloomfield Unico honors essayists
Bloomfield Unico, an Italian-American group, honored elementary school students in the Columbus Day Essay Contest. Paul Alongi, along with other Unico executive board members, presented the awards on the Bloomfield Green in front of the Christopher Columbus statue. Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill addressed t...
Belinelli strega San Antonio e l’Nba “E dicevano che non avrei mai giocato”
di Stefano Semeraro Marco Belinelli miglior realizzatore da tre punti della Nba: che effetto le fa?«Non è da tutti, ma non ci penso troppo. Il mio obiettivo è vincere questo benedetto titolo Nba, lo voglio con tutto me stesso. Il resto è bello, anche per il basket italiano, ma non ci do peso». Compagni e avversari la guardano in m...
Exports Spell Success for Italian Firms
Italian exports in the glass sector continue to grow; most recently, thanks to companies in the field of flat glass. According to Eurostat, in the first six months of 2013 Italy captured first place among exporting countries within the EU. It is no secret that approximately 80% of the turnover of Italy's manufacturers of machines and accessories f...
Italian art: Wunderkammer
WTI Magazine #13 2014 Jan, 170Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In the last months of 2013 in Italy there has been a coincidence that maybe is not so random: two very different exhibits with a unique theme, the Wunderkammer. The Wunderkammer, or "chamber of the wonders", is a room th...
Elica con design-apart presenta per la prima volta a New York pescecappa di Gaetano Pesce
Elica, in collaborazione con Design-Apart, organizza un workshop aperto a designer e architetti e promuove una borsa di studio in Italia dedicata ai migliori studenti di design, presentando per la prima volta a New York Pescecappa, la straordinaria opera di Gaetano Pesce. Elica e la Fondazione Ermanno Casoli sono partner del progetto Desig...
Book Presentation: "Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa: A Biography Through Images" by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Perhaps in no other novel of the twentieth century has the sense of time and place had such a central role and profound significance as in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's masterpiece, The Leopard - a work which captures Sicilian traditional society in a period of transition when faced with modernity and political upheaval. Written by Lamped...
Love, Italian-American Style
by John Quinn If we were to believe poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Miles Standish, military advisor to the Plymouth Colony, was smitten with the lovely Pilgrim maid, Pricilla Mullen. Rather than woo her himself, he sent his roommate, John Alden, to speak to her on his behalf. Bad move. John also loves Pricilla and the love triangle takes...
Students in Utah Embrace La Bella Lingua
By Mauro Battocchi In the city of Salt Lake City, the Italian language is alive and kicking. Take, for example, these two students below from the University of Utah. Italian has truly opened doors in their scholastic and personal lives and, as you can tell from their video interviews, they are very enthusiastic about this special language. ...
S.Y. Kitchen presents ‘Godfather Night’
S.Y. Kitchen and Luca Crestanelli, executive chef and partner, are hosting "Godfather Night," a special "Family" dinner Tuesday, April 1, inspired by his Italian-American immigrant tradition. Reservations start at 5 p.m. For one night only, S.Y. Kitchen will be transformed into an Italian eatery of the past, complete with red checkered ta...