WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   Panzerotti are so Italian that there is no a real translation into English, like pasta, pizza or focaccia. They are prepared with a dough similar to that of pizza or focaccia and are stuffed with tomato and mozzarella, closed to a half moon shape and...

by Andrea Carli   Cakes and candies, cakes and candies and more cakes and candies, and the diet can wait. At the end of the Easter holidays, families will have taken €400 million out of their pockets to buy confections, estimated Codacons, a consumer association.   Six out of ten Italians will serve the Colomba cake (shaped like a dov...

  WTI Magazine #29    2014 May, 8Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   One of the most ancient events in Italy recurs every year on May 7. A colossal historical reenactment with hundreds of actors, extras and historical groups, winds through the center of the city of Bari, the Capital of Puglia, ending at the majestic Papal Basilica of Sai...

by Marc Torrence   People who regularly drink coffee could be less at risk for the early stages of Alzheimer's and dementia, a new study recently found. Researchers at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy studied 1,445 people 65-84 years old over an average of three and a half years.   They were looking for signs of mild cog...

Power and Liturgy: Baroque-Era Silver in the Barese Territory, organized by the Cooperativa Armida of Conversano, runs in the Paolo Finoglio Municipal Painting Gallery of Conversano's Aragonese Castle until June 30th, 2014. The exhibition, divided into four sections (paintings, silver sculpture, liturgical objects and vestments, and documents), is...

  WTI Magazine #64    2015 July, 10Author : Italian Botanical Heritage      Translation by:   The Garden of the Times in Bari is a special place: partly garden, partly botanical garden, partly academic instituion. Cypress trees and carob trees, palms and banana trees, lavender and succulents, together with the oriental style of its furniture, gi...

When Flavia Laviosa was a young woman in Bari, Italy, she had a front-row seat for a golden age of artistry in Italian cinema. “I grew up at a time when education became free and accessible to everyone, and I had easy access to film screenings,” says Laviosa, senior lecturer in Italian Studies.   “Those were the years, into the ’70s, when th...

  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The San Trifone Feast is a unique, big treasure trove of entertainment: religion, music, illuminations and the largest fireworks festival day and evening of the world. It annually attracts thousands of visitors, pilgrims, believers and curious. A full program of ev...

Lunedì 3 settembre 2012 alle ore 11.30 presso la Sala Giunta del Palazzo della Provincia di Bari si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione della seconda edizione del premio "Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America", promosso dalla "Puglia Center of America" che si svolgerà il prossimo 9 novembre nella città Eastchester dello Stato di New...

Il workshop "Stati Uniti d'America: un mercato in forte ripresa sul quale investire" si è tenuto martedì 11 marzo a Napoli e mercoledì 12 marzo a Bari, promosso da American Chamber of Commerce in Italy e dal Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti d'America, e organizzato in collaborazione con il Council of American States in Europe (CASE) e l'agenzia...