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  WTI Magazine #80    2016 June 17Author : Marco Elser      Translation by:   When one thinks of Newport, one thinks of the Great Gatsby and the huge villas designed by the most famous architects of the time. The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, are just a few of the most famous mansions which were built during the g...

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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...

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  WTI Magazine #24    2014 Apr, 04Author : Detroit Institute of Arts      Translation by:   The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) returns to the Italian American Cultural Society (IACS) Thursday April 10 when Sir Dr. Alan Darr, Senior Curator of the European Art Department at the DIA, comes to talk about the master works in the museum's Italian ar...

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WTI Magazine #7    2013 Nov, 29 Author : Grace Pietrosanti      Translation by:   I was born in the Bronx, New York in the Belmont Area. Originally from Hoffman Street my maiden name is "Ruggiero" I was first generation Italian my parents both being form Sarno, Salerno (Naples) and raised in a beautiful Italian Neig...

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  WTI Magazine #14    2014 Jan, 24Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   On January 22nd I had the privilege to attend, in representation of the Italian American Museum and of We the Italians, the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings at Anzio and Nettuno.   The series of events took place in fo...

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  WTI Magazine #18    2014 Feb, 21Author : Sandra Tornberg      Translation by:   In 2013, the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan celebrated their 25th anniversary plus the bicentenary of Verdi's birth, in addition to their annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students. There were various presentations and conce...

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  WTI Magazine #76    2016 February 15Author : Augusto Ferraiuolo      Translation by:   Boston's North End is a peninsula of almost 100 acres, half a mile long and wide, confined by the ocean on the north and west sides. Though the ocean can be considered, above all, as a physical frontier, various symbolic meanings have been conferred on it. A...

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WTI Magazine #5    2013 Nov, 15 Author : Cinema Italian Style Los Angeles      Translation by:   This week Luce Cinecitta & American Cinematheque present "Cinema Italian Style" an annual film series that brings the best of new Italian cinema to Los Angeles for premieres. This year ten new films will be shown, in...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   We the Italians is very happy and proud about the Oscar to Paolo Sorrentino's movie, "The Great Beauty". We watched the movie months ago in a theatre here in Rome, and immediately recognized it as the masterpiece the Academy later saw, when they awarded it. It is a mo...

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  WTI Magazine #64    2015 July, 10Author : Maria Giovanna Galasso      Translation by:   With over 1,600 people in attendance and more than $20,000 raised for Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Maryland, the 3rd Annual Festa Italiana of Frederick was a great success. Held on May 30, 2015 on the beautiful grounds of historic Rose Hill Man...

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