Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Italy's no. 1 premium beer, announced today that it will be the official beer of this year's Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. Raising a glass to some of the world's best emerging and legacy tastemakers in the film industry, Peroni Nastro Azzurro will launch the global #Grazie campaign by honoring the true style,...

Sono trascorsi 18 anni dai giorni in cui il regista pugliese Vittorio Capotorto iniziò la sua attività a New York, prima come docente del suo corso Italian Theater Practicum a Columbia University, quindi come fondatore di "Teatromania" (con cui ha messo in scena decine di spettacoli), per arrivare alla nascita di Italytime, tenuta a battesimo col s...

By Susan Clark Porter   The traditional end-of-summer St. Anthony's Festival will be held this Labor Day weekend, although organizers have scaled it back from three days to two. Weather and soggy ground at the SMS Field forced last year's festival, which pays tribute to the strong Italian heritage in this town, to be postponed until Col...

di Chiara Zaccherotti   Come di consueto ormai da molti anni, le istituzioni che a New York rappresentano l'Italia si uniscono nell'organizzazione delle celebrazioni per la Festa della Repubblica a New York, un evento che, come accaduto anche in passato, prevede numerose iniziative, tra conferenze, mostre, concerti, proiezioni e present...

By Kelly Dwyer   We're officially in the Andrea Bargnani-portion of the NBA summer. And, because this is the NBA (and also because Bargs is Bargs), there is intrigue involved.   ESPN reported on Saturday that Bargnani was set to take some of that salary cap space that the Sacramento Kings furiously worked to deal away for during the s...

By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday afternoon (Sept. 27th), my friends and I made our way to the Knights of Columbus Archbishop John Hughes Council 481 (1305 86th St.) in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn for the First Annual Feast of the Madonna di Montevergine. Participants gathered at the fairgrounds for some refreshments, while the kids enjoyed the many games...

Albini Group is setting its sights on the U.S. Already Europe's largest manufacturer of shirting fabrics, the Italy-based company sees potential to significantly increase its reach in the American market. In a recent visit to New York City to meet customers — both current and potential — Silvio Albini, president, said his goal is to "get...

by Alfonso Guerriero Jr.   I met Gay Talese on a Friday afternoon in New York City, when the sun descends from its zenith and anxious pedestrians are walking briskly home to begin their weekend. He had agreed to meet and talk about his Italian American experience and his career as a journalist and a non-fiction novelist.   Gay Talese...

  WTI Magazine #84    2016 October 17Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from ... somewhere in the US! As October is the Italian Heritage month, I'm travelling around the East Coast and the Midwest to celebrate Italy in the US, the Italian Americans and meeting a lot of friends of We the Italians! What a wonderful, sparkling, enth...

A seguito della riunione straordinaria del 2 marzo a Roma e di quella ordinaria del 12 Settembre in Connecticut, il coordinatore del Ctim Nord America, Vincenzo Arcobelli, ha nominato quattro nuovi responsabili per altrettante circoscrizioni statunitensi. Si tratta, sottolinea Arcobelli, del primo passo da compiere per "dare un seguito all'impegno...