Sofia Goggia dances into comeback from injury with a Super G victory and second podium at Beaver Creek
Sofia Goggia capped off a comeback weekend to remember with a victory in the women's Super G and a second consecutive podium at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Beaver Creek, Colorado on Sunday (15 December). The Italian ski ace was making her return after 10 months away from competition since suffering a fracture to her tibia and ankle in Februa...
Italian American Bill Venturini Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Bill Venturini with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Mr. Venturini celebrates many years' experience in his professional network and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials an...
Italy-USA Relations: United States Leads as Italy’s Top Non-European Investor
At the 18th Transatlantic Award Gala Dinner, Stefano Lucchini, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy and Chief Institutional Affairs and External Communication Officer at Intesa Sanpaolo, emphasized the enduring importance of transatlantic relations, describing them as “a cornerstone of this historical moment.”Lucchini underlined t...
MoMA Celebrates Marcello Mastroianni With Retrospective of the Italian Actor’s Films
In honor of what would have been the prized actor Marcello Mastroianni’s 100th birthday, his daughter Chiara kicked off a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art Thursday night. The Italian actor, who was born Sept. 26, 1924, died Dec. 19, 1996, at the age of 72. Running through Jan. 5, “Marcello and Chiara Mastroianni, A Family Affai...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 182
Dear friends, 2024 has been another year full of very interesting people, topics, meetings for us at We the Italians. The eleventh book, the ninth annual yearbook, is available for you: a nice Christmas gift, with the twelve interviews from 2024 on twelve different topics that have in common Italy and the United States. We hope you will buy and giv...
Italian land and nature: Extreme sports in Italy
Thrill seekers and extreme sports lovers will find Italy is the ideal place in which to experience their passions. The "Belpaese" in fact offers endless opportunities to practice all types of extreme sports: ground, air or water ones. This is the country of national parks, mountain ranges and rivers full of water which make rafting one of the most...
Italian cuisine: Carrot and Cardamom Risotto with Burrata and Pistachios
Cold weather and risotto making go hand in hand for me. Ladling the warm stock into the carnaroli rice is a ritualistic tradition that I look forward to each winter. Every now and then I crave a risotto that is rich enough to be served alone. Last year I created this recipe using some of my favorite warming ingredients – citrus notes from oranges,...
Italian historical trademarks: Marchesi Antinori
Among the founding members of the Associazione Marchi Storici d'Italia is Marchesi Antinori, an Italian wine excellence with an “Ancient Future,” words that perfectly express an entrepreneurial path that has been handed down for 26 generations but is always in the process of becoming because it is aimed at improving the production of its wines. The...
Italian little Italies: Locorotondo, circular splendor
The name derives from the old latin word Locus Rotundus, rounded place. Already at the beginning of the 13th century, it was placed on a hill peak surrounded by a walled ring, the village assumed the circular shape that gave it its name, which also appeared in various documents in the following centuries. Locorotondo is the most beautiful balcony i...
Italian healthcare: Medical Tourism Association Italy, an advisorfor everyone involved in tourism
In the previous numbers of We the Italians, some articles considered the possibility of traveling to Italy for medical purposes. Italian medical excellence is, sometimes, a surprise for local people, never mind foreigners. However, Italy has a healthcare system ranked among the top in the world for the quality of its personnel and facilities. Not o...
Italian gardens and parks: Italia giardino del mondo
The photographic exhibition Italia giardino del mondo. Where Nature meets Art, Craft and Design, the first Italian stop of the traveling exhibition dedicated to the heritage of Italian gardens, classical and contemporary, conceived, together with the publication of the same name, as a project of integrated promotion of Italy, produced by the Minist...
Italian sport: Alessandro Del Piero's 50th birthday
There is only one sport in the world where to wear a particular jersey number you have to be the star of the team. The person who wears that number is the brains of the team, the player with the most imagination, the most class, often even considered a genius. The sport we are talking about is soccer, which has a worldwide fan following estimated a...