Mr. Wonderland
Mr. Wonderland The Tuscan entrepreneur who modeled kings, queens and presidents and transformed, forever, the entertainment landscape in Nord-Eastern USA.On the night of May 31,1937, when Silvestro Zefferino Poli passed away, he had become the greatest theatrical impresario of his time and his state was worth $30 million dollars.
Italian immigration / past, present and future
Past, present and future Italian immigration - Massimiliano, What have you learned from your customers over the years? In recent years we have broken many stereotypes about immigration, which is generally idealized (sic!) as an event connected to the absolute poverty of people who take a cardboard suitcase and go to seek their fortune God [...]
Italiani World is born – for the Italian communities abroad
For the Italian communities abroad Italiani World is born - Massimiliano, what is ITALIANI-WORLD? As with any good story I would like to start from the beginning. Ours dates back to 2009 and is today called Studio Andino, the engine behind Italiani-world, as well as the window from which we were able to observe what [...]
WRESTLING GENES
WRESTLING GENES From a suicide dive to a Full Blooded Italian... How becoming Italian can change your life If you have ever watched a wrestling match, it is quite sure you have witnessed more than one suicide dive. This specific professional wrestling aerial technique is a “…headfirst running dive between the second and third ropes [...]
Italians and food
Italians and food AN INSEPARABLE PAIR Like Woody & Buzz or Bonnie & Clyde, Italians and food are an inseparable pair. Trust me. I know. Growing up in an Italian household, all my memories are tied-up to the wonderful smells of bell peppers being roasted, porcini mushrooms’s aromas from risotto and the bubbling and sizzling [...]
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Have you ever wondered how designers translate ideas in to form? There is a certain method, a path so to speak that can be follow to achieve a perfect marriage between form and function. “CREATIVITY doesn’t mean IMPROVISATION WITHOUT METHOD: this produces only CONFUSION”. Da cosa nasce cosa Bruno Munari But it is not always [...]
Italians do it better!
Italians do it better! Have you seen or heard this phrase at some point in your life? Madonna, proud of her Italian origin, made it famous when, in 1986, she appeared on the set of Papa don’t preach wearing a T-shirt with those same words stamped on it. But how much truth is hidden behind [...]
What does Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati, Bugatti and Fiat have in common?
The fabulous Mille Miglia race! Between 1927 and 1957, the fabulous long-distance automobile race was run in Italy the Mille Miglia. 30 years and 994.1939 miles of speed and beauty branded by some of the most recognized car brands in the world, born from the dream of 4 friends on Christmas Eve 1926. This race [...]
Find out if you have the right to acquire the European citizenship!
Find out if you have the right to acquire the European citizenship Unlike almost all other European jurisdictions, Italian nationality is transmitted regardless of the number of generations that mediate between the emigrants and the current applicants. The Citizenship Law of 1912, which granted Italian nationality ius sanguinis, established that women could have citizenship, but [...]