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by Michael A. Cucchiara   For the 2016 Festa, our chapter is introducing a soccer tournament like no other in the region! Just as the Italian word unico is translated to mean unique, The KC Milan 3v3 Torneo is a unique outdoor tournament experience unlike any other in the region. Played on the streets of Zona Rosa, turf is being applied...

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When: 06 Dec 2015 at 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Rebecca's Authentic Italian Bakery, 2111 East Franklin Avenue #2, Minneapolis   Just in time for "le feste di Natale", join us at Rebecca's Authentic Italian Bakery and learn to make 3 traditional Italian cookies – Cantucci, Amaretti e Frollini.   ICC instructor and Ital...

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by Kim Ode   When troops from Minneapolis began returning home after World War II, they discovered they missed one thing about Europe. Sliding into booths at the Casino Cafe on North 7th, they'd ask owner and chef James Graziano if he could make them a pizza. Graziano had begun his cooking career while in the service, feeding troops goi...

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È in rete sul sito www.ItaliaUSA.com il nuovo numero di "It@lico", periodico diretto a St.Louis da Franco Giannotti, sempre ricco di articoli interessanti e utili informazioni. In prima e seconda pagina, spiega Giannotti, Anna Di Palma Amelung scrive il consueto resoconto dell'ultimo riunione dell'associazione "Italiano per piacere", dove la...

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by Douglas Gladstone   Mount Rushmore finally acknowledges Luigi Del Bianco. It's a start. Since this year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of Mount Rushmore, the staff has been posting short bios of the workers on their Facebook page. After 25 years, the National Park Service has finally acknowledged that Luigi Del Bianco w...

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by Mary Abbe   Walker Art Center has hired two curators, Adrienne Edwards from New York City and Vincenzo de Bellis from Milan, Italy.   Vincenzo De Bellis, who was born 1977 in Putignano, Italy on the Adriatic coast, will be Curator, Visual Arts at the Walker. A co-founder in 2009 of the non-profit Peep-Hole Art Center in Milan, he h...

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by Julianne Craw Since 1937, the United States has celebrated Columbus Day as a federal holiday, honoring the Italian explorer long-honored as the man who discovered America. Fargo is looking to revise the October holiday. Media outlets reported the Fargo Native American Commission is seeking to pass a resolution changing the name from...

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Which should be exciting news for those unaware we even had an annual Italian Film Festival here in St. Louis. We do, and it's been going on for ten years now. It's not well-promoted in general but it must be in the local Italian community because I've attended on the past and they always draw huge crowds (the free admission probably doesn't hurt)....

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by the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis   The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul has reached a milestone in the life of the organization, and in 2016, join us in celebrating our ten year anniversary! Did you know that, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, only one third of businesses make it to their 10th y...

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by Kelly Moffitt   Sunday, Dec. 11 marks 75 years since the United States declared war on war on Germany and Italy. That was four days following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which killed 2,403 Americans, and three days after the U.S. declared war on the Empire of Japan in retaliation. The United States had officially entered Wor...

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St. Peter's Church, in Duluth, is now for sale with an asking price of $150,000. The church closed in 2010, and Father Peter Muhich told councilors in January says that its condition has deteriorated.   The church was the center of spiritual and social life of Duluth's Italian–American community that settled in Duluth.   Read more &n...

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by Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis   All of us were deeply saddened by the news of the devastating earthquake which recently hit central Italy. In an effort to support the relief efforts, the ICC is organizing a fundraiser in collaboration with Nonna Rosa's Ristorante, at 4168 West Broadway, Robbinsdale.   Please join us in sup...

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