Friends of the Italian Cultural Center of Boston, Inc. (FICCB) today announced the recipients of the 2016 Thomas M. Menino awards. Federico Cortese, Music Director for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Silvio Micali, MIT Ford Professor of Engineering, will receive their recognition on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Italianissimo!, FICCB's annual event that celebrates New England's rich Italian-American culture.

FICCB awards the Thomas M. Menino Award to members of Boston's Italian-American community who have made outstanding contributions towards the preservation and promotion of Italian heritage and culture. FICCB was founded in December 2012 to create a novel Italian cultural center, preserve Boston's rich Italian heritage, and forge a strong, united community of italophiles.

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