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Seattle native Elizabeth Weitz fell in love with Italian culture while working as an au pair in Bari, a major port city in southern Italy, from 2014 to 2015. No place is perfect, however, and when she returned to Seattle, Weitz thought about how she could find a way to spend more time in Italy while addressing a few of her concerns. The result? Put...

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Ten cities in 37 days, that was the plan. My husband, Don, retired from the newspaper business, and we lost no time pursuing a move to Italy, our favorite European destination. We headed for the region of Puglia (or Apulia) in the southeast, and Sicily—the only places with enough sun and sea for our tastes—to find the perfect place to live. On the...

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When you think of Italy, famous cities like Rome, Venice and Florence definitely come to mind. And while these are home to wonderful landmarks such as the Trevi Fountain, St. Mark’s Basilica and the Statue of David, they are also some of the biggest tourist traps in the country. Of course visiting them should be on your travel bucket list, but if y...

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Mercoledì 22 Febbraio, all’interno della sezione “documentari italiani”, il Calandra Institute ha presentato The Barese Icemen of New York, un’opera di Carlo Magaletti del 2015 che per essere realizzata ha richiesto dieci milioni di dollari e dieci anni, ci confessa il produttore del film John Mustaro. Il documentario racconta la storia degli immig...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 6pm The Barese Ice Men of New York (2015), 80 min. Carlo Magaletti, dir. The Barese Icemen of New York follows the story of the Italian immigrants from the region of Apulia who from the 1920s to the 1960s dominated the making and delivery of ice in New York City. Interviews with former icemen and their families as well...

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  WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   Panzerotti are so Italian that there is no a real translation into English, like pasta, pizza or focaccia. They are prepared with a dough similar to that of pizza or focaccia and are stuffed with tomato and mozzarella, closed to a half moon shape and...

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by Andrea Carli   Cakes and candies, cakes and candies and more cakes and candies, and the diet can wait. At the end of the Easter holidays, families will have taken €400 million out of their pockets to buy confections, estimated Codacons, a consumer association.   Six out of ten Italians will serve the Colomba cake (shaped like a dov...

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  WTI Magazine #29    2014 May, 8Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   One of the most ancient events in Italy recurs every year on May 7. A colossal historical reenactment with hundreds of actors, extras and historical groups, winds through the center of the city of Bari, the Capital of Puglia, ending at the majestic Papal Basilica of Sai...

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by Marc Torrence   People who regularly drink coffee could be less at risk for the early stages of Alzheimer's and dementia, a new study recently found. Researchers at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy studied 1,445 people 65-84 years old over an average of three and a half years.   They were looking for signs of mild cog...

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Power and Liturgy: Baroque-Era Silver in the Barese Territory, organized by the Cooperativa Armida of Conversano, runs in the Paolo Finoglio Municipal Painting Gallery of Conversano's Aragonese Castle until June 30th, 2014. The exhibition, divided into four sections (paintings, silver sculpture, liturgical objects and vestments, and documents), is...

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