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by Nicola Orichuia   Dear readers, Life has a funny and mysterious way of taking us by the hand and pulling us towards projects we never dreamed of until recently. That is how I feel right now, as I announce this big step forward in our goal to give the local Italian and Italian American communities a voice and identity they can be...

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Sabato 23 novembre alle 11.30 presenteremo all'American Academy in Rome il libro PASTA scritto dallo Chef del Rome Sustainable Food Project Chris Boswell insieme ad Elena Goldblatt. Seguirà alle ore 13 un pranzo a buffet per assaggiare alcune delle ricette del libro preparate con la pasta Delverde e con pasta fatta a mano, accompagnate da un c...

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by Quinto Antonelli   La memoria di Alessio Menapace si apre con un titolo molto eloquente, Il misterioso mio inciampo nella guerra mondiale, che sottolinea la tragica casualità del suo coinvolgimento nel conflitto.   Nato a Tuenno nel 1877, all'età di 22 anni Menapace era emigrato negli Stati Uniti trovando lavoro come minatore a New...

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"Although I have been busy writing about traveling around the globe, I have been getting arrangements to put together an Italian Gig Book," said piano player Tony Di Bona. He, and vocalist wife Giovanna, run Roman Holiday Music. "We do weddings, festivals and themed parties, just to name a few," said the Italian-American who is a native of San Dieg...

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Great Italian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century/I grandi racconti italiani del Novecento: A Dual-Language Book (English and Italian). Edited and translated by Jacob Blakesley. This anthology highlights the rich range of modern Italian fiction, presenting the first English translations of works by many famous authors. Contents includ...

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Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. 24 West 12th Street. New York, NY 10011 - November 5, 2015 - 06:00 PMItalian Mobilities. (2016, Routledge). Edited by Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Stephanie Malia Hom. The editors in conversation with: Simona Wright, The College of New Jersey; Amara Lakhous, NYU   The Italian nation-stat...

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By Cookie Curci   This is not your grandma's Al Capone. No, you won't find that notorious image in this book. He's not the Al Capone we've seen in countless films, documentaries and TV programs, not the Al Capone (1899-1947) who ruled the Chicago underworld during the "Roaring Twenties" or masterminded the St. Valentine's Day massacre. No, t...

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Joe Famularo, who grew up with his Italian-American family in New York when the Great Depression was in full swing, recounts his youth, and how his family's love for authentic Italian food helped them weather those difficult days.   The narrative of his book, Crazy for Italian Food, primarily occurs in Hell's Kitchen, on the far west side of...

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Emanuele Pettener è nato a Venezia, ma vive negli Stati Uniti dal 2000 dove insegna lingua e letteratura italiana alla Florida Atlantic University. E non è un caso che il suo nuovo romanzo, "Arancio" (Meligrana, 2014), sia ambientato proprio in Florida. Un estratto del libro è disponibile qui...   Ne approfittiamo per discutiamo con l'autore...

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The ethnic communities of Niagara Falls' glorious past are the subject of a new series of books produced by our Italian Research Group at the Lewiston Public Library. In 2014, we published the first history of Niagara Falls' Italians, "Buon Appetito; Niagara's early Italian-American culinary traditions."   We have continued with our Ita...

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