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Started in 1947, the Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. A special book club at the IIC participates in the ballot that produces the finalists.   The final round of voting, followed by the proclamation of the winner, takes place on the first Thursday in July at Villa Giulia, Rome. Event is for Strega Voting Memb...

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Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013   Please join Stonewall Honor Award winner, Tom Mendicino, to discuss his new suspense novel with novelist and creative writing professor Philip Cioffari at the Italian American Mus...

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by Kara baskin   Where: Papa Razzi Metro. What: An Italian children's book library at the Burlington restaurant's host stand. Whose idea Restaurant operations director Corey Barreira has two small children, and he knows how hard it can be to dine out with them. The solution? Books. "Kids can ask for something from our Italian book sele...

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Mercoledì 11 settembre presso la Feltrinelli di Napoli alle ore 18, c'è stata la presentazione del libro "Storia e letteratura degli italiani negli Stati Uniti: La scena di Little Italy", di Francesco Durante. Storia e letteratura degli italiani negli Stati Uniti è la nuova edizione in più volumi, sensibilmente ampliata e aggiornata, di Italoameri...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles cordially invite you to the presentation of the book "Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development". Edited by Luisa Del Giudice (NY: Fordham University Press, 2014) it represents a tour de force culmination of the last five years of activity around the extraordinary Watts Towers,...

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Coloro che nel corso degli ultimi otto anni non hanno ancora avuto la possibilità di essere presi per la gola dalle dieci nonne in cucina alla Enoteca Maria a Staten Island, il prossimo 7 aprile potranno leggere i loro appassionati racconti sul libro che sarà presentato da Barnes & Noble.   Gli autori Jody Scaravella, Elisa Petrini e le...

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Poetry and design meet in this unique volume that is also a tribute to two of the leading characters in these artistic fields -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Armando Milani.   Fifty poems from Mr. Ferlinghetti's body of work are on the left pages of this finely crafted hardcover edition, accompanied on the right pages by fifty images created by...

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by Michele Kratts   Niagara Falls is a city of immigrants and — relatively speaking — most of us have not been here for very long. The search for our roots has become much easier thanks to the Internet and modern technology. The world is suddenly quite small. There are databases and DNA tests.   We can reach across the oceans — a...

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Sunday, June 2 | 3:00 p.m. - Harold M. Williams Auditorium FREE, reservations recommended. Call (310) 440-7300 or visit getty.edu   On the eve of the Allied invasion of Italy in August 1943, Allied bombs threatened Michelangelo's David and nearly destroyed Leonardo's Last Supper. This is the true story of the race to save great masterp...

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by Allan Lengel   Domenica Marchetti, a former Detroit News reporter, has made a name for herself with her food writing. Now comes this: Serious Eats -- a highly regarded website that Time magazine once ranked #17 of the 50 Best Websites-- has named Marchetti's book, "The Glorious Vegetables of Italy," one of five essential Italian cook...

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