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December 16. 6 pm - 7,30 pm 2015. John D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036. The Story of My People (Bordighera Press, 2015) Mario Mignone. The Story of My People is a moving immigrant autobiography framed in the historical and cultural context of the 1960s and 70s. Reading thi...

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By Mauro Battocchi If you're in Utah over the next weeks, make sure to stop by the University of Utah's Willard Marriot Library for a first-hand look at ancient Italian books and manuscripts. La Parola Scritta: XVI Centuries of Italian Culture in Ink celebrates Italian contributions to world history and culture as we move into the final months of...

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Sicilian American lawyer, writer and professor Alfred M. Zappala, Esq. returns to the Italian American Museum to give us an update on The Sicilian Project and speak about the current living conditions in Sicily. In addition, he will speak about his upcoming fourth book on Sicily which is currently in the process of completion.   The Sicilian...

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The waiter in the Florence restaurant had a look of disgust when asked by the American patron, the grandson of Sicilian emigrants, about a certain dish familiar to him via his grandparents. "That's the South," the waiter said, disdain dripping from his lips.   And that seems to be the theme of Joseph Luzzi's decipher of a country with two d...

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The New Rochelle Public Library will present two special programs for Italian Heritage and Culture Month. "The Calitrani Immigrants of America" will be the topic of a free talk by historian Mario Toglia on Saturday, October 4th at 2:00 pm. Mr. Toglia is the author of a book on the immigrants from Calitri, a province of Avellino, Italy, which was th...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Attention lovers of Italian language and culture: get ready this August for best-selling author Dianne Hale's new book Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. Fresh off her success with her previous book, La Bella Lingua, this new tale blends biography, history and memoir to introduce Mona (Madame) Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo—dau...

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Valsinni- Italia, terra di emigranti. Presentato a Valsinni il nuovo saggio storico di Raffaele Pinto: "La Gente di Mulberry street. Storia e storie dell'emigrazione meridionale negli Stati Uniti".   Sabato scorso, nella sala convegni del castello dei Morra, a partire dalle ore 17.30, si è parlato di emigrazione, richiamando un fenomeno non...

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Italy has been the eternal birthplace of empires intent on conquest. Ancient Rome was a great world empire and had a profound influence on all those who flowed in her wake — just think in terms of architecture, government, and language. But what many people don't know is just how many countries Italy has actually invaded?   Since the Romans,...

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by Kristine M. Kierzek    Perhaps you're going gluten-free or cutting carbs. Maybe your latest recipes are all about clean eating or paleo, raw foods and vegan fare. Perhaps you're just hungry. No matter, vegetable noodles are for you. Vegetable noodles are not pasta, they're vegetables that replicate the look and texture of t...

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Saturday, May 16th at 3 p.m. the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host the presentation of the book John of Divinity by Louis Borelli and Dr. Vincent Maligno, a Staten Island writing team publishing their first novel. John of Divinity is a powerful and timely novel inspired by spiritual encounters, exploring the meaning of God's teachings in the time...

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