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Edited, Annotated and Commentary by Brian R. Sullivan, Yale University and U.S. Naval War College; with Dr. Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY In the summer of 1938 Mussolini's former adviser and lover, Margherita Sarfatti, first spoke of writing a highly revealing biography of the dictator. The Fascist regime had begun trumpeting vici...

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Mario Marazziti, co-founder of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, will talk about his recent book on the inhumanity and irrationality of the death penalty in the US with Cesare Romano, Loyola Law School Los Angeles (moderator), Sarah Haley, UCLA Gender Studies, Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, and S...

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Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 Time: 6:00 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco)In conversation with the journalist Enrico Deaglio, author of Patria 1978-2008 Meet the author: Camilla BaresaniCamilla Baresani is an Italian writer. The author of novels, essays and pieces for the theatre, she lives in Milan where she teache...

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Presented by Don Marcello Stanzione and Luca Maria Guardabascio Angels: Our heavenly, dearest friends who never leave us and accompany us in the great little things in our life, always protecting us. This presentation is aimed to inform you about angels through the writings of the greatest expert on angels in Italy, Don Marcello Stanzione, who is...

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by Roberta Saddan   Although the farm-to-table concept may be one of the hottest trends today, it was the only way to eat in the New York City of the 1930s. For the many immigrant families in a new world, the dinner table was the center of family life.   Cookbook author Joe Famularo shares the details of his childhood in Crazy fo...

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Looking at the historic Italian-American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy o...

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by Laura Pearson   When we think of Italian interior design, several images come to mind: romantic hillside villas decorated with rustic, old-world charm (a la the Cortana fixer-upper in "Under the Tuscan Sun"); iconic furniture designs by Gio Ponti and Ettore Sottsass; and bright, airy living spaces with terra-cotta tiled floors and distres...

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"Donne italiane negli Stati Uniti" è il tema dell'incontro che si terrà giovedì 6 marzo, alle ore 17.30, nella Sala Auditorium del Galata Museo del Mare di Genova per iniziativa del Cisei. Nell'occasione verrà presentato il libro "Italian Women in Chicago" di Dominic Candeloro, Kathy Catrambone e Gloria Nardini, dedicato all'emigrazione femmin...

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To live in a tough neighborhood one must know the local slang and the ability to spot trouble. For not only does one have to steer clear of the neighbor toughs but also be careful not run afoul with the local mob bosses.   Author Anthony C. Tripari knows all these things and more, because in his youth he also experienced living in a tough pa...

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The Italian Cultural Institute will host a round table related to the creativity behind Italian fairytales and the current state of Italian children's literature.   The speakers will be Giovanna Zoboli, writer and co-founder of the illustrated children's book publisher Topipittori; Simona Mulazzani, illustrator of over 60 adults' and childre...

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