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Dreaming of becoming a priest has snuck into the idealistic fantasies of many a prepubescent boy from a working-class Italian-American upbringing. It seems such heroic dreams of sanctity quickly fade for most of these aspirants to Holy Orders with the onset of puberty. Most, but not all. Some young men have stood firmly within their Roman Catholic...

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Sicily… for millennia, this island at the crossroads of the world has been drawing peoples from across the globe to its shores, and in this very special two-part episode, we’re sitting down with Melissa Muller, author of “Sicily: Recipes Rooted in Tradition,” published by Rizzoli, as she shares how she too surrendered to the siren call of this uniq...

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When Andrea Canepari was a student at University of Pennsylvania Law School studying for his Master of Laws degree, and later representing Italy as the Italian consul general from 2013 to 2017, he found himself a keen observer of the rich culture surrounding him. One social constant he observed was that while the Italian influence in Philadelphia w...

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Paying tribute to the memory of the Jewish Italian community lost during Italy’s fascist regime in World War II, the Calandra Italian American Institute hosted a discussion of Giorgio Bassani’s celebrated novel The Garden of the Finzi-Contini on Tuesday February 1st at 5pm. The discussion invited guest speakers familiar with the novel to debate the...

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Tuesday March 1, 2022 — 6 p.m. EST. Zoom Webinar (Register Here). Join us for a conversation with author Cristina De Stefano, celebrating the release of her book The Child is the Teacher – The Life of Maria Montessori. Moderated by Chiara Durazzini of I AM Books.  The series “Libriamo! From Italy with Books” is presented by I AM Books in collaborat...

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Hockey Hall of Famer Cammi Granato said she had been asked for years to write a book about her experiences in becoming one of the best women’s hockey players of all time. She finally has, but on her own terms and with a specific audience in mind — children. Her book, “I Can Play Too,” is based on hockey and other personal experiences but Granato is...

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A Taste Like Memory is now available on Prime Video as part of the Prime Video Direct content submission portal in the U.S and the U.K. A Taste Like Memory is a labor of love documentary told through cooking, storytelling and home movies. It's a celebration of food, family, ancestry and the things that bond us to each other. An Italian American fam...

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Alfred Crudale knew Rhode Island had strong Italian roots and produced several Italian newspapers throughout the state. However, he did not realize that number exceeded his expectations until he started conducting extensive research at the Rhode Island Historical Library in Providence for his book “The Voices of Italy: Italian Newspapers and Radio...

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Discover the stories for children of the Italian tradition In Italy there are myths and legends originating from specific regions that have then spread everywhere. These are Italian myths and legends for children handed down mostly orally through generations. Even today these are told to children who remain fascinated. Here you can discover the mos...

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Thursday February 3, 2022 — 7 p.m. EST. Zoom Webinar (Register Here). I AM Books in partnership with NIAF presents “Our Voyage: Italian American Stories” — a 10-event series focusing on Italian American authors and literary themes. These one-hour conversations are free and open to the public, but registration for the Zoom event is required. After r...

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