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Dane is joined ‘on the road’ with the General Manager of Italian Village, Joe Deininger, to talk about celebrating 91 years for The Italian Village, Chicago specific Italian foods and their 21st Annual Ferrari Fest coming up this weekend. The Fest showcases 40 to 60 Ferrari’s in a family fun atmosphere with delicious Italian food. All money made at...

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When you tell Carla Sozzani that fashion people, those elusive creatures, rarely find their way to Manhattan’s South Street Seaport neighborhood, where the latest edition of her landmark shop, 10 Corso Como, opens on September 6, she is undaunted. “They will come! It will be a destination! I love that this area is so historic and so near the water—...

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Sunday September 9 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT. Lawn Terrace Adjacent to the Graduate Physics Building, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Sponsored by Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty: A display of "art forms on...

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Last May, Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, the longest running award of its type, celebrated in Orlando, FL its 25th anniversary. This milestone was commemorated with a delicate 8 minutes film called ”Timeless Tiles: The Italian Legacy” directed by Francesca Molteni with the contribution of architectural historian Fulvio Irace; the documentary p...

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Historically viewed as a craft of the poor, tied essentially to the tools of peasant art, hand printed Romagna fabrics have an uncertain date of birth. As the oldest documents do not go further back than the first decades of the 19th century, it is assumed that Romagna hand printed fabrics were being made before that.

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On Aug. 12, Tuscan Brands will host the sixth annual Concorso Italiano car show at its flagship location in Salem. Hosted by Tuscan Brands founder and owner, Joe Faro, the automobile showcase will feature European luxury cars including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, McLarens and Maseratis, which will be on display at the Tuscan Village Piazza, t...

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Ciao from Rome, welcome to the #105 magazine of We the Italians! Gee, it’s hot here in Rome, this July! A few days ago I had the pleasure to be part of Mike Pilla’s “Patrimonio Italiano” show. Mike’s a great guy, informing about the Italians abroad, a great resource that Italy has not yet learned to appreciate and embrace the way they deserve. Here...

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Have you ever thought about what is the purpose of design? In most cases this word is associated to a fashionable product embellishing our house, sometimes it is used to refer to something that has a higher quality for the way it was produced. Design, however, has a deeper meaning; in its process often needs considering a wide range of factors, to...

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The history of goldsmithery in Valenza began in 1817, when Francesco Caramora, a goldsmith working in Pavia, moved to the city and opened a shop in Contrada Maestra. In the space of a decade, his business flourished and he taught the local craftsmen the techniques and practices of the goldsmith’s craft. Between 1827 and 1860, more shops opened belo...

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During a 2015 fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, Bryony Roberts spent a lot of time visiting medieval churches. Inside those spaces, the New York–based artist and scholar—whose work focuses on transforming architecture through unexpected, often beautiful activations—found herself drawn closer not to the divine, but to the floor. Decorated...

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