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by Cookie Curci   Like most of us, I've had plenty of time to say good-bye to the passing year- to decide what I'll miss most about it and to brace myself for the coming new year.   Some of my old and treasured ways will make the journey with me; while others are destined to be left behind. I can't stop change, I tell myself again and...

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For those interested in Trentino specific news and events, such as members of the Circolo Trentino SF, there is a gathering this year that may interest you. From May 25 - 30th 2016, there will be an interactive workshop held in the United States called Blueprint 2016 Trentino for Americans and Canadians aged 18 to 39 with Trentino roots.   T...

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If you think that the story of the Italian explorers and the territory now called "United States of America" stops at Cristoforo Colombo and Amerigo Vespucci, you probably never heard about Giovanni Caboto (the fact that English is the language spoken in the US can be directly attributed to England's claims in North America, based on his voyages),...

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It is snowing outside and the temperature has plunged well below freezing. Nearly one hundred people have come to the St Louis County library – the latest stop on the promotional tour for my book on the Italians.   St Louis has a substantial Italian American community, traditionally concentrated in a part of the city known as The Hill. &nbs...

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"Per la prima volta, negli ultimi 50 anni, il bilancio di previsione per l'anno 2013 della Regione Sicilia non ha assegnato fondi nei capitoli di spesa relativi al settore dell'emigrazione espressamente previsti dalla Legge Regionale n. 55/1980 e successive modifiche ed integrazioni.   Nonostante, infatti, le innumerevoli richieste d'incontr...

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by Alessandra Mastroianni   A conference on the Making of Southern California to homage Italy and its birthday anniversary. Yes, because in the process of becoming what California is today, a lot was done by Italians.   Immigrants who left their country for necessity or for desire to start a new life, finding themselves in a new and d...

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It is known that millions of Italian immigrants went to the big cities on the two coast: but some of them spread all over the United States, looking for a place to start a new life. Those who went to smaller and less known places, in smaller but not less important communities, had an experience that is similar but at the same time different than th...

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The brass mills and factories drew Italian immigrants to Waterbury by the thousands. Even though those industries have left the city, many of those Italian have families continue to thrive in other occupations.   For example, there's Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe. Everybody in the Waterbury area knows, if you leave a tip in the jar at the regist...

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"Italians In America. Our Contribution": è il film documentario che sarà proiettato all'Italian American Museum domani, 9 agosto. Sin dai tempi del loro arrivo in messo ad Ellis Island, gli emigrati italiani hanno influenzato la cultura americana in vari modi. Il documentario narra i successi degni di nota compiuti dagli italo-americani in diversi...

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Philadelphia is not only a fundamental historical place for the history of the United States, but also one of the most important American cities for the Italian community in America. Actually, the whole Pennsylvania has been the point of arrival for hundreds of thousands of Italians.   Now, on june 1, on the occasion of the celebrations for Italy...

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