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In Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian-American Experience from the Collections of the Library of Congress, over 500 images celebrate the rich and diverse history of Italian-American accomplishments over the past 500 years.   The Greater Washington, D.C. Region invites you to a conversation with Linda Barrett Osborn...

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by Goffredo Palmerini   Monumentale volume, cartaceo e cd, sull'emigrazione italiana, di capitale importanza per la diffusione della conoscenza e della storia del fenomeno.    Il Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel Mondo, edito da Ser ItaliAteneo e Fondazione Migrantes e curato da Tiziana Grassi, Enzo Caffarell...

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"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" used to say Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz". Well, today we actually are: we're in Kansas City, shared between Kansas and Missouri, where we meet the guest of our interview. Gino Serra is the Italian Honorary Vice Consul here. Even in the Midwest area, Italians left their mark and continue to do that, as...

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La notizia del giorno è senz'altro lo sblocco di Ottawa che consentirà anche agli italiani in Canada di partecipare alle elezioni politiche del 2013, ma durante l'audizione del direttore generale del Mae, Cristina Ravaglia, questa mattina al Comitato per gli italiani all'estero della Camera si è parlato di molti altri temi. Di "correttezza del vot...

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Most of the immigrants went to the cities. New York, Buffalo, Rochester and other cities in the State of New York received large contingents. It must be remembered that immigrants almost always came to join others who had preceded them – a husband, or a father, or an uncle or a friend.   In western New York most of the first immigrants from...

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Il presidente del Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani), Lucio Caputo ha dato il benvenuto al ristorante Le Cirque al ministro Cecile Kyenge. Cecile Kyenge ha parlato delle problematiche legate all'immigrazione sottolineando che l'Italia non è un paese razzista, ma manca una informazione corretta con ancora troppi sterotipi legati al fenomeno che devono...

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APRIL 29, 2015 (06:00 PM) Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 Eppur si muove / And Yet It Moves is a series dedicated to Italians in and outside of Italy who give us hope for the future.   Books in comparison:The Country where Anything is Possible and Far from Us A conversation with the author...

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Joseph Sciorra, director of academic and cultural programs at Queen College's John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York City, presents Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women's Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora (University Press of Mississippi, 2014), an interdisciplinary collection co-edited with Edvige Giunta that includ...

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BATAVIA — When Thomas MacPherson looks at an empty gallery he doesn't see blank walls.He sees a dining room table covered in linen, set with antique china awaiting a Sunday dinner. Or maybe, his grandmother's bedroom arranged with period furniture. And in another area, he's likely to find a living room with a sofa, love seat or the La-Z-Boy recline...

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A vital link in Birmingham's history is being told at the city's most iconic landmark. For an exhibition titled "La Storia," Birmingham residents of Italian heritage have ventured into their ancestors' past to relive a time of fierce struggle and unwavering hope, of generations holding on dearly to their faith and values, while overcoming poverty...

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