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The National Italian American Foundation was in Chicago, on January 29, at the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, for a preview of the upcoming two-part documentary series, "The Italian Americans."   Guests at the screening were able to enjoy a taste of the documentary, which reveals how Italian immigrants challenged the notion o...

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A grand reopening celebration for the Socialist Labor Party Hall in Barre was held on Sept. 2, 2000. The outpouring of help and enthusiasm from citizens from all walks of life who came to the celebration demonstrates how a modest building with a remarkable history galvanized a group of townspeople both young and old to take pride in the historic pr...

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"Gli italiani che hanno fatto l'America" è un argomento che da decenni produce articoli e pubblicazioni in quantità considerevole, che generalmente si soffermano a parlare di personaggi più o meno famosi e che hanno avuto una vita avventurosa. La GRANDE STORIA invece, nei suoi archivi silenziosi e segreti, ha immagazzinato nel tempo innumerevoli p...

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di Salvatore Giuffrida   Più di venticinque milioni di italiani lasciarono l'Italia tra il 1861 e il 1960. Un vero e proprio esodo, tra i più grandi della storia, al quale è dedicata Partono i bastimenti, la mostra itinerante che dal 16 aprile al 16 maggio ha fatto tappa a Palermo al teatro Politeama per raccontare il fenomeno dell'emigrazio...

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di Liliana Rosano   Un cervello in viaggio e non in fuga, un curriculum importante con nomi prestigiosi: University College of London per la laurea in astrofisica e scienze dell'informazione, UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) per il dottorato e infine Harvard per il post doc.   In mezzo esperienze con istituzioni altrettanto...

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By Casey Logan    In 1910, Antonio and Nunziata Pirruccello emigrated from Sicily. They arrived in Omaha's emergent Little Italy neighborhood, where they started a few businesses, owned a number of properties and raised nine children of various talents. More than a century later, the offspring of those children, and the one surviving s...

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di Liliana Rosano   Nato a Pescara 31 anni fa, a portare oltreoceano Stefano Marchese è stata una borsa di studio vinta al Berklee College di Boston, il tempio della formazione musicale, che a definirlo un semplice conservatorio è proprio riduttivo.   In Italia, oltre alla laurea in lettere e filosofia e studi al Conservatorio romano...

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By Cookie Curci   Through the years, I've discovered bits and pieces of the past that when put all together, make up my extraordinary grandmother Maria Carmela Curci-DiNapoli. I knew that she came to this country as a young immigrant from Italy and married my grandfather Antonio Curci in 1910.   A few years later, she was widowed with...

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by Dolores Alfieri   In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to author Maria Laurino, who has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, and whose essays are widely anthologized. Her first memoir, Were You Always an Italian?, (W.W. Norton, 2000) was a national bestseller and explored the issue of ethni...

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The Italian Heritage Society of the Monterey Peninsula recently released their new book "Italian Fishing Families of Monterey", a work that is written by fishermen, their families and friends. The purpose of the 302-page book is to preserve the history of the Italian fishing community of Monterey. Impressively, the Italian Heritage Society has co...

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