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From the late 1800s to early 1900s, as many as 16 million people left Italy for more opportunity elsewhere. About five million of them came to the United States. Most were from Southern Italy. But they also went to other countries like Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and Australia. In Argentina,...

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E’ la prima donna, non americana, a ricoprire l’incarico di direttore del Center for Contemporary Opera di New York, il centro che si occupa delle produzioni contemporanee di opera. Un nuovo ruolo che la palermitana Francesca Campagna ha accettato con sfida ed entusiasmo. Radici sicule ma una vocazione cosmopolita fanno di Francesca una profession...

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Did you know that 10% of Sammarinesi hold U.S. citizenship? The Immigration Museum @Centro studi sull’emgrazione – Museo dell’Emigrante in San Marino features some of the remarkable stories of individuals who immigrated from San Marino to the U.S. During United States Consul General Ben Wohlauer’s visit to the Immigration Museum @Centro studi sull’...

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Saturday October 5. 2:00 pm Sponsored by the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark. 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ Admission: Donations welcome; open to the public. Contact: Angelica M. Santomauro, Ed.D., Director 973-595-7953 labormuseum@gmail.com http://www.labormuseum.net Jennifer Ranu will discuss her recently published book, Ital...

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Sabato 28 Settembre, alle ore 10.30, nel Centro Studi Marcinelle di via Roma a Manoppello, presentazione di Abruzzo Stars & Stripes volume 1 e 2. La presentazione è organizzata dall'Associazione "Marcinelle, per non dimenticare". Interverranno gli autori Generoso D'Agnese e Geremia Mancini e il presidente dell'Associazione Davide Castellucci. Sarà...

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Pete Palumbo, a Kane native, has found his true niche as he enjoys retirement. He’s conducted years of research on the flow of Italian immigrants to Kane and nearby communities more than a century ago. According to Palumbo, most of the Italian-American families in Kane can trace their roots to Calabria— a region of Italy that includes the “toe of t...

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When: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 - What: A lecture by Professor Margherita Ganeri, Università della Calabria Starting with a definition, and a brief outline of the current position of Italian American Studies within the Italian Diaspora Studies, this talk hypothesizes the b...

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Monday, September 30, 2019. 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM MDT. History Colorado Center, 1200 North Broadway, Denver, CO 80203. You are invited to join us for the first History Colorado InSights & InPerson Series event.  This program offers participants the opportunity to hear in person from individuals making history matter.  Monthly, historians present insi...

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Like so much else in New York City, the new Italian American Museum now under construction in Manhattan got its start in Queens. As Dr. Joseph Scelsa, the founder and driving force behind the IAM, likes to point out, he got the idea and laid most of the groundwork for the museum while working at Queens College. “The idea was to show visitors that w...

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It’s Wednesday morning. The year is 1950, the place is a three decker on 21 Mayberry Ave. in South Medford, the time is 4 a.m. On the first floor, Lucy DePasquale is making 24 cups of coffee in her two coffee pots on the stove. She pours them into an urn on the floor and starts on 24 more cups. Neither of her two little girls are awake yet. Neither...

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