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by Glenda Gephart   The Schuyler County Italian American Festival is looking for new ideas and new volunteers. The festival, in its 36th year in 2015, has set this year's dates for Friday, July 31, and Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2.   Louis Perazzini of Watkins Glen, 2015 committee president, said in a news release that the g...

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In its 4th year, The Italian Film Festival USA of Indianapolis from April 24 - May 3, 2015. Admission is free. Indianapolis residents can glimpse Italian culture through the local premieres of six current Italian films. The films, three dramas and three comedies, are shown in Italian with English subtitles and are open to the public. All movi...

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Chef Silvio Suppa, Executive Chef of Café Allegre and Woodwinds, prepares a delicious Mother's Day Feast that can be enjoyed by all moms. Chef Silvio will host special Mother's Day events at the two restaurants for any family wishing to celebrate Mother's Day – Italian Style.   While Chef Silvio prepares a Mother's Day dish, Anthony Riccio,...

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by Serena Perfetto   Vittorio De Sica's works come to San Francisco this month thanks to the Cinema Italia SF, a project of collaboration between Luce Cinecitta and the Italian Cultural Institute created by Amelia Antonucci. De Sica is considered the "maestro del cinema" who has been able to depict Italy in all its beauty as well as its...

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by Greg Livadas Giovanna Taviani, a celebrated Italian film director, will be an artist-in-residence at Rochester Institute of Technology, which sponsored her visit to Rochester to show her film, "Ritorni (Homecomings)," at the High Falls Film Festival.   "Other than being a director, she has created a documentary film festival in Sicily an...

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by Jay Heater   As Patrick Tobin did his best Frank Sinatra to "My Way," a line of people waited patiently in front of a booth serving up spaghetti and clam sauce, sausage and peppers and meatball sandwiches. Right next door at Festa Italiana in Greenbrook on Saturday was Nino Ledi, a sixth-generation baker who was selling a selection o...

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This month the Wexner Center for the Arts, in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà Roma, is presenting a nine-film retrospective of Anna Magnani performances. The 35mm prints span 1941 through 1950 and include some of her most notable classics like "Roma città aperta". Many of the great Italian directors are represented: Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Vi...

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Hollywood rende omaggio a una delle personalità artistiche italiane più famose del secolo scorso: Eduardo De Filippo.    Ciò avverrà in occasione del Los Angeles, Italia Festival, in programma dal prossimo 21 febbraio al 1 marzo: al Chinese Theatre verranno presentati alcuni film tratti dalle opere del grande autore napoletano, oltre ch...

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by Elizabeth Vallone   All over the United States celebrations of Italian identity are being held every single month of the year. The immigrants of the Mezzogiorno of Italy are dispersed around America and they brought their customs and devotions to their patron saints with them at the turn of the 20th century.   A directory of these...

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Please join us in wishing a happy 10th anniversary to public television show Brindiamo!, created by NOIAW member Ornella Fado. Brindiamo! shares the culture, lifestyle and cuisine of Italy in the U.S. with its viewers.   This October, in honor of its 10th anniversary and Italian Heritage Month, the show will host the Brindiamo! Restaurant We...

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