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By James Glass The recent announcement that Milano Inn would close at the end of 2016 has drawn attention to the rich history represented by the restaurant, medications in business at 231 S. College Ave. since 1934. Irish Hill, diagnosis located south of Washington Street and east of East Street, was a neighborhood for immigrants in the 19th...

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Joshua Poertner, the former technical director of Zipp Speed Weaponry, has purchased the legendary Italian pump brand, Silca, and plans to relocated the brand and all its production to Indianapolis. Silca SRL was founded in 1917 by Felice Sacchi in Milan, Italy. Felice's grandson Claudio Sacchi has run the company since 1989 and was affectiona...

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Holy Rosary Catholic Church presents the ethnic event of the summer. Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th, 2015 from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m, the historic Catholic Church, located at 520 Stevens Street and surrounding Lacy park, will once again transform into an outdoor Italian Festival and celebration.   The annual s...

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by Lanie Maresh   Guest conductor Marzio Conti will conduct the Concert Orchestra as featured instrumentalist Alexandra Katelyn Mullins will play the harp at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Musical Arts Center.   Repertoire includes overture to "Gwendoline," composed by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier, "Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 98...

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Call for Papers on Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema for the Seventh Film Symposium, April 20-23, 2016, on New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema Presented by The Department of French and Italian at Indiana University. Submissions are being accepted for original research on new directors and trends in Italian cine...

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Fall is the season of festivals in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Don't miss out on the outdoor activities our area has to offer during this beautiful season.   Although Indiana isn't home to canals and gondolas, you will feel like an Italian for a weekend in Late September by making the short trip across the river to Indiana. Right "in th...

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How did Italian opera represent America in the eighteenth century? Pierpaolo Polzonetti, Associate Professor of music and liberal studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, talks about this in this interview  Professor Polzonetti, please tell us about your book "Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution"   My book is about a r...

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Join Rossella Rago in Indianapolis on June 14-15 where the "Cooking with Nonna" hostess will be the Indianapolis Festa Italiana's celebrity chef.   Meanwhile, Rossella has also added a second week to her "Sorrento with Rossella Culinary Tour." Spots are now available for a second tour from September 7-14 at a beautiful villa on the Amalfi Co...

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For the 2nd year, the Italian Heritage Society Bocce league has beenchallenged by the Highland Country Club Bocce League to a series ofbocce matches to be played at Highland CC.   IHSI played and soundly beat them last year 14 games to 2.I am asking again for your assistance in responding to their challenge,next Friday evening, July 12th, at...

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With the shell of the new Sirmax building rising as the backdrop, city, state and company officials celebrated construction of the new manufacturing facility. Sirmax is investing $25 million and will employ 50 people with an average salary starting this year. It is the first North American manufacturing plant for the Italian based company, whi...

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