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Little Italy was once a vibrant immigrant community, but a lot has changed for the historic downtown neighborhood that used to represent a different Italian region on every block. The area is steeped in rich tradition and history.   With the annual Feast of San Gennaro street party in full swing, take a look back at Little Italy through the...

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di Giovanni Iovacchini Dopo quasi un secolo e molte vicende e viaggi, la famosa Madonna in trono di Pietranico, il giorno 30 luglio, ritornerà in paese per essere collocata nella chiesa di S. Rocco.   L'opera è una terracotta abruzzese del XVI secolo, riferibile all'ambito di Saturnino Gatti, simile nella postura a molte altre raffigurazion...

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Dig into Italian history before you dig into ravioli at next week's Italian Festival in Wilmington. The Delaware Historical Society's exhibit 'Little Italy, Big Festival' goes to the origin of the famous festival. Curator Ed Richi says you can see photos of the early Italian settlers in Wilmington and how they lived.   "There's photographs...

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by Robert Gallo   Taking on a bold and daring adventure, Pietro Busalacchi and wife Cristina immigrated to San Diego with their 7 children, Anna, Tony, Sal, Frank and Joe in 1966, leaving their hometown of Porticello, Sicily and came to settle in San Diego's Little Italy.    They worked hard to instill the Sicilian tradition and...

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In Honor of Women's History Month, the Italian American Museum presents THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE: Hidden Bodies. Thursday, March 17th, 6:30 P.M. Artist Talk by Margherita Serra   Please join us at the Italian American Museum on Thursday evening March 17th as we celebrate Women's History Month with "The Feminine Mystique...

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In occasione della mostra "Velázquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este, A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena", che verrà inaugurate domain al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York, Stefano Casciu e Davide Gasparotto terranno una conferenza all'Italian American Museum giovedì prossimo, 18 aprile, dalle 18.30. Casciu – soprintendente per...

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An icon of Our Lady Our Lady paintingof the Immaculate Conception will be on display at St. Leo's Church in Little Italy in Baltimore during the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Marian Prayer Program - after 11:30am Mass. The icon is a copy of the painting of Our Lady that graces the nave of the Basilica Cathedral Notre Dame de Quebec.  ...

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by Robert Gallo   Although San Diego's Little Italy is almost 100 years old, it has never seen the growth it is experiencing lately.   Today it has become evident that Italy is coming to San Diego. New restaurants have come, and some have gone, but today the Little Italy Association, Officers of the Board; President Steve Galasso, Vic...

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By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday morning (Oct. 4th), I took a subway ride to Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter Street) in Manhattan's Historic Little Italy to attend the 112th Annual Feast of Saints Cosma and Damiano, patrons of San Cosmo Albanese in Calabria. This year, returning to their roots, organizers decided to forgo the annual Latin rite...

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Congratulations to the newly elected Council of the Little Italy Lodge, a Sons of Italy organization, and to those elected to positions supporting the Lodge for the 2013-2015 term - Trustees, State Delegates and Arbitration Committee. The Lodge especially thanks the Nominations Board Chair, Barbara Goodman, and her committee.   The Nominatio...

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