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By Loraine Stupakoff   After completing culinary school in the Peidmont region of north Italy, Antonio Morichini started his career in a restaurant in the seaside town of Chiavari in Liguria (northern Italy), the Lord Nelson Pub. There, he worked with the freshest fish and the traditional food of that region.   Antonio returned to his...

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A New York per partecipare alla tradizionale maratona, poi annullata a causa dell'uragano Sandy, i componenti del Montecitorio Running Club hanno comunque animato l'evento benefico per raccogliere fondi da destinare ai terremotati dell'Emilia Romagna. Ad accompagnare la delegazione dei runners italiani – capitanati dal vicepresidente della Camera...

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by Maria Teresa Cometto   NYC startups' model versus the Italian and Israeli systems: that was the most interesting topic discussed last Thursday, June 17 at the Italian cultural institute in New York. To be noticed: Italians are copying the Israeli dual structure of startups, which keep R&D in their country and open offices in the US fo...

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While the world is still savoring French President François Hollande's affair with Julie Gayet, his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, is launching a charm offensive in New York with his arresting wife, Carla Bruni. Vocalist and guitarist Bruni is performing at Town Hall on West 43rd Street on Thursday.The Italian-born former model released her fourth...

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Promette tre ore di musica in cui intende ripercorrere la sua carriera che è una vera enciclopedia della musica, dal jazz al reggae e al pop. Il chitarrista e produttore Fabrizio Sotti si esibirà il 4 giugno all'Highline Ballroom, unico italiano in programma al Blue Note Jazz Festival, giunto alla quarta edizione.   "Fabrizio Sotti & Fri...

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Una delegazione del Parlamento italiano, in visita negli Stati Uniti, ha avuto un incontro venerdì al Consolato Generale con rappresentanti della comunità e ospiti. Erano presenti gli onorevoli Alfredo Bazoli, Tiziana Ciprini, Claudio Cominardi, Mattia Fantinati, Antonio Misiani, Giovanni Monchiero, Fucsia Nissoli, Mariano Rabino, Laura Ravetto, G...

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Non uno ma due viaggi l'hanno portata prima nella Sicilia delle miniere di zolfo e poi nella New York in espansione. Oggi in quella Sicilia torna ancora e a New York ha portato l'arte della sua Isola. Siculo-americana o globetrotter poco importa, Maria Rand Catalano è, senza dubbio, l'ambasciatrice della cultura siciliana in America. Come Andrea C...

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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) is widely known to have been a partner in philosophy with Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) the leading figure of the Renaissance revival of Platonism. Pico is also popular as the author of a speech On the Dignity of Man, which has become a signature text of humanist and Renaissance appreciation of the peculiar r...

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by Emily Frost   The West Village-based Italian restaurant and bakery Risotteria, which describes itself as a "gluten-free heaven," is opening a new outpost on Amsterdam Avenue this spring, the owner said.   The new restaurant is under construction on Amsterdam Avenue at West 78th Street, taking the space of Westway Food Market, the c...

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by Christina Izzo   The adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" has soothed the worried brows of empire builders for centuries—but not the crew behind Major Food Group. Patience might've worked for those Romans, but in its breathless, rapid-fire expansion—eight restaurants in six years—the Italian-American food juggernaut has tapped more readily...

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