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St. Leonard is wrapped in scaffolding to the point of not looking much like a church anymore. Even the sounds (including some of the language used by the workers) are not very church-like.   As I wait for Padre Antonio Nardoianni, pastor of what is basically the only fully functional church left in Boston's historical Italian neighborhood, I...

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This January 22nd, 24th and 29th, put on your dancing shoes and join Ornella Luorio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fun and lively evening of southern Italian folk music and dancing.   Learn the dances of Campania, Calabria and Puglia, and become a great dancer of tammurriate, pizziche and tarantelle.   Read more &...

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As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide.   No one has contributed more foods to the A...

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by Rose Y. Colòn   If you happen to live in the Boston area and want a taste of Tuscany there's no need to leave the country. Just swing by Tuscan Market, an artisan Italian marketplace located less than an hour drive north of the city.   The 10,000-square foot shop offers gourmet items from Tuscany and other Italian regions like Pugl...

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Attention Fort Point patrons! There's a new brunch in town this holiday season. The artisanal pizzeria, which focuses on authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, is launching their Italian brunch this Sunday, December 21. And trust us – there's more to love than the pizza, itself, at this new brunch. Here are the deets:   When Pastoral's brun...

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Last year I wrote about the Vaudo clan's annual pre-Lenten Carnevale meal – a daylong event attended by over 60 people spanning five generations. This year I had the honor of participating in the meal at the invitation of Tommy and Rita Damigella.   Held at their lovely home in Topsfield, Massachusetts, the gathering was an experience of a l...

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The Italian Heritage Month Committee and the Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge #2183, Sons of Italy of Wilmington are proud to announce the Sixth Annual Italian Heritage Golf Classic in celebration of October as Italian Heritage Month on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Merrimack Valley Golf Club in Methuen. The committee invites you to participate in...

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THU, OCT 22, 2015 AT 5:30 PM. Center for European Studies - Harvard University, Cambridge, MAOn the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Italy, by the Resistance and the Allies, in this year's Salvemini lecture Professor Portelli will discuss the complex relationship many partisans had with the inevitable use of violence in th...

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Aprirà nell'autunno del 2014 la nuova ala del museo delle Arti dell'università di Harvard, che unirà per la prima volta sotto uno stesso tetto tre spazi espositivi sinora distinti. Si tratta del Fogg Museum, del Busch-Reisinger Museum e dell'Arthur M. Sackler Museum che, una volta uniti, andranno a costituire l'Harvard Art Museums. Lo spazio è sta...

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The past August 11th, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, Massachusetts, a free Community Live Opera Concert titled "GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS" was offered to a large audience, proving once more that opera is more than alive. The Metropolitan Opera tenor Raul Melo and the New York City Opera baritone Peter Castaldi, ac...

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