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Lo scorso 7 maggio, a Bologna, l'Associazione Lavitabella ha presentato il progetto "Casa Bologna" del Comitato Bologna Portland, istituito in occasione del 10° anno di gemellaggio tra le città di Bologna e Portland, nello Stato americano dell'Oregon.   Il Comitato nasce dalla collaborazione tra la stessa Associazione Lavitabella e la Portla...

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Baylor women's golf senior Laura Lonardi was named a second-team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association on Tuesday. Lonardi joined current Bear Dylan Kim and former teammate Hayley Davis as the only All-Americans in program history. Lonardi's honor is the fifth in the last five seasons for a Baylor player under head coach Jay Goble....

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From April 11th to April 14th, the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon in Eugene will be hosting the 2013 American Association of Italian Studies Conference. Scholars, intellectuals and writers who research and contribute to Italian literature and cultural studies will take part in a substantive exchange of ideas and experti...

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In the first century of Italian-American cuisine, nothing north of Naples mattered. The vast majority of the Italian immigrants who migrated to this country in the late 1800s and early 1900s came from their motherland's hot and impoverished south, a land of red sauce made from heat-loving San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella from the milk of indigen...

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As we're having a great time wandering all over the 50 States in search of Italian stories, our trip today stops by Portland, Oregon: we're far from the motherland, but that doesn't mean that there's no Italy, here in the Beaver State.   On the contrary, we're happy and grateful to meet our friend Tonya Russo Hamilton, who will help us understand...

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Stalwart that he was, Mario Monti lived just long enough so he and wife Josephine could be honored as the longest-wed couple in Oregon. Monti, a member of St. Ignatius Parish in Southeast Portland, died March 14 at age 98, just hours after Worldwide Marriage Encounter presented the certificate for 71 years of faithful matrimony.   The M...

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By Samantha Bakall   Southeast Portland's Burrasca, the rustic Tuscan food cart from Florentine native Paolo Calamai closed at the beginning of the year with plans to eventually reopen as a brick and mortar restaurant.    After five months of waiting, the food cart, one of The Oregonian's top 10 of 2014, is finally moving towards...

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by Viki Eierdam   For the 8th straight year in a row, Oregon winemakers are coming together to ensure that no one has to make a trip across the big pond to experience la dolce vita. Italy in the Valley, held on Sunday, August 21 from 1-5 p.m. at Cana's Feast, brings Old World stylings to Oregon wine country. Fourteen wineries in total w...

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by Michael Sciaraffo   Summertime has arrived and with it a constant flurry of activity. Festivals celebrating beer, music, and food abound throughout Portland, but the best of them all - at least for the Italian community - is the Festa Italiana! This year marks its 23rd year.   In 1991, Portland was still celebrating its new Pioneer...

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The fifth annual Italy in the Valley will be held Aug. 25 at Cana's Feast Winery in Carlton. From 1 to 5 p.m., guests can sip varietals of Italy produced by local winemakers.   There will be olive oil tasting from the Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge Farms, salumi from Fino in Fondo and gelato and sorbetto from Gelato Maestro, and coffee from...

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