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Your high school children can take the Italian AP Exam even if their school doesn't offer the AP course, or they are home schooled.Students will practice Italian and develop reading, listening and communication skills. Students will learn about Italian culture through a study of geography, social institutions, literature, art, architecture, music,...

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by Aubrey Nagle This year, the South 9th Street Italian Market shopping district is celebrating its 100th anniversary, or, as they say in Italian, its "Cent'anni." This lends a special significance to this year's Italian Market Festival, which rolls into South Philly Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17. Local shops and eateries will open up...

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By Greg Adomaitis   After all these years, 100 to be exact, 9th Street's heart is still in the same place — authenticity. Imported cheeses from Italy, display cases full of fresh-cut meats, hand-made floral arrangements and curb-side vendors selling the market's "best-kept secret" keep regular customers and tourists alike coming back.  ...

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Caos a Philadelphia, dove alla vigilia della seduta in cui verrà votata – il 5 novembre – la mozione di sfiducia contro il presidente Ferrigno, Carmine A. Berardi – indicato nella mozione come suo successore – annuncia oggi "mi hanno buttato fuori dal Comites. Purtroppo non sono piu un consigliere di comites". Come si evince dallo scambio di ema...

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Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., an award-winning integrated and strategic marketing and public relations agency, is pleased to announce that President and CEO Gina Furia Rubel, Esq., has been elected secretary and treasurer of The Justinian Foundation, an affiliate of The Justinian Society of Philadelphia of which Rubel is a past chancellor and h...

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by Emma Jacobs   "The Italian Market" is a landmark of South Philadelphia. It's billed as the oldest open-air market in the country, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The local business corridor runs along a narrow street in an old row house neighborhood. The street is lined with tables that are loaded down with fruits and ve...

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"The Slow Food Story" MOVIE SCREENING @ THE ROTUNDA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2015. 6:30 – 9:30 PM; $5 ADMISSION4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1428728.   This historical documentary walks you through the evolution of the Slow Food Movement, started in Italy by Carlo Petrini. Launched from...

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by Bonnie L. Cook   Walter Fontanella, 83, and the love of his life, Tomasina Fontanella, 85, died 10 days apart after a happy 58-year marriage. The couple lived in Havertown for many years. Mr. Fontanella had long been ill with cancer when he died Saturday, Jan. 16, at Vitas Hospice at Jefferson Methodist Hospital.   Mrs. Fontan...

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Italian born singer and songwriter Giada Valenti will be performing in Pittsburgh on Sunday, April 7 at the Cabaret at Theatre Square. She is returning to our city with her new show called, "From Venice With Love." In this show, Giada will be taking her audience on a romantic musical journey by performing quintessential love songs from the 60′s, 7...

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This is the ballad of Joseph Frank and Frank Joseph. The Tartaglia brothers. Sons of the Italian Market.   Joe's gone. He passed. And now, Frankie's leaving Ninth Street. He doesn't want to spend his life on the block. He wants to chase his dreams - give it one more shot. He's going to Los Angeles to try to make it in the movies. His fligh...

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