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When: Friday, March 21 from 5 to 7pm EDT - Where: Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, 1818 Market Street Floor 9, Suite 910 Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States The Milan-Cortina 2026 International Roadshow has begun! For this occasion, the Consulate is pleased to present the video-project “Champions of innovation between sport and Made in...

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It takes a true food historian who’s passionate about his subject to wade into the world of Philadelphia sandwich history. Fortunately for readers, Philadelphia-area author Mike Madaio is the writer for the job. His new book, “A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches,” ventures with authority into the sandwich saga, and unwraps some tasty slices of his...

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Gli Italian American Future Leaders guidano la ricchezza culturale che sta plasmando una nuova generazione Presentato un disegno di legge per l'istituzione di una commissione per il patrimonio italoamericano del Connecticut L'Italian American Filmmaker Forum 2025 Renaissance Award dei Russo Brothers a Stanley Tucci Il Senato degli Stati Uniti vota...

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Anthony Vietri has very fond memories from second grade at St. Anthony of Padua School in Wilmington that began with the aroma of DiFonzo’s bread. “The smell would start coming into our classroom in the morning, and you just heard everybody’s belly in the entire room just cranking because we were all trained like Pavlov’s dogs to want DiFonzo’s rol...

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Anthony D’Alessandro is justifiably proud of a lot of things. There’s his designation as a cavaliere – a knight of merit – by the Italian government. There’s the quality of the uniforms that he makes – almost all of the uniforms for America’s military branches, plus more for military academies, local first responders and the occasional Hollywood mo...

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If Super Bowl LIX ends in green confetti Sunday night, you can be certain Philadelphians will take to the sky. Explanations for the strange and at times obscene behavior of Philadelphia’s sports fans have long eluded the rest of the world, and the city’s obsession with climbing greased street poles is no different. However, there may just be a meth...

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The Philadelphia Eagles are in this year’s Super Bowl because of a superior running game, along with one of the most improved defenses in the NFL since last year. Anecdotally, throughout the playoffs, they have simply appeared bigger, faster and stronger than most of their opponents.  But, according to some industry experts—like my mother-in-law—th...

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Drexel University’s Board of Trustees has confirmed by a unanimous vote political economist and academic, Antonio Merlo, PhD as the 16th president in the University’s 133-year history. Merlo, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of New York University’s Faculty of Arts & Science, will succeed Interim President Denis P. O’Brien and begin his tenure at Drex...

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The Eagles are in the Super Bowl for the second time in the last three years and the experience from their last matchup with the Chiefs will lead to some changes this time around. Head coach Nick Sirianni said at a Tuesday press conference that the basics of their preparation will remain the same. Sirianni emphasized that the team has to focus on “...

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A few years ago, Penn Italian-language lecturer Julia Heim began to notice a “huge disconnect” between the representation of Italian life in primary textbooks and the “actual, real lived experience in Italy.” The textbooks were very homogenous, leaving out the experiences and lives of underrepresented Italians. In response, Heim found themself crea...

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