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The Filitalia International & Foundation, a non profit organization that preserves and defends the Italian heritage and culture by encouraging the study of the Italian Language, has announced the selection of Marco Circelli as its new Executive Director. “We are very pleased to announce this new appointment,” reported Dr. Pasquale F. Nestico, MD, F...

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Saturday, April 22 11 am - 4 pm EDT. Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelfia 19104 "Felix sit natalis die!" Roughly translated, that is “happy birthday” in Latin—a great phrase to use at the royal celebration of Rome’s Birthday. Guests will be treated to explosive gladiator fights and interactive legionary tactical demonstrations, mythology gallery...

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A local Philadelphia woman becomes entrepreneur at 78 and recipient of Honorary Degree from Chestnut Hill College on May 13, 2017. April 7, 2017 – As the success of her self-published book, Italian Moms – Spreading Their Art To Every Table, Elisa Costantini has now signed with Sterling Publishers, Inc. Elisa published her first book after the death...

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Con una nota pubblicata sul suo sito web, il Consolato generale a Philadelphia comunica che sono disponibili circa 30 appuntamenti giornalieri per l’emissione dei passaporti. Nella nota, il Consolato ricorda anche che il periodo di massima concentrazione di richieste di passaporti è durante l’estate; quindi, si consiglia di approfittare della possi...

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Un “grazie ai familiari di Aldo Lorenzi, originario di Mozzecane con parentele roverbellesi e di Malavicina”. A rivolgerlo è Daniele Marconcini, presidente della Associazione dei Mantovani nel Mondo, che ha portato la sua storia al Museo dell'Immigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti di Filadelfia, creato da Filitalia International, l'associazione it...

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A Queen Village elementary school has launched a pilot Italian language program for kindergarten, first, and second grades. The Italian version of Old McDonald was being sung, in Italian, by the second grade class at the Meredith School. Maestro Matteo Greco of Milan is their teacher on a one year internship. The program is a partnership with the I...

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The inauguration of the Italian Language Program at William M. Meredith Elementary school was held this past February 24th, at the presence of the Hon. Andrea Canepari, Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia, Dr. William Hite, Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, Councilman Mark Squilla and some of the members of the Board of “Il...

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When it comes to new restaurants from star chefs, the first course - expectations - will inevitably be reckoned with before we even take a bite. So here was my first thought at 24 Wood-Fired Fare before I even took a sip of See the Joy, a gimlet rimmed with smoky paprika, or nibbled on those meatballs bobbing in gravy: Why did Jose Garces open a pi...

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Bordered by Broad and Sixth streets, Tasker and Washington, the neighborhood of Passyunk Square is, by turns, old fashioned and trendy. Once upon a time, East Passyunk Avenue, which bisects the neighborhood diagonally, felt a lot like a small-town main street. It was a place where mom and pop businesses — selling everything from headstones to schoo...

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I live a block from the Italian Market, see, and its ecology is more complex than anything I could ever aspire to describe, but better something than nothing, so let me give you a little tour of the Eyetalian Market.There are lots of restaurants on 9th Street, so naturally, there are tons of Mexicans, and since they don't go for the dark Irish bar...

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