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By Ptah Gabrie   Fishtown is a fluid neighborhood whose residents cover many different American classes. One thing that bonds all of us together in this ever-changing landscape is food. So how do you establish a restaurant in a neighborhood with shifting demographics? It's simple. Start with the freshest ingredients available to you.  ...

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Who's louder than a bunch of drunken Eagles fans after a team win? Who's more crass in the kitchen than Gordon Ramsay with a team of Hell's Kitchen rejects? Who's insane enough to have a singing, dancing Italian food show broadcast out of cable access in Bay Ridge?   Who bursts out singing "Mambo Italiano" - or is that "Mangia Italiano"? acr...

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Il Console Generale Italiano Andrea Canepari ha visitato lo scorso 2 aprile il Comando NATO per la Trasformazione di Norfolk, Virginia. A dargli il benvenuto il Gen. Mirco Zuliani, Vice Comandante di ACT, il quale ha poi brevemente illustrato organizzazione, missione e compiti del Comando.   Mentre lo scopo primario della visita era conoscer...

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The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the poetry of Guido Gozzano (1883-1916) with an international conference to be held in Philadelphia October 29-30, 2015. Is Gozzano the last poet of the Nineteenth Century or the fist one of the Twentieth Century? The conference deals with this ambivalence. Gozzano unb...

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On Nov. 18, the National Italian American Foundation was at the Philadelphia Media Forum, where along with WHYY, we hosted a special reception and screened clips from the upcoming four-hour documentary series, The Italian Americans, set to air nationally on PBS in February 2015.   The documentary, narrated by acclaimed actor Stanley Tucci, r...

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The great American Italian restaurant has changed in style probably more than any other genre of restaurant over the past several decades.   Even as recently as 50 years ago, the term "Italian restaurant" conjured images of red and white checkered tablecloths, carafes of middling chianti, and a red sauce-heavy menu with classics like chicken...

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Date: 27 January 2016 - 1 February 2016Time: (All day)Center for Italian Studies - 549 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305   Luciano Berio (1925-2003) is one of the most important Italian musicians and composers of the past 100 years. His genius and legacy will be celebrated in collaboration with the Penn M...

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A national organization of Italian-Americans says it will boycott a Latham hotel over its Mafia-themed New Year's Eve Party.   The Sons of Italy tried repeatedly to get the Holiday Inn Express to change the theme to something that was not insulting to Italian-Americans, said Lou Gallo, state chairman for the organization's Commission for Soc...

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The legend of South Philly's Triangle Tavern at 10th & Reed looms large.   Images of Dusty Gale taking out his teeth to sing Italian songs or his drummer Tony Dell unbuttoning his short-sleeved shirt, sliding a headband over his ultra-black toupee and strumming a washboard guitar while screaming "Born in the USA" at the top of his lungs...

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Featuring International Pop-Classical Crossover Artist performing contemporary and classical Italian songs MICHEAL CASTALDO and IL CORO GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO   Presented by Il Console Generale d'Italia a Filadelfia, Widener University, l'Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco, l'Associazione Regionale Abruzzese DelVal, OSIA and the...

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