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November 14, 7:00 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States. Produced by Carlo Magaletti with the assistance and financial support, in part, by the United Pugliesi Federation and the Society of Maria SS del Buoncammino di Altamura.   Premiere scree...

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Six Italian cities (Cagliari, Lecce, Matera, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena) short-listed for European Capital of Culture 2019. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension.   The European City of...

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di Giuseppe Pio Capogrosso   Nel recente contributo sull'immigrazione di nostri concittadini negli Stati Uniti d'America, scaturito dalla consultazione dei registri degli immigranti o Passengerarrival Lists tenuti dal 1892 al 1924, ho segnalato, tra i personaggi illustri, l'allora noto musicista mandurino Oreste Sbavaglia (erroneamente regis...

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The legendary Checkertails were a sight for sore eyes when they arrived in Lesina, Italy, in March 1944. Residents of the small Italian town had suffered under brutal and inhumane treatment by the Nazis during World War II.   When members of the U.S. Air Force's 325th Fighter Group — the Checkertail Clan — swooped in they were greeted as li...

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di Giuseppe Pio Capogrosso   Dal 1892 al 1924 sono arrivati circa 194 manduriani di età e sesso diversi: ecco i loro cognomi. Ellis Island, un'isoletta della baia di New York, posta alla foce dell'Hudson, è stata il crocevia di approdo delle navi in cui viaggiavano gli immigranti giunti negli Stati Uniti d'America.   Poco distant...

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From the North to the South, Italy boasts an ancient tradition in making excellent artisanal chocolate and all the chocoholics amongst you will be glad to know that the so-called Bel Paese has plenty of shops where you can taste and buy the most high quality sweet products. If you are travelling to Italy and you are looking for some hints on where...

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Anche a Lecce è cake mania. Per gli appassionati del settore, giovedì un appuntamento imperdibile presso il laboratorio "Sweet cake" di via Braccio Martello: direttamente dal reality tv, arriva il "boss delle torte" Mauro Castano.   Braccio destro di Buddy Valastro, la più nota star del reality show made in USA, nonché cognato dello stesso V...

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Late on a brisk December night we are leaning over the railing of Lecce's ancient Roman amphitheater, looking down past the tiered stone seating to a manor farm, or masseria. Below, on what was once an arena for feats of hunting, flagstones now lead from a flat-roofed stone farmhouse to a tidy vineyard and a kitchen garden growing a healthy stand o...

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WTI Magazine #5    2013 Nov, 15Author : Maurizio Gabriele      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   If "USA Today", the most popular newspaper in America, included Lecce (10th of March 2011) among the "10 great places to go off the beaten path in Italy", the credit - without any doubt – for this belongs to the fasc...

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With such a deep passion for both Italian culture and U.S innovation, Italian-American Cosimo Pizzulli has definitely left his mark in both worlds.  A sculptor, interior designer, and innovator himself, Cosimo has become the head of an architectural firm that combines the classical flavor of Italian art with the modern technology of the contem...

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