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Abel Ferrara&rsquos new film Pasolini has picked up an Italian distributor, the Rome-based Europictures. The company was smitten on the film after seeing only a short promo in Cannes. Pasolini, clocking in at 86 minutes, is Ferrara&rsquos look at the controversial Italian director and writer&rsquos last day on earth: Nov. 2, 1975. &nbs...

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The Italian Environmental Fund (FAI) opens Italy's most hidden wonders for FAI Spring Days March 22nd-23rd, offering guided visits of 750 places of art all up and down the Peninsula. We're talking about sites that are almost never open to the public, including Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus, the interior of Teatro Marcello, and the Forum of Augu...

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  WTI Magazine #24    2014 Apr, 04Author : Nadiah Ahmad Shukri for poisondrops.com      Translation by:   Denim Made in ItalyWay back in the Fifties, 1952 to be precise, Roy Roger's mixed a working class staple with dolce vita chic. Francesco Bacci, founder of the Sevenbell group that owns Roy Roger's amongst other brands, set out to the United...

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Between restaurants, cookbooks and supermarket shelves, Alfredo sauces vary widely, both in style and quality. Here's a rundown of fettuccine Alfredo's history and sauce variations.The original dish was an extra-buttery version of an Italian standard, fettuccine al burro — fettuccine with butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. It was created in Rom...

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La Fondazione Migrantes e la Ser Itali Ateneo presenteranno, giovedì prossimo 11 giugno, alle 10.30 presso il The Church Palace (Domus Mariae) a Roma il "Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel Mondo".   Alla presentazione – moderati dal giornalista Rai Sandro Petrone - interverranno Mons. Francesco Montenegro, Presidente Fond...

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Deputata di Scelta Civica eletta in Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli ha depositato tre Progetti di legge concernenti il Museo dell'emigrazione italiana, l'associazionismo in emigrazione e l'informazione di ritorno. La ratio alla base di tutti è quella di "preservare la memoria della diaspora italiana nel mondo e conservare vivo il legame con la comunit...

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After a year-long strategic planning process, the American Academy has launched important changes to the format and content of its public programming in the humanities. The AAR has long hosted major public conferences and lectures in the humanities.   A series of self-studies and consultations with former Fellows and Trustees have yielded a...

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Mayor Ignazio Marino met and signed the reaffirmation of the Sister City agreement between the city of Rome, Italy and the District of Columbia.   This agreement will build upon previous government to government exchanges while placing a new focus on youth and educational exchanges, as well as on social media outrea...

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On Feb. 3, the Vatican opened the Roman Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis to the public for the first time. The ancient burial ground dates back to the first century B.C. when it was the place of final rest for local Romans. The 10,000-square-foot site was originally uncovered during the 1950s during construction of a new parking garage underneath...

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di Fabio Grilli   Finisce in un lungo applauso, la conferenza stampa che Special Olympics Italia, ha organizzato al Salone d'Onore del CONI. L'occasione era di quelle importanti, che capitano infatti soltanto una volta ogni quattro anni.   Tanti ne serviranno per partecipare alla prossima edizone dei Giochi Mondiali Estivi, la manifes...

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