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Il presidente della Regione Siciliana, Nello Musumeci, ha ricevuto stamane in visita di cortesia a Palazzo Orleans il neo console generale degli Stati Uniti d’America a Napoli Mary Avery. Il diplomatico americano era accompagnato da Patrick Horne, capo dell’Ufficio politico del consolato. «Il legame tra Sicilia e America – ha detto il governatore –...

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Grande accoglienza è stata riservata al Governatore della Regione Siciliana e alla sua delegazione durante l’evento che si è svolto Domenica 26 Gennaio presso il Venetian Catering di Garfield (NJ). Su invito del Console Generale d’Italia a New York, Min. Plen. Francesco Genuardi, la neo eletta Presidente, Cav. Sarah Salamone, e il Chairman, Gr. Uff...

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tens of thousands of Southern Italians and Sicilians immigrated to the American Gulf South. Arriving during the Jim Crow era at a time when races were being rigidly categorized, these immigrants occupied a racially ambiguous place in society: they were not considered to be of mixed race, nor wer...

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The Story of Sicily's Greatest Medieval Queen, Margaret of Navarre, Regent from 1166 until 1171. For five eventful years Margaret – who died in 1183 – was the most power­ful woman in Europe and the Mediter­ranean, governing a polyglot realm of some two mil­lion subjects living on Sicily and in peninsular Italy south of Rome in the regions of Campan...

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The lower area of the French Quarter has been called “Little Palermo.” Now a free self-guided tour app launched by “New Orleans Insider Tours” provides over forty points of historic interest in the French Quarter and ten spots outside New Orleans as Sicilians migrated. From 1885-1915 over 60,000 Sicilians arrived in New Orleans. Each spot has GPS,...

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On the occasion of Remembrance Day, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture presented an event dedicated to Italian writers who witnessed the Holocaust, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The initiative is part of the numerous...

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The Sicilian Project’s mission is to teach English to all children in Sicily. It is with pleasure that PRIMO Magazine announces Publisher and Editor Truby Chiaviello has been appointed to serve on the board of directors of The Sicilian Project. The term of his service began in January 2020. The Sicilian Project is a 501-C3 tax exempt organization t...

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Il presidente della regione Sicilia Nello Musumeci ha incontrato alcune delegazioni di associazioni siciliane provenienti da Boston Massachussettes, Chicago, Hartford Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia e dal Texas, rappresentate dalla Confederazione Siciliani Nord America in occasione del pranzo di benvenuto organizzato dalla Federazio...

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Looking for the largest cannoli in all of Arizona? Search no further! The Sicilian Butcher & Baker in Chandler, Phoenix and Peoria (coming soon) serves up their spin on a classic Italian treat. Introducing the 12-inch Sicilian Cannoli: a creamy roll of decadent sweetness the size of your forearm! Did you know The Sicilian Butcher & Baker has a full...

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Saturday at 11:30am in conjunction with the Italian American Sports Banquet we are dedicating the first of two Sicilian Heritage Markers. This marker celebrates Sicilian contributions to Music in Jazz, Swing, and Rock 'n Roll. It mentions Nick LaRocca, Louis Prima, and Cosimo Matassa.  It contains a QR link to  a free tour app of Sicilian Heritage...

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