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March 2025 Italy in Los Angeles: Marianna Gatto, welcome back to We the Italians

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The interview you're about to read is particularly dear to me, both for the subject it addresses and for the person who represents it. The history of Italians in Los Angeles has always fascinated me because it is somehow different from that of those who emigrated from Italy and settled on the East Coast of the United States. There are certainly sim...

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The sunset of an era. Sumptuous, poignant, inevitable. Both Luchino Visconti’s 1963 film and the recent Netflix series reinterpret The Leopard, the literary masterpiece by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (published by Feltrinelli in 1958), offering a captivating and mesmerized portrayal of the twilight of the Sicilian aristocracy during the years lead...

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Who knows what the weather was like at 8:45 p.m. on that Friday, March 12, 1909, in Palermo? A few people stood at the tram terminus in Piazza Marina when the sudden crack of four gunshots shattered the evening calm. Panic swept over them. Some ran, others froze in place. Only one man — a sailor from Ancona named Alberto Cardella, who had just dise...

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  Organic agriculture in Italy: growth, markets, and sustainability Healthcare rankings of regions and top hospitals in Italy Italy's economic outlook: mixed results in public finance and growth Art and medicine: diagnostic analysis supports restoration of cultural heritage at Milan hospital Liquidity in Italian bank accounts rises again: almost 20...

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Balestrate, a small town in Sicily, has become the Italian capital for mango production, and the island itself has turned into Europe’s primary garden for tropical fruits. This shift can be seen as a response to climate change, which, while challenging, has also created new opportunities. Sicily’s warm temperatures, once seen as a problem, have now...

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Centopassi, the winery whose name honours the heroic legacy of Peppino Impastato, is part of Libera Terra, a cooperative that cultivates land confiscated from the Mafia in the Alto Belice Corleonese. These fields, once abandoned, have been reclaimed for agriculture, creating a powerful opportunity for social redemption and the promotion of the land...

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A beautiful Italian island could soon become a top tourism hotspot after featuring in a film Hollywood set with an all-star cast. Christopher Nolan has announced that he will film much of his new film The Odyssey on the island of Favignana, off the northwest tip of Sicily in the Egadi archipelago. The film, set to come out next year, is based on th...

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Italy is known for its many stunning landscapes, making it one of the most beautiful countries in the world. From seas and hills to lakes, rivers, and mountains, each Italian region has extraordinary places to visit. But some of these hidden gems are off the beaten path and don't attract tourists. Did you know, for example, that Italy is home to m...

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Saturday, March 15 · 3 - 5pm EDT. Italian American Museum, 151 Mulberry Street New York, NY. Step into the world of Little Italy in 1919 when the Manteo family brought their Sicilian puppet theater to Mulberry Street from across the world. This form of entertainment proved to be the most popular for Italians in America in the late 19th and early 20...

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