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Il regista siciliano Luca Vullo torna in Texas per due importanti appuntamenti all’Università di Dallas: la presentazione del suo nuovo documentario “Dallas in Prizzi”, in programma il prossimo 24 febbraio alle ore 18.30 presso l’Auditorium The Art History Building, e un workshop sulla comunicazione non verbale -  il 27 febbraio -, presso il dipart...

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Tuesday evening, I joined my friends at Norma Gastronomia Siciliana (438 3rd Ave.) in Kips Bay, Manhattan for a joint Martedì Grasso (Fat Tuesday) and Jurnata d''a Memoria (Remembrance Day) dinner. Looking to eat our fill before our Lenten fast, as well as honor the men and women who fought and died defending our ancestral homeland during the north...

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Si può amare la propria terra anche lontano da casa. Addirittura in un altro continente. Lo dimostra la storia di Francesco Realmuto, siciliano di nascita che da 19 anni vive a New York dove ha aperto “L’arte del gelato”, la prima gelateria siciliana della città. Originario di Baucina, un comune nella provincia di Palermo con 2000 abitanti, si inna...

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With the closing of Monastero’s in November, the Sicilian American Cultural Association needed to find a new home for its monthly meetings. After weighing its options, the venerable organization has settled on Cucina Biagio in Harwood Heights. Open to the public, the meetings often feature presentations on Sicilian and Italian arts, science, music,...

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What informs the eye of a photographer? What makes it able to take an ordinary scene and turn it into something that communicates emotion to its viewer? The camera, initially enabled us to see images of real life, of our president and the horrors of war. It changed the world. Today, the Cloud is filled with billions of photos of pizza and the wine...

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March 1, Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794. Dr. Joseph Tromba Lecture Series Event: Joseph Francese (University Outstanding Faculty and Professor of Italian, Michigan State University) Lecture on the topic: Giufà, The Sicilian sciocco/furbo Folk Hero. Professor Francese wil...

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As Italy starts to thaw out from the bitter winter months and the spring awakening begins, the city of Agrigento hosts Sicily’s most famous folkloristic event: the Almond Blossom Festival. Founded in 1934, this longstanding tradition is repeated every year at the beginning of February and lasts for a week; this year, it runs from March 3 to 11. Dur...

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Dal 2 al 6 febbraio scorsi, ENIT Usa – con Sicilia Convention Bureau, Convention Bureau ItaliaeComune di Catania- ha portato un gruppo di buyer del turismo congressuale USA in Sicilia per il Famtrip“DiscoveringSicily& The Feast of St.Agatha” tra Catania, Siracusa, Taormina e l'Etna. Oltre al tour alla scoperta dell'Etna, la delegazione americana ha...

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The US - Italy Fulbright Commission is a bilateral organization, composed in equal measure by the Italian and American governments, which for decades has been linking Italy and the US, fostering cultural exchanges and helping Italians and Americans to get to know each other better, appreciating their skills and the possibility of join forces. Paola...

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American-turned-Roman John Henderson, who blogs about life in Italy at Dog-Eared Passport, picks ten of his favourite lesser-known Italian destinations to inspire your 2018 travels. So you’re sitting at your desk and you can’t decide whether to continue your mind-numbingly boring project or kill your boss? Your last three internet dates looked stra...

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