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"Sensibilizzare ma anche coinvolgere le associazioni aderenti, i collaboratori, i corrispondenti del giornale ed i tanti amici che vivono negli Stati Uniti, al programma del Ministero degli Affari Esteri dedicato al 2013, "Anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti"". È l'intento della lettera inviata da Sicilia Mondo ai Presidenti delle Associa...

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History, love and passion are all prevalent in great abundance in A Sicilian's Journey. This book is full of interesting information about the actual events of one family taken from all aspects. I have a great interest in Sicilian culture and the history of Sicilian immigration to America and gained much knowledge from reading this book. As soon as...

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Lately we've been taken with a classic immigrant sandwich called the Muffuletta, which was created in the early 1900s at the Central Grocery, a famous Italian market in New Orleans. The word "muffuletta" originally referred to a round-shaped loaf of Sicilian sesame bread, which became the base for the sandwich now bearing its name.   Si...

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Monocle's Quality of Life survey ranks cities around the globe according to how 'liveable' they are, based on a complex set of metrics that uses both scientific and subjective data. Factors taken into consideration when drawing up the list include: climate, architecture, crime rate, environmental issues, food and drink, business and design. &...

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by Tom Robb   The mayor of Elk Grove Village's Italian sister city, Termini Imerese in Palermo, Sicily, arrived at O'Hare Airport last week with a small delegation to visit his sister city and fellow mayor Craig Johnson. Termini Imerese Mayor Salvatore Burrafato and four others visited Chicago and Elk Grove Village.   They joined...

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di Giovanna Cirino   Aperta al pubblico fino al prossimo 19 agosto, la mostra Sicilia: arte e invenzione tra Grecia e Roma, allestita dal Paul Getty Museum nella sua sede di Malibu, è un'occasione a "stelle e striscie" per scoprire l'arte classica di Sicilia. In esposizione 150 opere del periodo tra il V ed il III secolo a.C. Un'epoca di gra...

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Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation. Who says there's nothing good on TV?Italians have know it for a while, ever since Detective Montalbano hit their airwaves.We are in luck: MHz Networks is releasing four more episodes of the Italian mystery series on DVD.Benissimo! Montalbano solves crimes in the small fictional Southern Italy city of...

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di Chiara Giovoni   Touring the world of Italian sparkling wine, the route swings west to east like a pendulum from Piedmont, home to Moscato and Altalanga, to Lombardy with its Franciacorta and Oltrepò Pavese, on to Trentino with Trentodoc, passing through Veneto and its legendary Prosecco, and ending with a ruby streak ​​in Emilia Romagna...

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by Claudia Astarita   Did you ever heard about the Sicilian carretto? This little, colorful cart has recently become the symbol of the region, but it used to be a very simple cart pulled by a horse, a donkey or a mule to move goods from one place to another.   Now, most of them have been transformed in astonishing pieces of art, most...

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Don't look now, but a group of Sicilian-Americans is doing something besides telling each other how much they love cannoli and pasta and Godfather movies. You are reading this right....some Americans are now actively involved in raising money in the United States and supporting Sicilian students FOR FREE by issuing academic grants to a QUALIFI...

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