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Sindelt Flores ’18, a Business major at Marymount Manhattan College and member of the College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), recently completed a semester abroad at the Umbra Institute, an American study abroad institution in Perugia, Italy. Before leaving Perugia, Flores sat with Umbra staff to talk about her time in Italy, a conve...

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The Sugar Land City Council is collaborating with the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, the International Film Festival of Spello and the Region of Umbra to host an Italian Film Festival. The festival Umbria in Sugar Land will be held in Sugar Land and will begin on Sept. 27, running through Oct. 1 in various venues across Sugar Land. There will be Eu...

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The Umbria region is well-known for its artistic and cultural heritage as well as its truffle-loaded and eye-pleasing plains. Nowadays, it is also known as the stall on which sits the so—called King of Cashmere: Brunello Cucinelli. Italy has a vast symbolic, historic, and cultural legacy that spans across thousands of years; from the Etruscans and...

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On July 4, a celebration of independence will be bringing a city to life, but it won't be in America. In 1996, a friendship was formed between two cities: Aiken, South Carolina, and Orvieto, Italy. The organization Partners In Friendship, also known as PIF, was the result.  Former PIF president George Custodi met Italian artist Livio Orazio Valenti...

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The Festival of the Two Worlds celebrates its 60th edition this year in the Summer of 2017. The festival takes place from June 30 to July 16 in Spoleto, Italy. It is a celebration of summer music, opera and dance. The idea behind the “two worlds” part of the name came from founder Gian Carlo Menotti. He had hoped that the festival would be a juxtap...

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Kansas State University in Italy celebrated its grand opening May 29 in Orvieto, Italy, as the inaugural session of Kansas State University in Italy summer program commenced. The Orvieto mayor's office hosted a joint news conference with the university to celebrate the partnership, confirming the relationship between Kansas State University, Kansas...

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The multi-day festival called Umbria in Sugar Land is scheduled for Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 at locations throughout Sugar Land. Highlights of the agreement include managing events and hosting the festival, marketing initiatives, eight films for screening, sponsorships and recruiting opportunities and more. The Italian film festival is an internatio...

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Sugar Land City Council recently approved an agreement with the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, the International Film Festival of Spello (IFFS) and the Region of Umbria for the creation of an Italian Film Festival in Sugar Land. The multi-day festival called Umbria in Sugar Land is scheduled for Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 at locations throughout Sugar...

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Padre Armando Pierini nacque nel 1908 a Magione, nella frazione di Agello, in provincia di Perugia. I suoi genitori erano di umili origini contadine. Ragazzo di spiccata intelligenza e di grande carattere entrò nelle simpatie del Parroco del paese. Questi convinse i genitori a mandarlo a studiare, nel 1922, in Seminario. Terminato il Ginnasio Arman...

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This July edition of the Umbria Jazz festival (Perugia, 7 – 16 July)  will be a special one. In fact, one of the main focus of the event will be a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the births of jazz greats Thelonius Monk, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. Tributes to the three jazz icons will include performances by many Italian and inter...

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