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Il Console d'Italia a Detroit Marco Nobili insieme al professore Iaderosa, direttore dell'Ente Gestore "NOI – Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani" ieri 30 novembre 2012 hanno incontrato a Grand Rapids, in Michigan, la professoressa Gisella Licari ed i suoi collaboratori della Grand Valley State Gli studenti di italiano dei corsi 101 e 201 dell'ateneo hanno pr...

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Italian singer Paolo Conte will open Umbria Jazz Festival on Friday evening, joining famous international artists Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. Umbria Jazz 2015 will take place in Perugia at the Santa Giuliana arena and Friday night's performances will be followed by a midnight concert by Charles Lloyd, the American jazz musician, at the Morlacc...

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di Ivano Porfiri   «Siate speciali, siate sognatori, siate idealisti, ma soprattutto siate persone perbene perché questo è un valore che vi permetterà di essere rispettati». Non è Steve Jobs, ma Brunello Cucinelli che parla ai 45 laureandi in Economia (41 alla triennale, 4 alla magistrale) nel giorno della proclamazione nell'Aula Magna dell'...

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Italian fashion magnate Brunello Cucinelli takes time out from meetings with designers of his 2016 winter collection to discuss work — and why people shouldn't exhaust themselves doing it. It's a drizzly mid-September morning in Solomeo, the 12th-century hamlet where the 62-year-old CEO has located both his home and the global headquarters of his n...

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The "Infiorata Festival" is an Italian tradition that sees the streets paved with flowers during the month of May and June, from North to South, they are held in various Italian towns where these festivals take place. Individual artists display their talents on side streets and the public is invited to browse the "street gallery". Three festivals i...

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By Sybil Fix The house at 57 Laurens St. sits proudly off this quiet street, grounded in beauty and stateliness. Perhaps because it survived the fire of 1838 here, and the Civil War; perhaps because afterward it provided housing for freed slaves. Or perhaps because at sunset, rays of light reach in from the west like elongated fingers and spread l...

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Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), the leader in small groups on the road less traveled, will return to Italy in 2014 after a six year absence with two new adventures—one to Sicily and the other to Tuscany & Umbria. Both adventures are geared to American boomers and beyond who seek exceptional value and an authentic experience of the food, cultur...

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by Ishita Gaikwad A tiny Italian town is all set to spread Christmas cheer all through the Umbrian countryside. Hundreds of grown-ups and delighted children watched as a tablet computer switched on the dazzling display called the "The World's Biggest Christmas Tree" on a hill above the town of Gubbio.   The holiday display, which has been i...

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by Margie Miklas   Orvieto is one of the coolest places in Italy. Built on a tufa in Umbria this medieval town is full of surprises. While I was there I decided on a whim to check out Saint Patrick's Well, also known as "Pozzo di San Patrizio." The 16th century was an unsafe time in Rome, and Orvieto was considered to be a convenient place o...

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Six Italian cities (Cagliari, Lecce, Matera, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena) short-listed for European Capital of Culture 2019. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension.   The European City of...

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