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FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO, GABRIELE RAUSSE received a phone call from a childhood friend who told him he had to “drop everything and come to America.” The phone call was from one viticulturist to another. Rausse was 30 years old and working on a French vineyard. (He had been working in Australian wine, but his visa was revoked on a technicality.) His chi...

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The Italian Film Festival in St Louis this year will bring you on a cinematic and culinary tour of Italy. The festival begins April 6th and lasts for four weekends ending on April 28th. This is the fourteenth edition of the festival, and this year, being the "The Year of Italian Food", as announced by the Italian Ministries of Culture and Agricultu...

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Wednesday April 4 from 6 PM to 9 PM. NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 W 12th St, New York 10011. On the Italian Stage is a new series of four lectures (two in the Spring and two in the Fall) conceived and led by Laura Caparrotti that journeys into the history of Italian Theater to explore its language, and its contribution to Italian society....

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Alessandro Sabbadini was dishonorably discharged, his head shaved for extra humiliation, and jettisoned from the Italian army for being Jewish. It was 1939. Italy the year before had passed its racial law that stripped Jews of their citizenship, property, livelihoods and ultimately their lives. Sabbadini, using family connections and a knowledge of...

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My region, Piemonte, is known for its good cheeses: Tùma, Raschera, Castelmagno, robiola di Roccaverano are only a handful of the many delicious and fragrant milk-based delicacies it has to offer. You understand that loving cheese and that other typical product of Piemonte, fine wine, comes as natural as breathing for those born there, and I am no...

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Ieg-Italian Exhibition Group (la società fieristica nata a fine 2016 dall’integrazione tra Rimini e Vicenza) sbarca negli Stati Uniti. E lo fa attraverso l’acquisizione del 51% di Fb International, uno dei più quotati player di allestimenti oltreoceano, 16 milioni di dollari di fatturato, un Ebitda sopra il 15% e un’ottantina di dipendenti tra Oakl...

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The pyramid-shaped structure with its looming statues was created by five of Canova’s students after the master’s death in 1822. It’s based off a design Canova himself had drafted for the tomb for the Venetian painter, Titian. The pyramid shape and other details are Masonic symbols, a nod to Canova’s Freemason membership. Only the sculptor’s heart...

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March 20 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm - Aging Gracefully: Restoring Carpaccio's Saint Ursula Cycle. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University, 24 West 12th Street, Manhattan A lecture by Melissa Conn, Director Venice Office, Save Venice Inc. How to best care for Carpaccio's princess bride has occupied conservation professionals for nearly 500 years, f...

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La Camera di Commercio di Verona ha ospitato l'unica tappa nel Nordest di "Select Usa", iniziativa del Governo federale americano che promuove gli Stati Uniti come destinazione primaria degli investimenti e supporta le aziende già presenti e quelle che desiderano espandersi a livello commerciale o produttivo. La tappa precedente si è svolta a Torin...

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UNESCO recently recognized the art of pizza making as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, and for eight women among Italy's highest achieving pizza chefs, pizza is about a lot more than just making dough - they're using it as a weapon in the fight against violence and gender inequality. From Naples to Verona, women from around Italy are jo...

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