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Domenica 10 novembre il teatro della St. John University, nel Queens, ha ospitato il concerto della cantante italiana Giada Valenti. L'ambiente é tipicamente quello dei campus universitari americani ma la cosa che colpisce da subito una volta giunti all'interno del teatro é la tipologia del pubblico presente in sala: una folta schiera di italo-amer...

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As Oklahoma City University professor Tracy Floreani learned from her Italian father, whether or not he is considered Caucasian constantly is changing in our culture. At one point in time, Italians, Jews and other lighter-skinned immigrants were not considered "white" strictly because of their heritage.   Read more   Source: htt...

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A Rochester veteran is being honored for his work with the veteran community. Larry Trapani served two years as an Army military policeman in the 1960s. These days, he's heavily involved in working with veterans, including acting as statewide and local commander of the Italian American War Veterans and commander of the Sangamon County Inter-Veteran...

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Con una media di 13 chili per persona, sono gli Stati Uniti il Paese al mondo in cui si mangia più pizza. E negli Usa si registra un record mondiale dei consumi di pizza con una quantità che è quasi il doppio di quella degli italiani, che si collocano al secondo posto con una media di 7,6 chili a testa.   È quanto emerge da una analisi della...

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Northeast Ohio's growing restaurant scene extends well beyond the shores of Lake Erie. One of the region's prominent vintners, Gervasi Vineyards, operates tasting rooms, a restaurant and bed-and-breakfast facilities about 10 minutes north of downtown Canton -- and will soon expand with a new restaurant in the Akron suburb of Green.   The Twi...

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By Roberto Mania   FA BENE alle aziende italiane finire in mani straniere. Negli ultimi dieci anni le quasi 500 imprese tricolori acquistate dalle multinazionali estere hanno accresciuto l'occupazione, migliorato la produttività, aumentato il fatturato. Senza perdere l'identità nazionale del brand.   Un esempio: Valentino oggi è di pr...

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You are cordially invited to attend a reading of Susan C. Finelli's book, "Behind the Shadows" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, February 27.   About the book: Born into squalor, Raymond Nasco's quest for wealth and power shrouds two generations with deceit, murder, rape and illicit love.  

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By Sue Strachan The Piazza D'Italia in downtown New Orleans was a fitting setting for the Italian-American Marching Club Pre-Parade Celebration on Sunday, March 9. The Piazza was built in 1978 to commemorate Italian immigrant contributions to New Orleans.   The sunny skies and spring-like temperatures, no doubt, added to the joyful atmosphe...

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All the talk about how dining out has become more casual obviously ignores the fact that the overwhelming majority of restaurants are casual, not least -- and especially in New York -- the venerable Italian trattorias, distinct from high-end Italian ristoranti with Frette linens and Ginori china.   At the former, they perfected long ago the...

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The testimonies of Italian emigration to America (and to the world) are not just in the cities and in the countries where the lives of those who left developed after they landed. Even in Italy there is a (yet too small) network of museums regarding this topic, with an excellence standing: the Regional Museum of Emigration Pietro Conti in Gualdo Tad...

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By Sarah Lysecki   Italian eyewear group Luxottica has signed an exclusive ten-year eyewear license agreement with US luxury goods company Michael Kors Holdings Limited. The agreement will allow Michael Kors to continue to expand its eyewear business globally, including in travel retail.   The first collection produced with Luxottica...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   There is a large portion of the territory of Mantua, the one between the left bank of the Mincio and the province of Verona, from Roverbella to Ostiglia, which is characterized by large expanses of land crossed by irrigation canals.    

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