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When: Giovedì 9 marzo dalle ore 19:00 alle ore 20:30 EST - Where: I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113 Acclaimed novelist and playwright Colin Sargent from Maine will present a reading of the book and follow with a discussion/Q&A. The Boston Castrato captures 1920s Boston through the eye of a young Italian castrato seeking love. Raffi leaves more...

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Vespa, best known for its stylish scooters, is trying something new. The Italian company is opening a Boston-based division, called Piaggio Fast Forward, to focus on the future of mobility. Its first creation is Gita, a robot designed to carry cargo, such as groceries, and follow around a pedestrian or cyclist. The vision is that Gita will be able...

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Friday, February 10th, 6 pm - I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113. James Ring is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent who investigated the American La Cosa Nostra and the Sicilian Mafia in New England. Ring received the Department of Justice’s highest award as the architect of the first and only electronic interception of the La Cosa Nostra/M...

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James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schlow will launch Via Emilia this week as the first installment in a new rotating series featuring local chefs cooking regional Italian cuisine at Eataly Boston. Schlow’s concept will feature dishes inspired by Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, and his menu will include seven antipasti (appetizers), three pasta...

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Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88. Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from 1989 to 2005. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the Italian community of the North End. She entered elementary school only speaking Italian, but went on t...

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Dear PIB members, we are excited to provide you with a brief update following the November 8th event featuring Mons. Gennaro Matino (click here for info on that event). The $5000 collected by PIB were used by the Mondo Amico Association, led by Mons. Matino, to build a community room adjacent to a newly constructed church in Arquata del Tronto, one...

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Debutta lunedì prossimo, 30 settembre, su "Rai World" il nuovo programma dedicato all'Italia all'estero "Community". Ospite della prima settimana Paolo Peluffo, vicepresidente della "Dante Alighieri".   In onda anche un'intervista a Spencer di Scala, presidente del Comitato di Boston della "Dante". A chiudere la nuova trasmissione, cond...

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There is no denying that us New Englanders, and especially us Bostonians, have a language all our own. We have an accent, an attitude, and a way of doing business that is specific to each of our neighborhoods.   In the North End, the Connah Store is the place that everyone goes for late night snacks, iced tea and ice cream that speaks to tou...

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Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art recently appointed Eva Respini as its new chief curator. The daughter of an Italian father and Norwegian mother, Respini will be leaving her post as curator of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art to join the booming local cultural landscape.   Read more   Fonte: ...

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The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, part of the national Order Sons of Italy in America, recently honored several leaders in the Italian-American community, as well as graduating high school seniors at the Massachusetts Education and Law Awards. Held on Sunday, May 4, 2014, the award ceremony is a continuation of a 30-year tradition of the Grand Lod...

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