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Though you can still see the recesses in the walls where the hinges of the portals once hung, the Venice ghetto has not been a prison since Napoleon seized the city and tore down the gates in 1797. Today, no barrier or signpost marks where Venice ends and its ghetto begins.   Cross a canal on an arched bridge, duck through a sottoportego (an...

Un salone allegro, solare, nel quale il giallo delle mimose si confondeva con quello dei dettagli che adornavano i tavoli e anche l'abbigliamento di molte donne, ha accolto i tanti, tantissimi ospiti arrivati a festeggiare la Festa della Donna nell'Associazione che riunisce gli oriundi di Orsogna a New York.   Pochi gli uomini ma tantissime...

When: Thursday, April 7, 2016 – 6 p.m.Where: I AM Books – 189 North Street, Boston, MA (Tickets available here)2 - MusolinoNew York-based artist Michela Musolino will be presenting her new CD, "Terra Sangue Mare," at I AM Books in Boston on Thursday, April 7.Michela Musolino has been carrying on a love-affair with Sicilian music for most of her lif...

"Al Consiglio generale degli italiani all'estero spetta il compito di assicurare la credibilità degli organismi di rappresentanza degli italiani nel mondo". Così il sottosegretario agli Esteri con delega agli italiani nel mondo Vincenzo Amendola, aprendo la relazione del governo alla assemblea plenaria del Cgie.   Un compito che per il Cgie...

Reports say Alessandro Nesta is trying to convince Antonio Di Natale to leave Udinese and join Miami FC for a season. The Zebrette legend has endured a turbulent season at the Friuli, with the club fighting relegation and the striker scoring only once in 22 Serie A appearances.   Calciomercato.it has reported today that Nesta is trying...

Il saldo commerciale del 2015 (dato dalla differenza tra l'export e l'import) dei prodotti ascrivibili al cosiddetto "made in Italy" è stato di ben 122,4 miliardi di euro. A riferirlo è la CGIA di Mestre che parla di un vero e proprio successo delle nostre specializzazioni produttive nel mondo che sono costituite soprattutto da quattro grandi aree...

By Ross Hinds   The man suspected of killing a Massachusetts police officer has been shot and killed by law enforcement. Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. was conducting a traffic stop on Rochdale Street in Auburn when an occupant of the vehicle opened fire on him as he approached the car early Sunday morning. Police say the shooter, id...

Nanette Rainone, who as a reporter and programmer at the New York radio station WBAI in the late 1960s and early '70s created some of the first programs dedicated to feminism and women's issues, died on May 23 at her home in Manhattan. She was 73.   The cause was complications of breast cancer, her son, Bruno Blumenfeld, said. Ms. Raino...

Are you the next Miss Hillsborough? Hillsborough Chapter of UNICO is looking for a young woman who can represent the township's Italian-American community in the John Basilone Parade.   Applicants must fit the following criteria: The young woman must be at least 50% ItalianMust be a resident of HillsboroughMust be continuing her educat...

Summer, sweet summer is finally upon us. My garden has begun to take its shape as the temperatures soar and nature begins to work her magic. My basil plants have exploded seemingly overnight. If I sit quietly and watch, I can almost see them growing. Basil is one of summer's greatest pleasures – the wonderful simplicity of its peppery, oddly sweet...

"Songs of Angels – Italian Christmas Hymns and Carols," a traditional Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo, will take place on Saturday December 10, 2016 at 7:30p.m. at Saint Ann Catholic Church, 704 Jefferson St., Hoboken, NJ 07030. Castaldo will perform classic Christmas carols from his chart-topping best-...

By Sherelle Black At the July 19 Colleyville City Council meeting, council members unanimously approved a $10,000 economic development incentive grant for a new Italian restaurant, Loveria Caffe.   The grant is to be used for exterior improvements and site signage at the restaurant's location in Colleyville Town Center at 5617 Colleyville B...