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In the Spring of 2013 Maestro Matteo Fedeli, on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, performed in over 15 concerts all over the USA including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. Matteo Fedeli will perform at St. Paul's Church in Baltimore with his precious Antonio Stradivari Bazzini 1715 violin.   FOR...

Muove il 15,3% del valore aggiunto nazionale, equivalente a 214 miliardi di euro. Tanto vale nel 2013 la filiera culturale italiana, un dato comprensivo del valore prodotto dalle industrie culturali e creative, ma anche da quella parte dell'economia nazionale che viene attivata dalla cultura, il turismo innanzitutto.   È quanto emerge dal Ra...

Domenic Recchia thinks there's something for everyone to loathe about the man he wants to unseat in Congress, Michael G. Grimm.   There is that 20-count federal indictment, for starters, that accuses Mr. Grimm, a two-term Republican from Staten Island, of employing illegal immigrants and hiding around $1 million in sales and wages at his Man...

"Negli ultimi anni l'immagine dell'Italia è cambiata molto. Il nostro Paese è simbolo di qualità non solo nei settori tradizionali del made in Italy come cibo, moda e design ma anche in altri comparti come ad esempio la meccanica. Molto sta cambiando anche perché le persone che arrivano qui dal nostro Paese sono sempre più qualificate e hanno spes...

Evocative spaces and a lucky encounter between various arts: these are the ingredients of the "International Festival Castel dei Mondi". The 18th edition of this event takes place from August 21st to 31st in Andria, the town in Puglia located close to Alta Murgia, also known as the "city of three towers". These ten days will feature musical and th...

In Clarksburg, hundreds of people are gearing up for next week's Italian Heritage Festival. Residents got a taste of the festivities Saturday at the IHF's Pasta Cookoff at Jackson Square. Six cooks faced off to prepare their best dishes and community members voted on the their favorites for the "People's Choice" award.   Cooks coul...

When catering to the taste buds of the masses no genre of food is a bigger culinary crowd-pleaser than Italian -- thinly pounded meats, hand-rolled pasta, rich and zesty sauces paired with red and white Tuscan wines, and oh, did we mention all the cheese? Sorry, Phoenix, better check your no-carb New Year's resolutions at the door, because we're a...

Set the date for September 26 through 28 and prepare yourself for the best of Italian food, fun and charity in L.A. Taking place off Highland Avenue about three miles from Farmer's Daughter, the 13th Annual Galbani Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro is just a quick drive north.   Inspired by the almost one-century-old celebration in New Yor...

Hit Week, the only international music festival to bring Italy's most contemporary talent to a global stage, returns to the US from November 5th through 9th with tour stops in Los Angeles and Miami.   Headlining the latest edition of the annual event is songwriter / rapper Caparezza, literally Curly Head in the artist's local Puglian dialect...

La fragilità delle frontiere impone nuovi criteri d'appartenenza e fa della lingua una nuova geografia. Le lingue possono separare i popoli, se considerate espressioni d'identità contrapposte, aggressive o chiuse. Diventano strumenti di disprezzo e rifiuto dell'altro. Però possono unire, essere ponte, in quanto elementi di conoscenza utili nel dial...

Walking around the property at West St. Mary's Manor in Drayden, a group of Italian exchange students primarily from Milan had an opportunity to experience nature hands-on with help from American students and teachers.   Edoardo Valentinis, 13, said he enjoyed seeing the open spaces. Valentinis is one of 54 Italian exchange students visitin...

Kristy Duncan Johnson, 46, a senior product manager at software company Adobe from Los Gatos, Calif., on her Fiat 500s, as told to A.J. Baime:   Since my grandparents took me to see the Harrah car collection in Reno, Nev., when I was a kid, I have always loved automobiles. Today, my husband, Grady, and I have nearly 50 cars in our backyard....