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Interested in pursuing a career in science and engineering? Would you like to know more about the bitter and sweets of the life of a scientist and learn how to face those situations?   Join MITaly and GWAMIT in this networking session and hear about the experiences of MIT Professors Paola Cappellaro and Paola Rizzoli and Harvard Professor Ka...

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Mucci Imports, owned by Nick Mucci, is a Boston based Italian wine importer specializing in unique Italian varietals from producers he has hand picked throughout his travels from living in Italy and developing special relationships with the winemakers. Mucci started the company in 2013, towards the end of the summer. When I first met him, he was i...

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The North End-based Saint Joseph Society recently announced a $10,000 pledge to support the ongoing restoration of Saint Leonard Church on Hanover Street, in Boston's North End. "We thank the whole society and in a special way the donation committee for being so considerate toward our Parish," wrote Father Antonio Nardoianni in the parish bulletin...

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The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation, in conjunction with the Italian Science Writers Association (UGIS), offers a Science Writers Fellowship Program for young Italian science writers working in Italy. Each year two Italian science writers at the beginning or mid-career are selected to spend a week in June or July at Harvard Medical School. Sc...

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Umberto Eco's "Numero Zero," a best-seller in the novelist's native Italy, will come out in the U.S. this fall. On Monday, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a Nov. 3 release date for Eco's story of a ghostwriter in Milan caught up in an underworld of crime and conspiracy. Eco is known for his complex plots, and his publisher said the latest...

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by Jennifer Martin   This month I interviewed local Italian wine expert, Ciro Pirone. I met Pirone when I recently took the Italian Wine Specialist certification course through the North American Sommelier Association. He happened to be the coordinator of the course, and I immediately gravitate to folks that not only have a love for Italy, b...

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By Taryn Luna   Tuscan Kitchen is bringing a little Italian flavor to the Seaport. The restaurant chain plans to open a 320-seat location serving pasta, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza, and other Italian cuisine at One Seaport Square, a mixed-used development under construction along Northern Avenue, in the summer of 2017.   The 14,5...

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Il Volo has revealed plans for a stateside tour that will include a stop in Massachusetts this fall. The Italian operatic pop trio will hit Boston for a show at the Bank of America Pavilion on Saturday, September 14. Tickets for the show, which range in price from $44.50 to $84.50, are now on sale through Live Nation. Nikki Yanofsky will also perfo...

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Head down to the North End for the 94th annual Feast of Saint Anthony on August 23 – 26 on Endicott, Thacher, and North Margin Streets.   Saint Anthony's Feast is one of the oldest and largest neighborhood celebrations in America. This authentic Italian festival is full of events for all ages, for the young and young at heart alike: colorful...

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When: Sunday, July 20, 2014 — 7 to 11 p.m.Where: Gennaro's 5 North Square, North End, Boston, MA For the second year in a row, Gennaro's 5 North Square will present a special Rosé wine night, during which guests will enjoy excellent rosé wine, hors d'oeuvres prepared by Chef Marisa Iocco and live music offered by various musicians participating in...

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