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by Cookie Curci   One of the Silicon Valley's most productive commodities was once the prune industry. Many of us today can trace our family roots to those early years when immigrants to the Santa Clara Valley sharecropped or owned their own fruit ranches. My grandparents were among these young, inspiring ranchers who came to this valle...

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Experience the inimitable sights and sounds of La Scala here in California, thanks to the project MusicEmotion: Filarmonica della Scala and the Saturday Symphony Series.   Performances from the legendary Scala theatre in Milan will be screened in high definition and with surround sound at the Arena Theatre beginning on Saturday, the 20th of...

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di Silvia Simonetti   Ogni lingua presenta le proprie caratteristiche peculiari, e tutte le lingue hanno proprie combinazioni di parole, dette anche "collocazioni", che i parlanti nativi spesso usano in maniera automatica e senza rendersene conto. Un esempio di tale fenomeno è rappresentato dalla comune espressione "lanciare un appello"...

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The Scalabrini House Seminary will celebrate on April 26, 2014, at Casa Italiana its annual Fundraiser Banquet for the Scalabrinian Seminarians organized by local Scalabrinian priests in collaboration with the Scalabrini Fundraiser Committee.   This year's 16th anniversary celebration will consist of a traditional banquet to raise funds to s...

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What would you do if you had the spirit of an American rocker but you were born in the small town of Oristano, in the Italian island of Sardinia?   Since the age of 3 – he has pictures to prove it! -, Patrick Abbate has held a guitar in his hands. And he knew exactly how to do it in the right way, even if nobody had ever taught him. "I have...

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by Silvia Simonetti   What is your idea of a perfect Ferragosto, the traditional Italian mid-summer feast? To this question, many of you would probably answer: good weather, good food, good wine and limoncello, good espresso coffee, good music, and – last but not least – a group of good friends.   Being an Italian American newspaper a...

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We will be screening Io, Loro e Lara 7:00pm screening at the Regency Theater. Located at 26762 Verdugo Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA. 92675 949-661-3456. Happy Hour begins at 6:00pm in the theater's Rick's Cafe. Movie Description: Father Carlo returns home after some years spent in Africa on a humanitarian mission. He is dealing with a faith cri...

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by Linda Hubbard Gulker   There's a whole lot of Menlo Park in Bob Budelli. He lives today next door to the house where he grew up near downtown. When he went off to college at Arizona State, he roomed with M-A classmate Rob Dell'Ergo. His three boys all went through local schools.   With his Dad, he stays active in the Italian A...

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By Jonathan Horn   Margaret Balistreri Cesarini was just a teenager when she moved from Sicily to San Diego around 50 years ago. She's been back to her home country about 15 times since then. The trips are an experience that leave her with mixed feelings. "I'm torn between two lovers — I'm an American citizen but I was born in Ital...

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By Mauro Battocchi   Dr. Victor Vari, the longest serving professor at the University of Santa Clara, was recently honored with the dedication of the Victor B. & Julia Botto Vari Hall. Professor Vari has been teaching Italian language for 68 years, and this year will be the 61st at Santa Clara for the vivacious nonagenarian.   San...

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