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  WTI Magazine #84    2016 October 17Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from ... somewhere in the US! As October is the Italian Heritage month, I'm travelling around the East Coast and the Midwest to celebrate Italy in the US, the Italian Americans and meeting a lot of friends of We the Italians! What a wonderful, sparkling, enth...

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Nell'era moderna gli Stati Uniti d'America rimangono un Paese straordinariamente capace di accogliere ed integrare immigrati da ogni angolo della terra. Il contributo dato dagli emigrati alla crescita economica, artistica e culturale degli Stati Uniti d'America è di una straordinaria rilevanza.Tuttavia l'immigrazione, l'entrata legale, negli Stati...

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At the cavernous entrance to Pier 57 in Chelsea, an ancient loading dock has become a makeshift stage for the work of Gaetano Pesce, the 74-year-old Italian design legend who moved to New York 32 years ago because the city "was the capital of the 20th century." He arrived with a splash, one of a who's who of modern Italian designers included in MoM...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   While waiting to meet a friend the other day I had the good fortune to stumble across an amazing work of art by the great Sicilian-American sculptor Anthony (Antonio) de Francisci. At the intersection of Broadway and Fourth Avenue lies Union Square Park, a cozy little oasis in the heart of bustling Manhattan. A popula...

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Il prossimo 5 settembre alle ore 18,30 presso la sede dell'Italian American Museum, a Grand Street, al centro di Little Italy, nella parte meridionale di Manhattan, verrà presentato in anteprima il libro di Giovanni Pellerito e Peter Zullo, dedicato agli Italiani di New York.   Italians "un tricolore a stelle e strisce" vuole raccontare Litt...

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by Edgar Sandoval and Rich Shapiro   Holy moly, that's a lotta cannoli. A Manhattan man armed with "a mental plan" is the new king of cannolis after devouring 32 of the sweet treats in six minutes Thursday. Yasir Salem's stomach-churning display of gastrointestinal fortitude earned him the top prize at the world-famous cannoli eati...

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Mexican magnate Carlos Slim and the Italian group Proto will be the principal shareholders of the U.S. daily The New York Times (NYT), sources at the Proto Organization told Efe.   "This agreement for joint participation in 19 percent of NYT capital was taken yesterday in New York by Carlos Slim and Alessandro Proto (president of the group),...

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Carlo Bergonzi endures. Not only is the Italian tenor approaching his 90th birthday (on July 13) but for decades he sang with tireless warmth and precision, representing a certain old school approach to carefully cultivating one's vocal resources.   Bergonzi may not have been as loud or intimidating as his Italian rivals (especially Mario de...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Di certo i due giovani pordenonesi impegnati nella creazione di Valitalia non si sono lasciati intimidire dalla presenza sul mercato americano di giganti dell'arredo come Ikea, consci di avere ciascuno dalla loro un asso nella manica: l'eccellenza del "Made in Italy" e la qualità che lo contraddistingue. Trent'anni d'et...

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On recent bitter nights when most Park Avenue South restaurants were half-full, Shelly Fireman's new, Italian-fantasy Florian had hardly any of 175 seats to spare. Like Fireman's Trattoria Dell'Arte, Fiorello and Bond 45, Florian packs customers in and sends them out happy — a crowd that includes me.   Read more   Source: http:/...

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