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La National Italian American Foundation di Washington torna con il gala annuale sotto le volte rinascimentali di Cipriani a 42nd Street il prossimo 8 aprile portando all'appuntamento newyorkese popolari nomi del piccolo schermo e di Broadway.   La Niaf ha anticipato che durante il New York Gala saranno consegnati riconoscimenti a due volti t...

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Only in New York could an Italian-American mayor find a piece of the minuscule mountain village his family left a century ago just steps from City Hall.   Mayor de Blasio frequently grabs lunch at Pisillo Italian Panini shop on Nassau St. , which Antonella Silvio opened in November 2012 — the same month de Blasio was elected mayor. She...

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It was a record-breaking night for La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, with over 500 guests celebrating the night's theme "Building the Future Today". John Michael Viola, President and Chief Operating Officer of NIAF, was honored. He praised the school for being the only school where a child can learn "not only the Italian language but they'll le...

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Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue- New York, NYPaolo E. Balboni, Director of the Venice University Research Centre on Italian as a Foreign Language Italian language world-wide: a rapidly evolving situation, where is it heading?In October 2014 the Italian government organised a co...

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WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27Author : Berardo Paradiso      Translation by:   This past November, Eataly and the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) launched the contest initiative "Short Food Movie at Eataly," an extension of the EXPO Milan 2015 "Short Food Movie" program themed "Feed Your Mind, Film Your Planet." Our IACE student...

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Thursday, August 13, 2015 the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum went back to the past to the Renaissance period with a compelling presentation, focused on Michelangelo Buonarroti, by Ph. D Francesco Santoro. The event organized and sponsored in collaboration with the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), had been attended by almost th...

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by Geoffrey Wilson   In Italy, towns would compete every summer, holding large feasts dedicated to the town's patron saint.For the Italian-American community in Dutchess County and the surrounding area, this tradition is kept alive through Festa Italiana. "This is a carry-over from that tradition," said John Mazzetti, secretary with the...

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The online portion of Festa di Natale is now open. The auction will run from to December 16, 2015, with the live event taking place on December 16, 2015. Proceeds go to Kairos Italy Theater in order to support. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, commu...

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Date: Friday, February 05, 2016 - Monday, April 18, 2016 Venue: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street Organized by: Parson/ The New School In collaboration with: the Milano Triennale In an age where jobs are in short supply and workers are rendered invisible, overalls and work cloth...

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Italian-American Foodways: Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Italian American Review Italian and Italian-American food has a long history in the homes, markets, and restaurants of the United States. For many immigrants, the hunger and food shortages associated with la miseria (literally, "misery") were a primary motivation for emigration, and...

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