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Four months' study the USAThe prize winners will be offered a chance to spend a period of four months in New York to develop their creative skills in the cultural and artistic environment of the United States and, in particular, the avant-garde megalopolises of the East Coast.There are many initiatives in which the winners will be able to participa...

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Domenica 4 agosto, una consistente fetta della comunità italiana della grande area metropolitana di New York si è ritrovata a Queens per festeggiare la Madonna della Libera e l'associazione culturale italiana ad essa collegata.   La Madonna della Libera è venerata in tutto il Benevenetano ed aree limitrofe. L'associazione fu costituita oltre...

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by Michael Barbaro   The commercial that changed the course of the mayor's race almost never happened. Bill de Blasio's campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.   They then turned to his 15-year-old son, but nothing seemed to go right...

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By Riccardo Chioni Il momento più solenne delle celebrazioni a latere del Columbus Day si è ripetuto ieri con lo storico omaggio degli italoamericani che si tramanda dagli anni Venti: la deposizione di una corona di fiori tricolori ai piedi del monumento al Grande Navigatore, da parte del National Council of Columbian Associations in Civil Service...

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83-year-old Italian graphic designer Massimo Vignelli has a long list of iconic designs to his credit, including branding for American Airlines, Bloomingdales, and IBM, as well as the map for the New York City subway system.   According to Creative Review, Vignelli is "very ill" and in his last days, he and his son Luca are asking "all those...

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Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino, an acclaimed New York mafia investigator who had travelled to Palermo to work on a high-profile investigation, was shot dead in Palermo's Piazza Marina on March 12th 1909 while waiting to meet someone who claimed to be an informant.   He was the first policeman to be killed in Palermo. His death came after details o...

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Join the Greater New York regional network for a guided tour of Ellis Island that will highlight the poignant experience of the 5.5 million Italians who left the "old country" for a new life in America.   Led by Tom Bernardin, former Ellis Island tour guide for the National Park Service and author/publisher of The Ellis Island Immigrant Cook...

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Se l'unione fa la forza, l'appuntamento di domenica 14 settembre per l'Annual Italian Experience Outdoor Festival alla Hofstra University di Long Island è stato un buon passo avanti. Il Breakfast annuale tra le associazioni di educatori italo-americani impegnate nel campo della formazione e dell'insegnamento della cultura e della lingua italiana av...

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Raffaele Caruso SpA, an Italian suitmaker backed by China's Fosun International Ltd. (656), yesterday opened its first store, in New York, the initial step in a plan to create a global retail network for the luxury tailor.   Caruso, which makes suits for companies including Christian Dior SA, plans to open a "flagship" outlet every six month...

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Per la prima volta il Teatro Regio di Torino approda negli Stati Uniti e in Canada e porta in tour il Guglielmo Tell di Giacchino Rossini, con tappe a Chicago (3 dicembre), Toronto (5 dicembre), New York (7 dicembre) e Ann Arbor (9 dicembre).   A guidare la compagnia, composta da artisti di fama internazionale, ci sarà Gianandrea Noseda, app...

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