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Mentre l’Italia, negli scorsi giorni, ha riaperto i confini ai turisti europei (eliminando l’obbligo della quarantena) e l’Europa pare si appresti a farlo dal primo luglio con il resto del mondo, chi aveva in programma nei prossimi mesi di recarsi negli USA per turismo, lavoro, o studio si trova da tempo in una sorta di “limbo”. Tra le risposte del...

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Massimo Marchiori, an Italian computer scientist, once used sensors to determine how the widths of shopping mall walkways shaped buying decisions. Another time he used GPS technology to track the movements of cows to see what behaviors led to the best milk. So when the novel coronavirus consumed Italy in February, Marchiori decided it was time for...

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Isola Santa Cristina, a private island in the north of the Venetian lagoon, will welcome 14 first responders from hospitals in Bergamo for a free five-night stay before the island opens up to tourism.  Owners René and Sandra Deutsch, members of the Swarovksi family, have offered their island and covered the costs of food and lodging, while Allison...

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By continuing to operate their deli in West Town, Tempesta Salumi and Market have made it a priority to support frontline relief efforts. Tempesta Market has so far provided meals for over 300 frontline workers, across 5 hospitals in Chicago. Tempesta has donated 100’s of lbs of cured meats to local Chicago Chef Jereme McGovern (facebook.com/jereme...

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At 100 years old, Lolly Grello is still experiencing firsts in life. Grello, a longtime Narragansett resident who now resides at the Roberts Nursing Centre in North Kingstown, celebrated her first virtual birthday on May 20. There was cake, balloons and a glass of a sparkling cider-looking drink which Grello raised as if to toast the occasion. And...

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With the safety of citizens still a major concern, the annual Italian Fest has been canceled.The festival, which has taken place at Al Quaal Recreation in the past, would have been celebrating 121 years in existence. The festival includes loads of food vendors, fireworks, and live music. “It’s almost like a grieving process that people go through,”...

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In video collegamento con “l’Italia con Voi”, la trasmissione di Rai Italia dedicata ai connazionali all’estero, Delfina Licata, curatrice del Rapporto Italiani nel mondo della Fondazione Migrantes, si sofferma sui possibili effetti della pandemia sull’emigrazione italiana all’estero, specie quella giovanile. Per via del coronavirus, “lo scenario è...

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Il primo virus proveniente dalla Cina che Cristian Fracassi ha visto in azione nella sua vita non è stato il coronavirus SARS Cov2, ma la delocalizzazione: quella smania di andare a far fare tutto in Cina che aveva contagiato un po' tutti a cavallo del nuovo millennio, "perché costava meno", e che aveva prima messo in crisi e poi chiuso le due picc...

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The cancellations of mainstay summer events is continuing and extending into fall, with Tuesday’s announcement that A Taste of Italy, scheduled for Sept. 12 in Norwich, will not be held this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It would have been the 29th annual Italian food festival, hosted by the Norwich Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee,...

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Before there was Google there was Federico Acerri. As an information specialist in the Michigan school system, where he worked for decades, he took on every imaginable query from staff members and students, culling dictionaries, microfilm and databases to find an answer. He was also a prolific artist, drawing under the name Mad Monk. Mr. Acerri die...

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