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"Festa della Repubblica", italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The story of the "Festa della Repubblica" and the Italian tricolore

Dear Readers, Festa della Repubblica, simply stated, commemorates June 2, 1946, the date the Italian people were asked to VOTE in a referendum and...
June 9, 2014
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Maria Gloria
The Italian magician, Aldo Colombini, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

Farewell to the Italian parlor magician Aldo Colombini

Dear Readers, A May mix of Italian connections: Aldo Colombini (1951-2014) left us recently and the world of magic lost one of its greatest...
June 1, 2014
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Maria Gloria
36 anniversary, Museo ItaloAmericano, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The thirty-sixth anniversary of the Museo ItaloAmericano

Dear Readers, Looking back “ Anniversario numero 36 ” coming up for the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco, reminds me that actor Charlton Heston...
May 21, 2014
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Maria Gloria
Ciao Italia, Mary Ann Esposito Foundation, Benefit Dinne, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

Ciao Italia Mary Ann Esposito Foundation Benefit Dinner

Dear Readers, Rosaria Restaurant, in Saugus, Massachusetts, named after owner Joe Pace’s mother, Rosaria, who hailed from Abruzzo, the region known...
April 29, 2014
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Maria Gloria
Shirley Jane Temple, Lenci dolls, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

Shirley Jane Temple and her Italian made Lenci dolls

Dear Readers, When Shirley Jane Temple was born April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, little did her parents George and Gertrude dream that...
April 16, 2014
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Maria Gloria
Romaggi Adobe Foundation, gold country, California, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The Romaggi Adobe Foundation in the gold country of California

Dear Readers, My South Bay friend Ken Borelli, author, president emeritus and longtime cultural chair of the Italian American Heritage Foundation (I...
April 8, 2014
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Maria Gloria
Marina District, Joe Di Maggio, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The Marina district in San Francisco, the second Italian-American neighborhood

Dear Readers, San Francisco’s Marina District has many Italian connections . The neighborhood known as the Marina District did not exist one hundred...
March 31, 2014
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Maria Gloria
St. Patrick was Italian, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The celebration of St. Patrick and St. Joseph

Dear Readers, March brings shamrocks and my annual “St. Patrick was Italian” column: A “St. Patrick was Italian” remark, tossed into your March...
March 17, 2014
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Maria Gloria
The lifelong Italophile, Thomas Jefferson, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The lifelong Italophile Thomas Jefferson

Dear Readers, during the month of February when we traditionally pause to celebrate lovers (Valentine’s Day) and Presidents’ Day. Once Lincoln (...
February 26, 2014
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Maria Gloria
San Francisco 49rs, Italian roots, American football, Italian-American, italian culture, italian heritage, italian american, italian news, italian traditions
Culture

The Italian roots of the San Francisco 49rs

Dear Readers, The San Francisco 49ers’ quest for their first Super Bowl title in nearly two decades evaporated a few Sundays ago when they came up 18...
February 12, 2014
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Maria Gloria

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Milan Urban Railway Tour - 1st Day | Italia Slow Tour

Canevino, wines and corkscrews

"You, Me & Sicily!": Sicilian Street Foods

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Società & Cultura

Dopo Caravaggio. Il Seicento napoletano in mostra a Prato

Dopo Caravaggio. Il Seicento napoletano

November 15, 2019
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Corrado Cagli, l’esilio americano e il suo laboratorio eclettico

Cagli e l’esilio americano

November 15, 2019
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Francesca Graziano
L'influenza della rivoluzione digitale sulla generazioni di artisti che l'ha vissuta: Visio a Firenze

Arte e rivoluzione digitale

November 15, 2019
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Nicoletta Curradi
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Red Carpet

Buon 91°compleanno al maestro premio Oscar Ennio Morricone

91°compleanno per Morricone

November 15, 2019
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Sogno Italiano Cercasi: vinci l'Italia con un video

Sogno Italiano Cercasi

November 15, 2019
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Michelangelo torna nelle cave di Henraux sul Monte Altissimo con Konchalovsky

Michelangelo, il Peccato, Konchalovsky

November 15, 2019
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Rosi Fontana
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Grand Tour

Bressanone, l’intramontabile sapore della tradizione che profuma di pane e strudel di mele

Bressanone, sapore di tradizione

November 15, 2019
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Luca Ferrari
A Montepulciano per uno dei più celebri capolavori dell’architettura rinascimentale italiana

A Montepulciano per un capolavoro

November 15, 2019
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Fabrizio Del Bimbo
A piedi per 407 metri sulla laguna: dopo 69 anni, torna il Ponte Votivo verso il cimitero di San Michele

Ponte votivo a Venezia

November 15, 2019
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Luca Ferrari
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Attualità

Venezia sott'acqua: danni per miliardi alla città patrimonio Unesco

Venezia sott'acqua: danni per miliardi...

November 15, 2019
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A 16 anni da Nassirya 5 italiani feriti in Iraq

A 16 anni da Nassirya 5 italiani feriti

November 15, 2019
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A rischio chiusura la più grande acciaieria d’Europa che a Taranto dà lavoro a 20mila persone

A rischio l'acciaieria di Taranto...

November 15, 2019
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Impresa Italia

Blockchain per la tracciabilità del Made in Italy

Blockchain per il Made in Italy

November 15, 2019
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World Cheese Awards per Asiago Dop, l'eccellenza veneta dei formaggi

World Cheese Awards per Asiago Dop

November 15, 2019
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Il panettone è italiano: campagna a difesa del made in Italy

Il panettone è italiano

November 15, 2019
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Heritage

Restauri e manutenzione sul Dc9 per non dimenticare Ustica

Per non dimenticare Ustica

November 15, 2019
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Profughi d’Italia. 1943-1955, il dramma dei giuliano-dalmati dalle foibe ai centri di raccolta

Profughi d’Italia: i giuliano-dalmati

November 15, 2019
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Staff
In Illinois il 110° anniversario della tragedia mineraria di Cherry: 73 immigrati italiani tra le vittime

110° anni fa la tragedia di Cherry

November 15, 2019
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