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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

Videos

Welcome to Todi: the ideal city

Fiat 500 Restoration: You, Me and Sicily

Pistoia: Castruccio bridge and the tactile museum

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Società & Cultura

A Firenze le avanguardie del primo Novecento attraverso 130 opere dell'anticonformista Natalia Goncharova

A Firenze le avanguardie del primo '900...

October 4, 2019
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Fabrizio del Bimbo
A Cortona 50 artisti per l'omaggio al pittore Gino Severini

A Cortona 50 artisti per Severini

October 4, 2019
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Lilly Magi
Plasmato dal fuoco. La scultura in bronzo nella Firenze degli ultimi Medici

I bronzi fiorentini degli ultimi Medici

October 4, 2019
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Fabrizio del Bimbo
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Red Carpet

Cinema, minoranze e diritti umani nel docufilm ‘Adriatico. Il mare che unisce’

Cinema e diritti: Adriatico che unisce

October 5, 2019
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Staff
Prix Italia, torna a Roma la finestra sul mondo audiovisivo italiano

Prix Italia torna a Roma

October 5, 2019
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Dom Serafini
Venezia, dal cinema alla moda sul filo della creatività

Venezia, dal cinema alla moda

October 4, 2019
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Marilena Ranieri
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Grand Tour

A Modigliana sull’Appennino tosco-emiliano, dove le vigne del Sangiovese sono un lascito dei Romani

Modigliana sull’Appennino tosco-emiliano

October 4, 2019
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Fabrizio Del Bimbo
Avete mai dormito tra mura medievali? La Casa Torre Ricci-Donati del 1100 restituita a Firenze

Restituita a Firenze una casa-torre

October 4, 2019
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Fabrizio del Bimbo
A Carmagnola dove la storia piemontese si racconta tra castelli, palazzi e musei racchiusi in un’oasi verde

A Carmagnola nella storia piemontese

September 17, 2019
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Generoso D'Agnese
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Attualità

Il Segretario di Stato Pompeo in visita in Italia, dal Papa e in Abruzzo da dove emigrarono i bisnonni

Il Segretario di Stato Pompeo in Italia

October 4, 2019
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Staff
Luca Parmitano nuovo comandante della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. È la prima volta di un astronauta italiano

Parmitano a capo della IIS

October 4, 2019
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Staff
L'Italia celebra il suo patrono San Francesco d'Assisi

L'Italia celebra S.Francesco d'Assisi...

October 4, 2019
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Staff
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Impresa Italia

L’Italia del vino quarta tra i top exporter

L’Italia del vino 4° tra i top exporter

October 4, 2019
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Staff
Dazi Usa, colpito 1/2 miliardo di export alimentare italiano

Dazi Usa, colpito l'export italiano...

October 4, 2019
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Staff
In crescita il turismo religioso. San Pietro a Roma accoglie ogni anno 11 milioni di visitatori

In crescita il turismo religioso

October 4, 2019
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Staff
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Heritage

Tra tempeste e alisei, anche il viaggio di ritorno dalle Americhe non fu facile per Colombo e le sue caravelle

Il viaggio di ritorno di Colombo

October 4, 2019
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Luca Ferrari
Ricordare il passato per guardare al futuro in modo consapevole: Memoria Viva a Cassino

Memoria Viva a Cassino

October 4, 2019
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Alessia Piccioni
Il ricordo del mio primo giorno di scuola

Il primo giorno di scuola

October 4, 2019
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Giuseppe Lalli
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