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It was like going back to elementary school and then jump to college. Last Monday, February 25, the students of San Pedro High School’s Italian 3 class journeyed across L.A. County to visit the unique and amazing immersion program at …

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Comincia bene la stagione per le “italiane” Galay e Montreal La nuova stagione della MLS ha preso il via dopo tre mesi di attesa. Come da copione, il team hollywoodiano ossia i Los Angeles Galaxy (pur privi di Beckham), hanno …

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A war surgeon in L.A. – Hollywood and the Italian community honor Dr Gino Strada Seeing Gino Strada in an elegant suit, walking the red carpet of the Chinese theatre at the Oscar night, feels a little strange. We are …

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Meno immigrati scelgono l’Italia e più italiani tornano a emigrare. Gli Usa conservano il ‘sogno americano’ Per la prima volta dal 1976, l’Italia è tornata ad essere un paese di emigrazione. I dati del XVIII° Rapporto Nazionale sulle migrazioni pubblicati …

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Sniff, swirl, sip. Whether at home or at a restaurant, analyzing wine is a fairly straightforward process. And when you stick your nose in a glass of wine, you’ll typically encounter pleasant aromas like fruits, flowers, and spices. Sometimes, though, …

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“Le donne sono state sedute in queste stanze per milioni di anni, cosicché ormai perfino le pareti sono pervase dalla loro forza creativa, che infatti soverchia talmente la capacità dei mattoni e della malta, che per forza deve attaccarsi alle …

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Dear Readers, A February finale of Italian Connections: Art Aficionados know that the lady with the mystic, enigmatic smile and eyes that follow you across the room, known as Mona Lisa, was painted by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian painter, …

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Growing up an ardent baseball fan in New York City during the seventies and eighties meant rooting for either the New York Yankees or Mets.  If you were “truly” a Yankees or Mets fan there was an unwritten rule (like …

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Quentin Tarantino: XX anni di un mito del cinema (e ora premio Oscar) da riscoprire in un dvd “Ho amato il cinema come fosse la cosa più importante della mia vita, talmente a lungo che non ricordo un singolo momento in …

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Born Domenico Gebbia in Palermo, Sicily in 1886, Domenic Jebbia immigrated to the United States at age six, and arrived in California in 1925. Jebbia established the West Coast Banana Distributing Company at the Los Angeles Produce Market, and because …

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