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During my visit a few months ago on August 24, 2012, it was Fabio who feverishly and enthusiastically worked the telephones, summoning, on the double, not only Paolo Brandoni, but also and suddenly, accordion virtuoso Gervasio Marcosignori, whom I had …

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SAN FRANCISCO – Even before the year 2012 had drawn to a close, the Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, the Honorable Mauro Battocchi, teamed up with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, to announce the beginning of “2013 Year of …

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CA Assemblyman seeks to disband Columbus Day and replace with Native American Day   “Christopher Columbus’ achievements as a great Renaissance explorer and his discovery of America, which led to the influx of ideas and people of Western Europe on …

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LOS ANGELES – Italian jazz violinist Luca Ciarla is back in the USA again with a month-long tour that started on January 19. He will be touring mainly with Fiddler in the Loop, a music & visual animation program made in …

Che la cucina italiana sia molto più che una questione di gusti, è evidente. L’esistenza di un’Accademia tutta dedicata alla tradizione culinaria italiana ne è una prova. Un’istituzione in piena regola, finalizzata, alla discussione di problematiche culturali e sociali legate …

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SAN FRANCISCO – L’associa-zione culturale Leonardo da Vinci ha presentato una conferenza su uno dei più grandi patrimoni culturali d’Italia, l’antica Pompei, dal titolo “If these Walls could speak: Pompeian Wall Painting”.   L’evento, che ha registrato una grande affluenza di …

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L’Italia condivide la tradizione musicale della Fisarmonica con tutta Europa, specialmente con la Francia, Germania, Polonia e con la Scandinavia, ma è stato Giuseppe Verdi a riconoscerla come strumento vero e proprio, e a raccomandarne la sua introduzione nei conservatori …

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LOS ANGELES – Parte da Los Angeles la tournée teatrale del burattino più famoso del mondo. Dopo la prima ospitata dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, il Pinocchio di Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, realizzato in collaborazione con la Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi, è pronto …

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LOS ANGELES – The fact that lately, after less than 80 years from the genocide of approximately six million Jews, negationist theories have gained some consent, as well as some forms of minimalization or distortion of historic events, is alarming. …

Italy through the five senses. A new travel and culinary experience for families Beautiful landscapes, art and history, local traditions, the sound and the rhythm of nature, and delicious, healthy homemade food… Have you ever dreamed of having all this …

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