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“Il mio sogno è portare il sorriso, il coraggio e la speranza a tutti coloro che incontro”. Che sogno meraviglioso quello di don Tonino Bello, difficilissimo da realizzare, ma che è riuscito tante volte a tramutare in realtà. Come ha …

Sul finire degli anni ’40 un virtuoso musicista, cantante e attore italo-americano noto anche come “il Valentino della fisarmonica”, conobbe in poco tempo un fulminante succcesso ed un altrettanto rapido e triste declino.    Dick Contino, sebbene sia stato dimenticato …

Dear Readers, Happy New Year 2014 and as you list your New Year resolutions be sure to include giving gift subscriptions to L’Italo-Americano to all your friends and relatives throughout the year. ***   Readers with “studenti” in the family …

Dear Readers:  Before I get into the ‘meat’ of genealogical investigations, I’d like to clear up any misconceptions or ill feelings caused by my use last month of the term ‘Italians and Sicilians’.  I meant no disrespect to either group, …

Mozzarellas coming from Germany and destined to Sicily, milk coming from Poland and destined to Lombardy, cheese coming from Belgium and destined to Veneto, hams coming from Germany and destined to Emilia Romagna, olives from Turkey, Greece and Spain for …

Italy’s top food fair “Cibus” opens to foreign markets. The biannual top food and beverage fair is gearing up for its 17th edition to take place in Parma in May with an eye on foreign markets because Italian food exports …

On New Year’s Eve, Romans stagger into Piazza Pasquino and pelt me with dry lentils.  Resembling coins, they symbolize good luck and are consumed in January throughout Lazio. Gourmands in Viterbo feast on lentils and cotechino. Rangers in the Aurunci …

You need estate planning. It doesn’t matter how much you make. It doesn’t matter where you work. What matters is whether you want to decide where your assets – no matter how great or small – end up after you …

Michelangelo’s iconic statue of David will be the symbol of the Italian Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015 global trade convention. Since 1504, when it was unveiled in Florence, it has been an emblem of the city republic’s pride and …

Cosa ci si poteva aspettare dall’incontro, avvenuto per la prima volta nel ’66, tra Pasolini e New York? Il primo, allora profondamente marxista, cantore dei popoli del Terzo mondo, profetico nel denunciare le minacce della globalizzazione. La seconda, scintillante simbolo …