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Luigia Giuseppa Assunta Maria Pierina Tetrazzini was born on June 29, 1871 at 3 Via dei Renai in Florence. Her father was a military tailor who was not at all musically inclined. The girl, who would someday be the world-renowned …

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Now that spring has sprung, the Italian Cemetery in Colma has once again begun to offer Italian Heritage Tours of their grounds. One of the biggest “aha moments” of the tour starts out as a simple quiz on local Italian-American …

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Born in Acero in the province of Genoa on November 26, 1839, Andrea Sbarboro first came to the United States in 1842 as a toddler.   He grew up in New York, but like so many others, he and his …

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Tra un crisantemo, un gladiolo, un tulipano o una rosa ecco festeggiato ancora un altro anno il 2 novembre, giornata dedicata ai cari estinti. Sì, festeggiare, perché a Palermo e solo a Palermo i morti si festeggiano, non si onorano …

Si tratta di una delle più belle sorprese del campionato. Nonostante la rivoluzione attuata in sede di calciomercato e l’essersi affidata a un allenatore giovane, la Fiorentina si trova a ridosso delle grandi. E sta mettendo in mostra soluzioni di …

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Con il musical in stile Broadway ‘La febbre del sabato sera’ anni ‘70 contagia Milano Un imponente allestimento scenografico illuminato da un set up in pieno stile Broadway, è il biglietto da visita del nuovo e spettacolare allestimento de “La …

Omegna, 16.118 abitanti nella provincia piemontese del Verbano Cusio Ossola.   Panorama di Omegna con il Mottarone alle spalle   Posta all’estrema propaggine settentrionale del Lago d’Orta, si trova nel fondovalle tra la Valle Strona, una delle valli scavate dagli antichi …

Dear Readers, More November Notes with an Italian Connection: Thanksgiving Greetings to all my Italo-American Friends and Readers. There is nothing in life finer than friendships warm and true and Thanksgiving finds me grateful for every one of you… * …

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Tre Artisti Senza Pretese All three of these artists have in their work a deeply sensitive appreciation for Sicily and its rich souled people.  Their works express living impressions of the island and its inhabitants with an artistic honesty often …

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It was in 1891, at the age of twenty, that Domenico De Domenico left his home in Santa Lucia, near Messina, Sicily and immigrated to the United States.   He sailed aboard the S.S. Washington from Palermo, arriving in New …

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