…on this successful formula. Something similar happened to third generation Italian-American Dawn Spinella, actress, photographer and, above all, multi-awarded screenwriter. Although she didn’t literally find any treasure chest, she certainly…

…temple dedicated to Demeter. After worshipping her two days and two nights within the temple, celebrants would leave the shrine at dawn, then walk to fertile grain fields to invoke…

…established Sep. 2, 1789. Mike Piazza, an Italian-American baseball player was born Sep. 4, 1968. The First Labor Day Parade to honor American workers was held on Sep. 5, 1882….

…the US in 1916. New York City galvanized Elsa. Through Gaby Picabia, the ex-wife of French Dadaist painter Francis Picabia, she connected with Dada artists. Elsa joined the artistic circles…

…and early 1950’s had a student body that was predominantly Italo-American. *** In May 1937, the Mayor Angelo Rossi cut the ribbon, the official Golden Gate Bridge Pedestrian Day began…

…high officials in Genoa and Florence, and wrote many articles in favor of the American cause. He busied himself gathering useful political and military data, which he sent to his…

…buzz: People are raving about the dinner show hosted by the American Lodge of La Habra, “Sons of Italy” Saturday night. Singer Filippo Voltaggio and his friends are the best!”…

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…made in Italy. The event gathered Italian and American icons such as directors Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russel and Michele Placido, musician Zucchero Fornaciari, actors Christoph Waltz, Giuliano Gemma and…

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It may – or may not – come as a surprise to you, but the blue jeans, one of the most iconic symbols of American 20th-century pop culture, are an…

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…John Lee Hooker, Sting, and Solomon Burke to name just a few.   Catch Zucchero on tour in the U.S. and Canada this spring; further dates will be announced soon www.zucchero.it/eng/…

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