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When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 — 6:00 – 7:30pmPre-Talk Reception at 5:30 PMWhere: Massachusetts Historical Society — 1154 Boylston Street, Boston MA [map]Prize-winning author and MHS Fellow Megan Marshall will read from "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life," her biography of the 19th-century heroine who spent her last years in Rome and Florence a...

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The recent podcast of school news of the Italian Consulate in Boston has reached the 5th episode by now. Its name is Tuttinclasse! (It means "Go in class!") It is produced by the Educational Office of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston and it can be listened on your own cell phone or computer. In just a few minutes, you'll hear last school a...

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When: July 26-28Where: North End Started in 1925, the Saint Joseph Feast is an annual authentic festival in the North End featuring parades, strolling singers, marching bands, live entertainment, souvenirs, mementos and the best Italian street food and desserts.The St. Joseph statue permanently resides at 467 Hanover Street and has been lovingly r...

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Negli Stati Uniti una mostra dedicata al grande artista italiano, con 26 disegni provenienti dalla 'Casa Buonarroti', si aprirà in febbraio al 'Muscarelle Museum' di Williamsburg in Virginia e poi in aprile si trasferirà al 'Museum of Fine Arts' di Boston. Un avvenimento di assoluta importanza che negli USA non si verificava da decenni. 'Sacro e Pr...

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A centuries-old treasure found in Boston came from Italy, but now customs agents are trying to track the route taken to get it here. "It ultimately ended up being a 17th century Venetian swivel gun," C. Shane Campbell from Customs and Border Protection said.   The canon-like weapon wasn't easy to find, it was packed into a piece of heav...

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By Michele McDonald The Feast of the Three Saints draws thousands of people to downtown Lawrence for three days of music, food, celebration of Italian-American heritage, and traditions honoring St. Alfio, St. Filadelfo, and St. Cirino, Catholic brothers martyred in the third century.   In the 20th century, immigrants from Sicily, who came t...

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  WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 78th issue of our online magazine. Spring has boomed in Italy: we have a warm, sunny weather and the many beautiful places of our marvelous country are full of tourists. A recent survey tells us that in the Tripadvisor reviews, America...

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Tom Menino, to his everlasting pride, was Boston's first Italian American mayor. But the city's Italian American community wants Menino to be remembered as everyone's mayor.   In the North End, Italian-born Ralph Cattaneo serves coffee from behind the bar at Caffe Dello Sport. In between pulling espresso for regulars Cattaneo says the full...

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Anche a Boston verrà commemorata la Giornata della Memoria. L'associazione Professionisti Italiani a Boston, in collaborazione con il Consolato generale d'Italia, con il Consolato di Israele nel New England, l'American Jewish Committee, la Boston University e il National Center for Jewish Film ha organizzato il prossimo 26 gennaio un incontro sul t...

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by James Pasto When I think of September of my younger years, I think of going back to school after the long summer break. northendSchool of course went beyond September, but September marked that important time of the year when summer was officially over and school began. I went to St. Anthony School and then Christopher Columbus, but I want...

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