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di Marco Valsania   Il disegno del negoziato è partito con grandi ambizioni: delineare un'area di libero scambio transatlantico, la piu' grande al mondo. Che consolidasse i rapporti di partnership economica e alleanza politica tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea. E che, in questo momento, potrebbe aiutare particolarmente il Vecchio continente e...

LITTLE ITALY In BALTIMORE, MD. Presents ANNUAL STREET FEAST OF "ST. GABRIEL"SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUGUST 17-18, 2013 ~ 11 AM to 7 PMLITTLE ITALY - St LEO's Parish Church Exeter and Stiles streets | BALTIMORE, MD.    LITTLE ITALY a charming, cozy neighborhood located in the heart of downtown Baltimore is an importan...

Le autorita' statunitensi hanno lanciato la "Request for Proposals" per l'individuazione di un partner privato che possa essere incaricato della raccolta dei fondi privati necessari alla realizzazione del padiglione statunitense ad Expo Milano 2015.   Il bando e' pubblico e puo' essere consultato all'indirizzo www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-0...

Bloomfield Unico, an Italian-American group, honored elementary school students in the Columbus Day Essay Contest.   Paul Alongi, along with other Unico executive board members, presented the awards on the Bloomfield Green in front of the Christopher Columbus statue. Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill addressed t...

New Jersey Italians invites you to attend our inaugural OPERA APERITIVO! June 26, at Spuntino Winebar in Clifton, New Jersey - 7:00 – 10:30 PM Meet friendly people and make new connections! Practice your Italian and La Dolce Vita Enjoy a live performance by the Montclair Opera Group!NJ Italians, in collaboration with the Montclair Oper...

The Dominic Greco Concert Band, under the direction of Frederick Delphia will present "Music of Italy" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 during the Italian-American Festival in downtown Dover. In case of rain, the concert will be in Memorial Hall. Delphia said the main theme of the concert will be music of Italy. "Though not all selections will have an Italian...

Recently Dr. Jack Patuto of Summit was honored by the Association des Médeçins Haitiens a L'Etranger (AMHE) with the 2014 Solidarity for his medical and surgical work in Haiti which included Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics and Trauma.   This award, among others that he has received, demonstrates his long commitment of sharing his many gif...

Bocce has been a staple in Little Italy for as long as anyone can remember. But it was always a game the old folks played. "I never played as a kid," says Francis Blatterman, who helps run the Tuesday and Wednesday night Little Italy Bocce League at the D'Alesandro Park courts, off Stiles Street.   "Some of the older men, they played."&...

by Vicky Cruz   Inspired by family, Alice Woodson will open a new biscotti bakery and restaurant called Ambrosi Biscotti in Danville's River District. Since her position as marketing coordinator for Outback Steakhouse was eliminated during a corporate downsize in 2013, Woodson has dedicated the majority of her time to family.   I...

Like wise parents, the creators of the Collective Legacy Project refuse to pick a favorite among their interview subjects. "Every person has a story," said Cara Livorio, 31, a painter from New Kensington. "Every story could be a movie."   The nonprofit Collective Legacy Project is creating a type of movie — filming interviews and presen...

The April 12 round table From Ethnic to Multi-cultural Italian Media in the U.S hosted by the Inserra Chair at Montclair State University brought together Bénédicte Deschamps, Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Paris Diderot, Maurita Cardone, Deputy Editor at La Voce di New York, Lucia Grillo, producer of Italics, and jour...

Dear ICS friends, This year's Christmas Party will be Sunday, December 11th, at 4:30 pm, at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Like the previous years, it is our annual potluck dinner (please read details on what to bring in the flyer below). We organized it in collaboration with Le D.I.V.E. and Ma...