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Lucio Dalla would have been 80 years old. March 4, 1943, is a date he managed to etch into music history with an eternal song. On March 1, 2012, however, a heart attack cut him short. Three days later he would have celebrated his 69th birthday and instead his funeral will be celebrated, perceived by all as a bit of a sign of a time that all too soo...

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Chances are, mentioning words like “Spumante” or “Moscato” will elicit a full-body shudder. These Italian sparkling wines have the reputation of being sweet, sugary and highly hangover-provoking. And for good reason. “It maybe has something to do with the millions of bottles of dubiously-produced Spumante d’Asti wine that flooded the U.S. market in...

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When Mike Piazza took over as manager for Team Italy, there was already plenty of excitement: Here was one of the greatest Italian-American ballplayers in history, a bona fide Hall of Famer, who wanted to show just what Team Italy could do at the World Baseball Classic. But before the tournament began, Piazza had another idea, one he called, "Missi...

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Every year on the evening of 24 January in the central Italian town of Urbania, local schoolteacher Emanuela Forlini cuts a yellow onion into quarters. She then separates out 12 wedges that will form the basis of her local weather predictions for the year ahead. She lays out a slice for each month of the year on her kitchen chopping board, the firs...

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There's nothing quite like picking up supplies at a Home Depot store in Philly and stopping to grab a breakfast sandwich or a cheesesteak at the Rocco's Italian Sausage stand in the parking lot. It's a great example of symbiosis in action: Hungry home improvers fuel up on calories at shacks that have found the perfect, niche market for people to ki...

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If you want to explore places rich in history or relax, do not miss these Trips out of town with Italian destinations. Winter opens the cold and leads to a routine that can be broken by visiting some exceptional places. A trip out of town to a place full of treasures to explore or a relaxing weekend can regenerate and make the arrival of winter enj...

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You’re inside the Magi Chapel, staring up at the Renaissance frescoes, boldly colored and intricately detailed. The scene is all-consuming; it surrounds you and pulls you in. Now, take off your virtual reality goggles. You’re in the Williams Center for the Arts attending art history professor Eric Hupe’s Italian Renaissance class. Hupe and his rese...

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If until yesterday invoking the help of the saints has always been one of our favorite occupations, from today it will be possible to chat with them, for now only in Italian. For, in addition to praying to our beloved martyrs, one will be able to directly question them about the meaning of life. What is called a direct line to our most beloved sain...

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Members of the Downriver Italian American Club are anxiously awaiting the return of their annual St. Joseph’s Festival and they’re inviting the public to join them. The event kicks off at 2 p.m. March 12 at the Wyandotte Copeland Center, 2306 Fourth St. The admission fee is $15 and can be paid at the door. All donated funds will be matched by the D...

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Retired Denver police officer Mike Rossi is making the leap to restaurant entrepreneurship, but he’ll be armed with a seasoned staff and site. In mid-April, Rossi’s Italian Eatery will open with a name change and not much different from its former incarnation as Mama Sannino’s at 5800 W. 38th Ave. in Wheat Ridge. “When I left the police department...

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Medicine in Rome was at once incredibly different and incredibly close to what it is today. Different, of course, because of what 2,000 years of discoveries and research gave us; but similar, because some of our ancestors’ intuitions – which they, to be fair, largely inherited from the Greeks and the Egyptians – are the same upon which modern medic...

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Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has been named the Kia NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for February 2023. It is the third straight time that he has earned the league’s monthly honor. Banchero joins Shaquille O’Neal as the only players in franchise history to be named the league’s Rookie of the Month in three consecutive months. O’...

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