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The second annual San Diego International Fringe Festival launched on Thursday, July 3. Boasting more than 75 shows, 200 artists and close to 400 performances in various downtown locations, continues the inaugural festival's tradition of bringing "the beautiful, the bizarre and the unexpected to America's Finest City."   The award-winning fe...

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Italian Heritage Month means, first of all, a period of continuous celebrations. This is a special moment when all Italian Americans feel particularly proud to show their heritage and traditions, a moment when we stay together, united not just by the same flags, but also by the same passion.   The month of October gives us the opportunity to...

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This year's New Italian Cinema offers several distinct elements in the competition section, including the first-ever animated feature, an Italian production entirely in Arabic and a suspense-oriented film in the giallo tradition, among other extremely impressive first or second features.   Opening Night features a very special evening with E...

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During the Hollyshorts monthly screening at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theater on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a lot of great shorts were shown. The one that stood out for it's own original content was "Free Refill." A movie about the cultural diversities between Sebastiano (Alessandro Nori), an Italian student, that shares an apartment with Josh (...

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Historian and author Marianna Gatto, executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will be the featured speaker at the Architecture and Beyond Lecture Series Thurs., March 14th, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., at the Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hillhurst Ave.   Gatto will speak on "Chasing Ghosts: Los Angeles (Hidden) Italian Ro...

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While New York's Little Italy is in serious decline, San Diego's Little Italy is a thriving community. Walk down Little Italy's main drag and you see coffee-sipping window shoppers brush past old Italian men relaxing in the spotless piazza. New businesses keep popping up and the restaurants are always packed.   But it wasn't always that way...

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Little Italy San Jose is a 501c3 organization that is revitilizing San Jose's original Italian settlement dating back to the 1880's.   We have successfully raised funds and In Kind contributions to install a 31 foot Arch to anchor our developing Italian cultural district http://www.littleitalysj.com/archway.html This signature Arch for the L...

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Thousands of miles apart, the city of San Juan Capistrano in southern Orange Country, California, and the small town of Capestrano in the Abruzzi region, Italy, became "Sister Cities" in the year 2000.   This international, non-profit Sister Cities network was created with the aim of strengthening relationships between communities in the U.S...

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During the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood, Jackie Cooper was nicknamed America’s Boy. He was one-half Italian. The father he never met was Jewish and his loving and gentle mother was Italian. When she wasn’t selling piano sheet music she was ailing, and his hefty and intimidating nonna, Marie Babbino, who he had no fond memories of, was in charge....

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A festival showcasing Italy's best – that's what founders of the Nevada County Italian Festival sought when they started back in 2010. This weekend, the festa brings a rich helping of Italian music, food, wine, crafts and sport to this family event from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Sunday at Western Gateway Park in Penn Valley.   Pop sin...

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