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This January 22nd, 24th and 29th, put on your dancing shoes and join Ornella Luorio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fun and lively evening of southern Italian folk music and dancing.   Learn the dances of Campania, Calabria and Puglia, and become a great dancer of tammurriate, pizziche and tarantelle.   Read more &...

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THU, OCT 22, 2015 AT 5:30 PM. Center for European Studies - Harvard University, Cambridge, MAOn the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Italy, by the Resistance and the Allies, in this year's Salvemini lecture Professor Portelli will discuss the complex relationship many partisans had with the inevitable use of violence in th...

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Learn to dance tammurriate, pizzicas and tarantellas! Music by Fabio Pirozzolo – Percussion & VocalistRoberto Cassan – Accordion When: Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139    General admission – $15 Tickets can be purc...

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by Liz Bomze I remember thinking that Cantabrigians had gotten a great Christmas present when Giulia opened last December. The stylish yet low-key Porter Square space came with the promise of Michael Pagliarini, former executive chef at Back Bay's higher-falutin Italian dining room Via Matta, his Umbrian roots, and his considerable pasta-making sk...

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Sunday, January 18 | 3:00pm| Sanders Theatre at Harvard University | 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge "The performance of a full opera by a youth orchestra is an absolutely remarkable and rare accomplishment of which I am very proud. Opera is a fantastic tool for the musical and personal growth of our students because of the rich and intricate musical...

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The Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT presents The Cherry Street Singers in: "Scherzi Musicali". Madrigals and songs by Claudio Monteverdi - Saturday, November 14th at 8pm in the MIT Chapel (48 Mass. Ave, Cambridge)   This group of madrigal enthusiasts is excited to present a passionate rendition of 1 to 6 part madrigals...

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In the wake of the celebrations of the beginning of cinema's second century and a new millennium, the Harvard Film Archive presents a synoptic look at Italian filmmaking over the last decade as part of 2013, Year of Italian Culture in the United States. The eleven films in this program reveal an important national cinema that continues to renew it...

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By Eric Moskowitz   The suit John Kerry wore to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the one he donned to walk his daughter down the aisle, and the blazer he grabs before every flight as secretary of state all came from the same place: not Brooks Brothers or Brioni but a little tailor shop above a grocer in Harvard Square.  ...

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When: February 20, 2015Where: Scullers Jazz Club – Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston – Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Allston, MA Hammond B3 player Joey DeFrancesco was a child prodigy and was one of the two youngest musicians to work with Miles Davis. Today, he is one of the most in-demand B3 players carrying on the great tradition of...

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Rialto closed last month after more than two decades at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge's Harvard Square, and today the hotel announced what would take its place: Benedetto, an Italian restaurant from Michael Pagliarini, chef/owner of Giulia (which will remain open).   Giulia opened in late 2012 between Cambridge's Porter and Harvard squares,...

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