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di Anna Cugini Nessun posto sarebbe stato più appropriato ad ospitare la presentazione del libro di Umberto Mucci, We the Italians, Two Flags One Heart: One Hundred Interviews, dell'Italian American Museum. In una Little Italy che ormai è solo un lontano ricordo di ciò che l'Italia e la sua comunità rappresentano veramente oggi negli Stati Uniti e...

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La religione cattolica è storicamente e culturalmente alla base del senso di omogeneità che pervade la comunità italoamericana. Quando i nostri connazionali attraversarono – spesso tragicamente - l'oceano per un futuro incerto ed estremamente duro, presto trovarono nella celebrazione della loro fede e dei santi patroni delle comunità dalle quali pr...

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A few years ago a wonderful documentary, "Bitter bread" (Pane Amaro) described the story of the Italian emigration to the east coast. It was a milestone in this field, and now the two authors and producers, Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, are back with another marvelous documentary, this time about the Italian emigration to the west coast: "Fin...

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One of the most popular and enduring shops in the Bronx's Little Italy is a third-generation family business run by a Jewish immigrant family — not from Italy, but from Austria. Teitel Brothers Imports, opened in 1915, does not sell kosher goods, but rather all kinds of Italian items from salami and balsamic vinegar to olive oil. Why didn't the ow...

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The Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) will present a gala benefit concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's grand opera "AIDA" on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Church of the Most Precious Blood, 109 Mulberry Street at Canal Street in Little Italy.   The semi-staged performance will be sung in Italian, and stars Cher...

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By Cindy Gonzalez    The interior remodel of the 125-year-old Santa Lucia Hall that we reported on in March now is complete. On Wednesday, members got together in the spiffed-up digs – which now displays treasured Little Italy photographs and artifacts – to prepare traditional Italian peppers for the 91st annual Santa Lucia Festival. T...

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The Feast of the Assumption will take place August 15th-18th in Little Italy. This will mark the 115th year of celebrating the feast on the historic streets.   The feast is a Catholic Holy Day that celebrates The Virgin Mary going to Heaven. A service is celebrated At Holy Rosary Church at 10:00 a.m. after a statue of Mary is taken in proces...

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by Robert Gallo   Established in 1996, The Little Italy Association (LIA) was formed to expedite the revitalization and beautification of one of the oldest, and most remarkable neighborhoods of downtown San Diego, Little Italy. Residents, businesses and property owners all work harmoniously with LIA.   This district management corpora...

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On Thursday, March 26th, WILDFOX Creative Director Kimberley Gordon presented the label's Fall 2015 collection, La Dolce Vita, inspired by the idea of escaping winter for a vacation along Italy's Amalfi coast.   The brand transformed the garden dining room of Il Cortile restaurant, located in New York City's Little Italy, into a set where 22...

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Chinatown hasn't always centered around the neon-filled Central Plaza; the enclave was originally settled at what's now Union Station. So what used to occupy current-day Chinatown before the train station was built? LA's mostly forgotten Little Italy.   One museum is making sure that Angelenos don't forget about the Downtown neighborhood's I...

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