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The Italians in Monroe, Louisiana, are a small, tight-knit group of successful, family-oriented people who have established deep roots in the Delta while maintaining a connection to each other and to their home country, despite pressures to become mainstream Americans. Even though Italians were the largest immigrant population of turn of the 19th c...

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Cosimo Matassa, whose used-record business in New Orleans led him to sell new records, which led him to open a tiny studio that helped jump-start rock 'n' roll by recording early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, died on Thursday in New Orleans. He was 88.   His granddaughter Mia Matassa confirmed the death. Mr. Matassa w...

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The American Italian Cultural Center will be holding its 28th Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Jan. 19, 2013, in New Orleans. The banquet supports the AICC's mission to honor and celebrate contributions of Italian Americans in the sports, entertainment, medical and civic fields. At the Hilton New Orleans Ri...

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The American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) is rounding out the year with a concert series held in the Piazza d'Italia! Following the extremely popular "Opera in the Piazza" on June 2014 with more than 700 attendees, the AICC is continuing to celebrate the significant contribution of American Italian's on our music, food and culture.   The "...

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Prospect New Orleans was conceived in the tradition of the great international exhibitions, such as the Venice Biennale and the Bienal de São Paulo, to showcase new artistic practices from around the world.   This year Prospect.3 will present the work of almost 60 national and international artists of different generations working in all med...

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By Ian McNulty A local company that is expanding in the restaurant business now has two projects underway for properties with long histories in New Orleans dining. The Rizzuto Management Group is renovating the Bourbon Street address that once was home to Toney's Spaghetti House. It will become a new Creole-Italian restaurant called Creole Ca...

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"È per me motivo di orgoglio e profonda soddisfazione l'essere chiamata a rappresentare l'Italia in una regione tra le più dinamiche e vivaci degli Stati Uniti, nella quale il nostro Paese è riuscito a ricavare spazio e visibilità anche grazie alle attività di chi vive e lavora in questi Stati onorando il nome dell'Italia".   Così Elena Sgar...

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La Divina Italian Café opens for business on Friday, Nov. 8 at 3535 Perkins Road Suite 360 in the new Acadian Village Shopping Center. Cafe hours are 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Sunday. La Divina is committed to producing delicious, artisanal Italian food, gelati and sorbetti in a sustainable business envir...

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Independence, "Little Italy" of Louisiana was created as a result of the New Orleans to Jackson route of the Great Northern Railroad in the 1880's. Sicilian Italian families searching for a place to settle in the 1880's were attracted by the thriving strawberry industry of the area.   Independence slowly became a predominately Sicilian Itali...

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Oak Oven is equal parts fancy and funky. At the Italian restaurant, wine gets proper stemware but water comes in a Mason jar. The waiters wear black, but the menu has a kids section. In the early evening, the number of families equals the number of couples out for a date night.   The address, on Jefferson Highway in Harahan, might seem an u...

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