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Dear friends, I am posting this to inform you about an event promoted by We the Italians together with Fondazione Migrantes (a pastoral organization of the Italian Episcopal Conference which since 2006, has been publishing the annual Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo) and ACLI (the most important social promotion association in Italy, which also has an o...

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Nonna Dora’s, a handmade pasta restaurant out of Kips Bay, has taken a 10-year lease at the former Tribeca’s Kitchen/Marathi space at 200 Church at Duane. Thanks to K. for sending the announcement in Traded. The restaurant opened in 2022, a showcase for the homemade pasta of Addolorata Marzovilla, known as Dora. Now about 87, Dora immigrated here i...

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Saturday, March 15 · 3 - 5pm EDT. Italian American Museum, 151 Mulberry Street New York, NY. Step into the world of Little Italy in 1919 when the Manteo family brought their Sicilian puppet theater to Mulberry Street from across the world. This form of entertainment proved to be the most popular for Italians in America in the late 19th and early 20...

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A Serie A executive has opened up on ambitious plans to become the first major European league to host regular season games in the US - within three years. Speaking from Serie A's office in New York, Michele Ciccarese, the league's commercial and marketing director, outlined the organization's desire to be a 'trendsetter' by becoming the first Euro...

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Italian menswear brand Boggi Milano has opened its first store in the United States, with two additional retail locations in the pipeline. The first store, located at 115 Mercer Street in SoHo, Manhattan, spans 1,900 square feet and officially opened its doors to the public earlier this month. Marking the start of Boggi Milano’s expansion across th...

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In the Spring of 2024, I implemented an exciting collaborative Global Online Learning Exchange (GOLE) project with my faculty partner, Professor Paul Prostitis of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Milan, Italy. The purpose of this collaboration between St. John’s and UCSC students was to strengthen students’ intercultural competenc...

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It's no surprise that, in most countries, traditional national cuisine is the most popular, according to a 2024 report by Statista. But Italian food isn't just top-rated in Italy—it ranks as the second-most popular cuisine in Germany and France and takes the bronze spot in the U.K., Mexico, and India as well. Of course, it's also among Americans' f...

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It is every researcher’s dream to discover historical material, untouched by others, just waiting to be shown the light of day. Heirlooms hidden in basements, pictures in old dust-covered photo albums, and letters stuffed in books can all lead to discoveries of great personal and academic importance. Jo Ann Cavallo, Professor of Italian at Columbia...

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Finding your favorite Italian restaurant in a city like New York is an extraordinary act—and once you have one, you must never let it go. Hold it tightly like the lapels of a wool coat when the wind whips down Sixth Avenue. Learn the names of the owners, the managers and the waitstaff. Greet them ebulliently, and if you can, in Italian. Try every d...

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John Cabot University (JCU), the leading American University in Italy, will honor Nicola Bulgari, world renowned philanthropist and entrepreneur during its Annual New York Gala on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Manhattan. More than 300 guests from the worlds of business, fashion, hospitality and diplomacy will attend.  Mr. Bulgari will receive the Frank...

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