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Magazzino, a new home for Italian postwar and contemporary art in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City, will open to the public on June 28, with an exhibition dedicated to the influence and legacy of Margherita Stein, a late Italian dealer associated with artists active in Arte Povera circles and beyond. Formally designated Magazzino for I...

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Louise Fili is a graphic designer and lettering artist based in New York City. As the principal of Louise Fili Ltd., she has focused her work on brand development for food packaging and restaurants since she founded her studio in 1989. A protégé of Herb Lubalin and former carte blanche art director at Pantheon Books, her letterforms and work have b...

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New York and Los Angeles join over 100 other cities around the world in celebrating Italian Design Day, Thursday, March 2. Initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Design Day...

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It’s noon in Florence, and you find a spot on the steps of the Duomo. After a bitterly cold winter, you feel your skin gladly soak up the sun shining down on you. You watch passersby marvel at Brunelleschi’s masterpiece. It’s lunchtime and you’re starved. As you bite into the salt-less bread of your panino you feel the flavors of the fresh savory m...

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Since the closing of the Extraordinary Year of Mercy and the shortening of church hours (doors now close at 6pm), my visits to the Shrine Church of Most Precious Blood in NYC’s historic Little Italy has been considerably reduced. So when I had the opportunity to attend the church’s monthly “Music & Voices” concert series Thursday evening, I jumped...

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The National Italian American Foundation will hosts it's yearly New York Gala, honoring New York State Superintendent of DFS, Maria T. Vullo; Chairman, Jackson Lewis P.C., Vincent A. Cino, Cooking with Nonna host, Rossella Rago and others at Cipriani, 42nd Street, March 22, 2017. This distinguished annual event highlights the very best in Italian f...

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Thursday, March 16, 2017, 6pm: Flavor and Soul: Italian America at Its African American Edge. John Gennari, University of Vermont. Location: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036 In the United States, African American and Italian American cultures have been intertwined for more than a h...

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March 3 (Friday)   6:30 - 8:30 pm. Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street, Manhattan. Artiste Italiane - Women Artists of Italian Heritage Opening Reception In honor of Women's History Month, thirteen women artists of Italian heritage will be presented. These women are all accomplished artists having exhibited in galleries and museums both n...

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On the occasion of the 150th birth of Luigi Pirandello, master of the dramatic arts, whose philosophical writings are enacted on the stage and screen worldwide, the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc. chooses its 2017 theme, Celebrating Italian Americans: Cinema and Theatre; Saluting Italian American Actors and Directors. Begin...

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The Fulbright Program, awarding merit-based grants for international educational exchange to and from the US, became effective in 1946, thanks to United Nations’ advocate, James William Fulbright. The latter, had been recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship - an international postgraduate award to study at the University of Oxford, UK – before being el...

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