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The alarm about an imminent new civil war in America has been ringing for a few years now, to the point of hypothesizing an imminent end of democracy in this country. But Maria Teresa Cometto and Glauco Maggi say in their new book “Qui non è Nuova York” (This is not New York) - published by Neri Pozza and in bookstores since October 22 - that what...

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Tuesday Octber 22 at 6PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation 8 East 69th Street, NYC. Very few people know that two important monuments in New York City were created in Rome by New Yorker Emma Stebbins, the 19th century designer of Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Foundation in Central Park and Christopher Columbus, the statue adjacent to the New York Sta...

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Friday, April 5 · 6:30 - 7:30pm EDT. I AM Books - 124 Salem Street Boston, MA. "In the heart of Central Park there is an angel. It is the Angel of the Waters statue, which appeared on the Bethesda Fountain on May 31, 1873. It has since earned a place among the city's icons-a deserved place for its classical beauty, although not everyone knows that...

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Tuesday January 16 2024, 6 PM. IIC-NY 686 Park Avenue, NY. Maria Teresa Cometto and Glauco Maggi in conversation with the director of IIC-NY Fabio Finotti. Maria Teresa Cometto and Glauco Maggi are Italian journalists and authors, wife and husband with a daughter and two grandchildren, in New York since 2000 and US citizens since 2018. What is “The...

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The Consul General of Italy in New York recently played host to a captivating event as part of the ongoing series “Meet the Italian Start-Ups in New York.” Moderated by the journalist Maria Teresa Cometto, the event featured two remarkable women: Cristina Maria Alberini, a distinguished neuroscientist and professor, and Elena Favilli, the visionary...

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My book Emma and the Angel of Central Park. The Story of a New York Icon and the Woman who Created It is the first biography ever of Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public art commission in New York City. Her iconic Bethesda Fountain with the Angel of the Waters will celebrate its 150 year anniversary on May 31st and my book comes out a...

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The Awards Ceremony of the 14th Amerigo Journalism Prize was held yesterday morning in Florence at the American Consulate General. In attendance were Consul General Ragini Gupta, host of the Ceremony, Florence Prefect Valerio Valenti and Florence City Councilor Elisabetta Meucci; for Amerigo, National President Andrea Gumina, Secretary General Mass...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022. From 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm. IIC New York - 686 Park Ave, New York, NY. Free Entrance. Book Now. Emma e l'Angelo di Central Park, that will be available in Italy and in eBook from September 30, it's the first biography ever of Emma Stebbins, the artist who created the Angel of the Waters, on top of the Bethesda Fountain in...

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Nella sede romana della Stampa Estera è stata presentata la ITALICA GLOBAL COMMUNITY, gli oltre 250 milioni di persone che nel mondo abbracciano e condividono i valori, gli stili di vita e i modelli dell’Italian way of life diffuso e apprezzato nei cinque continenti. L’obiettivo è di costruire un network di stabili relazioni con la grande e autorev...

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She was one of the first women in Italy to earn a living as a journalist and a writer, the first female columnist for the leading Italian daily Corriere della Sera, and the author of 45 books.  She called herself Marchesa Colombi, but she had no noble blood in her veins. Her real name was Maria Antonietta Torriani, and she was born poor in 1840. Sh...

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