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By Melinda Johnson   Syracuse Opera opens its season with "Glory Denied," by composer Tom Cipullo. The contemporary opera is based on the book "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War," by Tom Philpott.   After being held in captivity in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973, Floyd "Jim" Thompson discovered...

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By Kristen Heinzinger   What's bringing designers Gigi Burris and Ryan Roche, the CFDA, and Italian artisans together? The designers have been tapped to experience Italian craftsmanship at its purest as part of The Fabric Program, a partnership between textile trade fair Milano Unica and the CFDA.   The initiative will give the two fi...

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Per la mostra eccezionale "Piero della Francesca in America" esposta per la prima volta alla Frick Collection lungo il Museum Mile di Fifth Avenue, nell'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti non poteva mancare l'occasione l'ideatore del programma culturale, il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata.Accompagnato dall'ambasciatore C...

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New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle today announced that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships to be awarded June 10th at their Annual Legislative Conference Day. Scholarship winners must be present to receive their awards.

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Our next stop on the Italian Dine Out2013 is Sirio Ristorante. Sirio Maccioni is one of the most respected and adored restauranteurs in the world. In 1972, Sirio Maccioni worked as a maitre d' at The Pierre hotel in New York City and forty years later, his namesake restaurant, Sirio, opens in the very same location. The story of Sirio is part of th...

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Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, is thrilled to announce that it raised over $157,000 at its Wine and Spirits Annual International Dinner on Thursday, September 12 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York. The funds will be used for BGTI's...

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È stata inaugurata ieri, presso il Metropolitan Pavilion e il Palazzo Altman, la manifestazione Première Vision New York, la più importante manifestazione dedicata ai tessuti ed accessori per l'industria dell'abbigliamento di alto livello in calendario negli Stati Uniti, nata con l'obiettivo di presentare in anticipo rispetto alle due principali fi...

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Arrivarono in California per cercare l'oro e lo trovarono, ma era l'oro della terra del Golden State dove gli italiani fecero fortuna come agricoltori, pescatori, viticultori. Un documentario racconta le loro storie e la loro identità culturale, ieri e oggi In questo documentario del 2013 Gianfranco Norelli e Suma Kurien raccontano degli immigrati...

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The Winter Garden Theatre is ready to rumble! Rocky, a new musical featuring music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone, is bringing the Eye of the Tiger to Broadway.   To celebrate the official opening night of Rocky, Broadway.com resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson sketched thi...

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Il Westchester Italian Cultural Center, in collaborazione con la United Pugliesi Federation, ha presentato sabato scorso, 5 aprile, Santi di Puglia/Apulian Saints, una collezione di immagini di feste patronali, sagre e suggestivi percorsi storici che rievocano ogni anno antiche consuetudini e tradizioni della Puglia. La mostra, corredata dalla pro...

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