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Monday, September 22 Luzzi creates a personal portrait of Italy that leaps past clichés, delving into why Italian Americans have complicated relationships with the "old country" and how it is that Italy has produced astonishing and significant art while suffering from corruption, political fragmentation, and an enfeebled civil society.   Wi...

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The extraordinary and sometimes underestimated legacy of Frederick's reign between 1220 and 1250 is the subject of a lecture by Louis Hamilton. The era of Frederick's rule has justifiably been described as the "first Renaissance." However, whereas the later Italian Renaissance flourished primarily in the center and north of the peninsula, this firs...

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Triangle è il nome della fabbrica tessile che prese fuoco nel 1911 a New York causando la morte di 146 persone, la maggior parte emigrate italiane ed ebree. Sistemi di sicurezza inesistenti e porte chiuse a chiave, perché i padroni temevano che le operaie facessero pause troppo lunghe o commettessero furti, furono tra le condizioni che causarono un...

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Emirates will add a superjumbo service between Milan and New York JFK on June 1. The Gulf carrier will upgrade flights EK205/206 on its Dubai-Milan-New York route from a B777-300ER to an A380.   Currently, it operates the A380 between Dubai and Milan as flights EK091/092 (see news, October 7). The third service between those two destination...

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Dr. Silvia C. Formenti, an international expert in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer, has been appointed chair of the newly established Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and radiation oncologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective April 15.   Dr....

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by Mary Malloy   The Order Sons of Italy in America's Per Sempre Lodge 2344 in Lynbrook presented their choice for this year's winner of the lodge's annual merit college scholarship award at their June monthly meeting held on June 30.   The winner of the merit scholarship award was Justin Boniello, 17, a graduate of Holy Cross High Sc...

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Why Burri, and why now? This year marks the centenary of the birth of Alberto Burri (1915-1995), the Italian medic who began to produce unconventional masterpieces as a prisoner of war in America's Camp Howze.    According to gallery director Luigi Mazzoleni, who hosts Alberto Burri at his London gallery until 30 November, '[He] was one...

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Grande attesa a New York per la cerimonia e la gena di gala del Long Island Ambasciatore Awards 2016, che si terrà domenica 24 gennaio, dalle ore 12 alle ore 16, al Crest Hollow Country Club di Woodbury.   Ad organizzare l'evento l'Italian American Museum di Little Italy, fondato e presieduto da Joseph V. Scelsa. La cerimonia intende re...

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Actor Gianlorenzo Albertini caught the eye of director Paul Warner while studying at the acclaimed New York Film Academy. Warner, a teacher at the Academy and a resident artist at the famed Baryshnikov Arts Center was the director of a new multi-disciplinary dance theater-opera, Women: The War Within.   Warner brought Gianlorenzo Albertini...

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A unique book that details the Italian American immigration experience and the creation of Italian neighborhoods throughout the United States with special emphasis on the recipes and traditions. Includes 83 coveted family recipes of favorite dishes and desserts from some of the best Italian restaurants and specialty shops in America. The presentat...

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