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By Louise Carroll   Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish is celebrating 70 years of Catholic education in Ellwood City. An anniversary party Saturday at the Sons of Italy on Lawrence Avenue will offer the area's many alumni a chance to reminisce, share memorabilia and look ahead. There's much to reflect upon.   The roots of C...

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By Jennifer Sheehan   Standing patiently with their two young boys Saturday, Paul and Lori Stefano had a long wait ahead of them — about 500 people stood between them and the front of the line. But they didn't mind. "We are huge 'Cake Boss' fans," Lori Stefano said.   The Stefanos, of Trumbauersville, were among the more tha...

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Laura E. Ruberto presents the bilingual version of the memoir Such Is Life/Ma la vita e' fatta cosi' (Bordighera, 2010) by Leonilde Frieri Ruberto on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 6-8 PM at the Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh. The memoir is considered the first published in the United States written in Italian by a first-generation Italian American wo...

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President Barack Obama called him a "good guy from Pittsburgh" on Friday. We got to know him as a "good guy from Philadelphia," the day before. But the country of Italy usually just calls him the mayor of Rome.   A day before meeting with the president of the United States, Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino met with us, discussing how his life in...

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The Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia present NEW AUTHORS OF ITALIAN CINEMA 29 November - 2 December, 2012 he Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in col...

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di Silvia De Bernardin   Sette voli giornalieri per un totale di circa 2000 posti e una competitività che passa soprattutto dal network su America Latina e Caraibi. È questo il piano d'attacco sull'Italia per il 2015, l'anno dell'Expo di Milano, di American Airlines.   La compagnia americana prepara una nuova offensiva sulla Penisola...

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As part of Villanova University's "The Difference Italy Makes" conference series, Bottega Veneta chief executive officer Carlo Alberto Beretta led a lecture on "Tradition, Elegance and Craftsmanship: The Timeless Luxury Model of Bottega Veneta" before a packed room of students and academics. The conference, created in conjunction with the Consulate...

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By Sandra Fischione Donovan   Chef Matt Cavanaugh and his wife, Andrea, searched areas in Moon, Findlay and North Fayette for possible restaurant venues near their home in Crescent. But nothing seemed suitable, until he was urged to look at a Lawrenceville property.   "We fell in love with the brick," says Matt Cavanaugh of the Butler...

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By Karen Gardner If you're looking for quality Italian food, like what you would get at home if you lived in Italy, I highly recommend making a trip to Williamsport to visit Carmine's Creative Italian Cuisine. A meal at Carmine's is definitely love at first bite, especially if you live and breathe Italian food, like I do.   Give m...

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Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia received a tractor trailer load of over 5,000 pounds of pasta May 12 from Opera Wine Imports in conjunction with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia. The gift is in recognition of Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia this Sept. 26-27 and his call to serve the poor....

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