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To accommodate as well as possible the numerous requests of new passports from Italian citizens residing in the Pittsburgh area, this Consulate General will be on a mission Saturday July 12 at the offices of the Pittsburgh Honorary Consul (Prof. Carla Lucente), Fisher Hall, 728, 600 Forbes Avenue.   On this occasion the appointed employee wi...

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When Vesalius started his life journey five hundred years ago, Leonardo Da Vinci's own journey into the human body was symbolically coming to an end. Denounced by a German collaborator for necromancy, he would eventually be barred by the Church from even entering the Ospedale di Santo Spirito under accusations of "heresy and cynical dissection of c...

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by Walter F. Naedele   Philip Buffone started playing Pop Warner football when he was 13. Rocco R. Bene was 14 and on the same South Philadelphia team. "He has been my best friend for 65 years," Buffone said from his home in The Villages, Fla., where Mr. Bene bought a house down the street four years ago.   They played for the fo...

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Ciao Pittsburgh's Personality Profile series on current and former Pittsburghers continues this month as we learn a little about Jerrold Vincent Anthony Rispoli, a local teacher, originally from Long Island, NY, who specializes in special education. Jerrold discussed what being Italian means to him and shares with us his Italian background as well...

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By Anne Neborak   Nicole D'Angelo of Springfield and Chef Mike Orfanelli of Drexel Hill love to cook. For owner, D'Angelo her dream has always been to open a restaurant. Orfanelli helped his grandmother and father cook as a young child. He went on to follow his dream earning a culinary degree from the Art Institute.   Both have Italia...

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The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the centennial of the birth of Italian poet Mario Luzi (1914-2005) with an international conference that will be held in Philadelphia, February 13-14, 2015. Plenary speakers include the poet's son, Gianni Luzi, in addition to Alain Elkann, Fabio Finotti, Massimo Gennari...

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The Department of French and Italian at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature and Culture at the Assistant Professor rank. Pending budgetary approval, the appointment will be effective fall 2016, with teaching duties beginning on September 1, 2016.   Appl...

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by Matt Assad   Sands Casino is bringing in another celebrity chef to freshen up its 6-year-old casino floor. Cake Boss Buddy Valastro — a legend in the Hoboken neighborhoods where Sands draws many of its customers — will be opening an Italian restaurant in the Bethlehem casino early next year.   It's all part of a "soft' makeove...

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The South 9th Street Italian Market – the oldest continuously operated outdoor market in the country – is celebrating its centennial this year with a series of foodie festivities to be held over the next few months. The market has been a staple of culture and community in the City of Brotherly Love since it began operation, and not much has changed...

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If you love art by the Wyeth family — N.C., his son Andrew and grandson Jamie — then a day in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is a must. Tour the places they lived, worked and were inspired, and enjoy three generations of their art at the Brandywine River Museum.   A day-long tour package includes a simple lunch of soup and half-sandwich in the m...

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