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by Felice Rotondaro   Cari amici, beginning Monday March 9th, 2015, local realtor and all-around character David Madrid will be hosting a new radio show called "Northwest Italian Radio Show." The show will air every Monday from 3-4 on KKNW 1150-AM.   Each week, David will share stories, music, and information about the Italian America...

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by Stefano Brusadelli   Instead of an abbey, or a princely mansion, we're in a former slaughterhouse. Nevertheless, the model is always the same --Renaissance and Baroque Wunderkammer where treasures and bizarre objects are displayed, testifying to ingenuity and extravagance (and sometimes horror), and apt to arouse curiosity and wonder; two...

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When local singer Frank Manzi met Roberto Esposito at a music fest in Italy last summer, the piano virtuoso had never been to America. "He had been accepted to Berklee in 2009 but didn't have the money to go," Manzi said. "He told me he always wanted to come so I invited him to come and stay with me."   Not only did Manzi open up his ho...

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by Lou Carlozo   DiPieroYou've got answers? Frank DiPiero has questions: lots of them. An affable and curious guy by nature, DiPiero has turned pride in his Italian-American identity into a shared Internet radio experience with a light-hearted name: "Keepin' It Real with Frankie D."   For him, it marks another step in his effort to pr...

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It's 8:59 am on a dank, drizzly Sunday morning. The spritely painted KBOO building in southeast Portland brightens up the gray day.   Inside, the cramped studio is abuzz with activity: microphones are checked; earphones are clamped upon unsuspecting heads; CDs are loaded; buttons are punched; sliders are slid. And fingers are crossed.9:00 am...

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Italia & Mondo. Un servizio pensato per l'ondata di giovani talenti, intellettuali e professionisti di vari settori, in fuga dallo stivale, che stanno trovando nuove opportunità e maggiori riconoscimenti negli Stati Uniti. Grazie al web sarà possibile sintonizzarsi in tutto il mondo.    Basterà, infatti, collegarsi su www.radio...

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In this episode we talk with Pat Harrison on the Italian-American values she received from her family, the unique leadership of Italian-American women, and Italian-American stereotypes. The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison is the president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the leading funder of public...

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La Federazione delle Associazioni Italoamericane del New Jersey (Federation of Italian-American Societies) ha tenuto il suo 83mo gala sabato 23 aprile presso l'Hanover Monor di East Hanover. Alla manifestazione, diretta dal presidente Pasquale Meola con la collaborazione dei dirigenti Edie Peters Liguori e Michael Grillo, hanno partecipato olt...

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Proseguono su Community, il programma trasmesso da Rai Italia nel mondo, i ritratti dei "grandi" italiani che hanno lasciato un segno nella storia. Non poteva quindi mancare Mario Fratti, il drammaturgo aquilano che dal 1963 vive a New York, definito il "Pirandello americano".   Mario Fratti, di recente venuto in Italia per ritirare l'ennesi...

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A general maxim emerges when chatting with Joe Piscopo about the curvatures and swivels of his life. "I totally dig the journey," said Piscopo. "Totally dig the journey." And what a ride it has been for the famous New Jersey native, age 63. From satirist to commercial kingpin to, most recently, radio talk show host, Piscopo has cracked the code o...

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