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By Sam Tanenhaus   The dubiously accused almost always disappoint, once their full stories are told. It is the crime that magnetizes our attention. Remove the stain of guilt, or at least of strong complicity, and what's left? One more casualty, and casualties don't command interest. They spread unease. And so it is with Amanda Knox — the Sea...

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Most Italian immigrants crowded into cities on the eastern seaboard. Only a small fraction made it to Washington, which in 1910 had less than one per cent of the Italians living in America. Most of them were men who had first lived in the east or who had worked their way west building the railroads. Few came directly from Italy to Seattle.  ...

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by John A. Fratta Is it me or is there something wrong? For me it all began on Sept. 19, but I know it has been going on for many years. On Sept. 19 and 20, the New York Daily News ran an attack piece on the Feast of San Gennaro. The article made it look as if there was something going on with the feast's funds, but, of course, it was not true. &...

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Visitare un museo da casa, utilizzando il pc o uno smartphone è possibile grazie a un italiano, Paolo Tosolini. Laureato in Scienze Politiche a Trieste, ha seguito la passione per l'informatica in America, ha lavorato per Microsoft e ora ha un'agenzia che punta sul mondo digitale e in particolare sulla realtà virtuale. Così, ad esempio, è nat...

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ISSNAF Seattle Chapter is pleased to announce the 2013 Summer Meeting, that will take place in the Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Auditorium (300 9th Ave, 98104, Seattle) on Thursday August 29th 2013. The first speaker, the celebrated Italian writer Sergio Campailla will introduce his latest book "Divorati dal Dragone" (Bompiani), a thriller that...

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The great American Italian restaurant has changed in style probably more than any other genre of restaurant over the past several decades.   Even as recently as 50 years ago, the term "Italian restaurant" conjured images of red and white checkered tablecloths, carafes of middling chianti, and a red sauce-heavy menu with classics like chicken...

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ISSNAF Seattle Chapter is pleased to announce the 2013 Fall Meeting, that will take place at the Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue, WA 98004) on Wednesday, Dec. 11th 2013. Also this time, thanks to the generosity of the BAM, attendees will have the chance o access for free the exhibit "A World of Paper, A World of Fashion: Isabelle...

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Fabio is coming to town. No, not that Fabio. It's Chef Fabio Viviani made famous from his appearances on Top Chef and a host of other television appearances. And by his lovely Italian accent which opens hearts, minds and mouths to delicious food.   He'll be appearing at the University District Book Store on Monday, December 8th at 2pm to sig...

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I first called Italian Family Pizza a few years ago, when they were downtown on First Avenue. "Do you guys deliver to Pioneer Square?" "Nah," came a woman's voice, audibly steeped in Philly cheesesteaks and padded by the cacophonous hum of a busy pizzeria. "We only delivah tah the Hahhhhbaaah Steps."   Translation: "We only deliver...

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"Sono nato a Bukavu in Congo nel 1964", I was born in Bukavo, Congo in 1964. Pietro Borghesi starts to talk about his life with the charm of a novelist, the spirit of an Italian from Romagna and the deliberation of an international soul. Behind this man there is a three generations family history intertwined of colorful stories that span betw...

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