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by Rebecca Godwin   When given the choice between watching an opera and a sitcom, most people would choose the sitcom. But according to Associate Professor and Opera Director in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Robert Swedberg, the upcoming production of "The Barber of Seville" by Gioacchino Rossini and Cesare Sterbini, which Swedbe...

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di Lara Gusatto e Natascia Gargano   Il nuovo MasterChef Usa è Luca Manfè, 31 anni, friulano. Manager di ristoranti a New York, è l'unico italiano ad avere mai partecipato alla trasmissione e, oggi, il primo ad averla vinta. Nella stagione precedente, Manfè aveva superato le selezioni ma era stato subito eliminato. "Torna il prossimo anno",...

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Join host Kathy McCabe to celebrate the premiere of the PBS travel series Dream of Italy at a cocktail party at Via Umbria in Washington, DC on Saturday, May 30th at 5 p.m. Via Umbria owners Suzy and Bill Menard are rolling out the red carpet in their Georgetown store/event space for a celebration of the television show and all things Italian...

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When James Gandolfini died of a heart attack in June 2013, the news came as a particularly jolting shock, in part because the actor was only 51.   But the loss also felt like a gut punch because in so much of his work, including his signature role as suburban mafioso Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos," Gandolfini exuded an air of indestructibili...

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di Liliana Rosano   Ha abbandonato grigi tailleurs da alta finanza per il più simpatico toque blanche, il celebre cappello da chef. Computer e calcolatrici in cambio di coltelli e padelle. Dopo anni al lavoro come account in società finanziarie, Barbara Seelig Brown, americana di origine italiana, decide che dalla cucina inizierà la sua...

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Houston's own Chef Andrew "Drew" Rogers, pastry chef and owner of Drew's Pastry Place in Northwest Houston, goes head-to-head with "Cake Boss" reality TV star Buddy Valastro on the new TLC show, "Bakery Boss," (Mondays, 9 p.m. C.S.T.) set to air January 20, 2014 (date subject to change).   On the "Bakery Boss" series, Buddy's mission is to h...

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Uvet has reached the US market. The tourism’s pole distribution channel, leader in Italy with a turnover of 2.2 billion euro, is extending its sales channels and tools to supply Expo tickets and tourist packages. The Group, led by Luca Patanè, has now uploaded the new website of Uvet USA www.uvetusa.com, its American Company based in Chicago, to di...

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Cinema and Media Studies and the Department of Italian Studies welcomes Milly Buonanno, Professor of Television Studies, Department of Communication and Social Research at La Sapienza University of Rome. This lecture examines the shifting relationship between Italian and American broadcasting, focusing on television drama.   American televis...

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Roberto Croci is one of us. He's one of many Italians who choose America and the American dream to live their passion, follow their heart, and fulfill their own dream.   Without the proverbial cardboard suitcase fastened with cord – as somebody still pictures us -, we accepted to take a leap of faith, even if it means to abandon our native c...

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by Tim Leininger The banquet hall in Figaro's Restaurant was packed tighter than an Italian sausage Thursday night as 140 people attended a riotous roast targeting actor Vincent Pastore that was hosted by singer Deana Martin. Pastore, 70, who's known as Vinny to his friends, was running discos and owned a rock 'n' roll bar in New Rochelle, Ne...

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