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Il premio biennale, ideato dalla Filef e promosso dalla Regione Umbria in collaborazione con l'Isuc, è giunto alla nona edizione. Nei circa 20 anni di vita è diventato una sorta di "osservatorio in diretta" dell'evoluzione dell'emigrazione e dell'immigrazione.   In questi anni ha raccolto centinaia di testimonianze, nelle sezioni Narrativa e...

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by Chiara Beghelli   In the windows of Brivio's jewelry boutique, creations inspired by the jewels portrayed in the paintings of Palma il Vecchio (the Elder) twinkle, while the perfumery Tymiama has recreated some of the fragrances in vogue at the time of the artist, between the 1400s and 1500s. These are only two brands among the long list...

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by Ella Ide   Even as city living booms around the world, the Slow City movement directed by an intrepid Italian is gaining a global following with a back to basics campaign to make small towns the new place to be.   From his hometown of Orvieto -- a hilltop medieval gem surrounded by castles and vineyards in central Umbria -- Pier Gi...

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WTI Magazine #5    2013 Nov, 15Author : Regional Museum of Emigration Pietro Conti      Translation by:   The Video Competition Memorie Migranti (Migrant Memories) arrives this year at its tenth edition. The competition was created to recover the historical memory of italian emigration in the world and foster resea...

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Il noto giornalista della CNN Wolf Blitzer è il vincitore del Premio Urbino 2013, assegnato ogni anno a un giornalista americano distintosi per la sua capacità di raccontare il mondo che cambia. L'annuncio ufficiale verrà dato dall'Ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti, Claudio Bisogniero, nel corso di una cerimonia che si svolgerà il 18 aprile p...

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  WTI Magazine #60    2015 May, 15Author : IACE      Translation by:   For the last three consecutive years the Italian American Committee on Education Summer Program has enjoyed a residency in the medieval town of Narni, province of Terni, in southern Umbria. Through close collaboration with the Narni Arts Academy and its Artistic Director, pia...

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The University for Foreigners in Perugia together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in Washington offers 50 scholarships to attend Italian language and culture courses or teacher training courses at the University for Foreigners of Perugia. The University for Foreigners in Perugia is the oldest and most prestigious Italia...

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by Chiara Baroncelli   Have you ever slept into an igloo or at the top of a lighthouse surrounded by mountains or sea? And what about spending a night inside a mill or on the top of a tree? Such places do actually exist in Italy. Hard to believe?   From Trulli in Puglia to a new age monastery in Umbria passing by an ancient and rich i...

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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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  WTI Magazine #49    2014 December, 10Author : Karen Lauria Saillant      Translation by:   "Tutti gli uomini sono per natura egualmente liberi e indipendenti." With light streaming through the majestic Palladio window of Independence Hall, Thomas Jefferson turned these words of his Italian friend, Philip Mazzei, into the heart of The Declarati...

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