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Giuseppe "Joe" Desimone was a bear of a man, 6 foot 2 inches tall, 300 pounds. He arrived in America in 1897 from Naples at the age of 18 with 50 cents in his pocket. He worked first as a swine farmer in Rhode Island, then made the journey west to Seattle.   At this point, his life might have taken the usual path for an Italian immigrant, fi...

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by Ken Robinson   If you have ever fancied yourself as an author--"You should write a book!-"-then this story might make you a little jealous.   Lee and Bob Casazza are a West Seattle couple who have just published Big Mamma's Italian-American Cookbook, a two-year project that began when they married in 1967. Big Mamma isn't Lee Casaz...

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by Nina barleigh   The scene in Perugia played out like a colorized version of that harrowing mob scene in Frankenstein—outraged villagers storming the castle to slay the monster who has been terrorizing them. But this bogeyman was a pretty American exchange student sometimes known as Foxy Knoxy, and the villagers were modern-day Italians wh...

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by Sara Billups   Southern Italian eatery Tinello has a new name. After receiving a cease and desist order from a restaurant named Il Tinello in New York, the ten-month-old spot is now called Radici. That's the Italian word for "roots." As Eater reported earlier this year, owner Rudy LaValle turned to Kickstarter to help pay for the Pioneer...

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by Naomi O'Leary   Amanda Knox, the American student who became tabloid fodder, will not be in court on Thursday to hear Italian judges give their verdict in her retrial for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher when the two were roommates studying abroad in 2007.   Knox, who is living in Seattle, is standing trial alongside her Itali...

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By Rita Cipalla Since 1963, Lamborghini automobiles have topped the list when it comes to ultralight, ultrafast, ultracool sports cars. In 2007, to conduct research in carbon fiber materials, the luxury car company opened an innovative lab on the campus of the University of Washington, drawn to Seattle for its proximity to aviation power house Boe...

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Ciao Pittsburgh continues its series on profiling Italian-Americans across the country. This week, we are featuring Duvall, WA, resident, Marcella Nardi, who teaches basic English to other Italians, Italian to local people as well as computer technology and arts and crafts.   She was born close to Venice and lived in Milan until June 2008, w...

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Premier Exhibitions, Inc. PRXI +0.68% , a leading presenter of museum quality touring exhibitions, announced today that it has added an eighth concept to its touring exhibition portfolio. In partnership with the Italian Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Naples and Pompeii (SANP), Premier Exhibitions, Inc. has developed a new exhibition...

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The OSA FC, formerly the Tacoma FC, see link below, has announced they will provide an inflatable soccer court in Tino's Cortile, the kids courtyard at the Italian Festival at Seattle Center, and conduct soccer clinics for children of all ages!   On hand to teach will be the almost all-Italian coaches and team members from both the men's squ...

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On August 4, the "Italians are coming" to Emerald Downs to celebrate and honor Italian heritage and traditions while enjoying a day at the races.   Some of the activities are bocce ball and a spaghetti eating contest. We will have a grape stomp for kids and our free children activities in our park include pony rides, face painters and bounce hous...

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