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The Italian Club — specifically, the opulent, 22,000-square-foot brick clubhouse it is known for at 1731 E. Seventh Ave. — turned 100 in September. But with an opera to host that month and a wine festival in October, members of the thriving social club didn’t get around to celebrating until Saturday, with a with a gala that drew 300 people. A Mass...

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John Romani figured there would be a lot of attention. He gets the appeal: He’s Italian, the son of a cop, a Philly native. “Mayor Rizzo was talked about on a daily, weekly basis in my house,” said the certified appraiser. Along with his mother, Romani has run Sales by Helen, a firm specializing in high-end estate sales, for 30 years. But they’ve n...

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Truffle fairs and truffle hunting tours have attracted some 120,000 visitors to Italy this year so far. Truffle hunting season is in full swing in Italy, and famous fairs and festivals dedicated to the unique flavour of the tartufo bianco, or white truffle, are held everywhere from Piedmont to Tuscany this month. Across Italy there are some 115 reg...

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Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 Parsippany, purchased and delivered 16 fully cooked turkey dinners from ShopRite to families in need residing in Parsippany. One of the stops on the route was Parsippany Child Day Care Center. They also purchased over $1,000 in gift cards from ShopRite to distribute to needy families. For more information on Sons of Italy L...

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The United States and Italy strengthened their ongoing commitment to the bilateral relationship during the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Italy Strategic Dialogue, November 19-20, 2018. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte launched the dialogue at the White House on July 30 to focus on improving security and stabilization efforts...

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Saturday, December 8, 2018, 2-8 PM and Sunday, December 9, 2018, 2-8 PM. Stony Brook University, Wang Center Lecture Hall 1, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794. The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University in collaboration with the Associazione Culturale ArtMedia (Rome, Italy) will present "Italy on Screen Today/ EDIZIONE III " to...

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Il primo container di olio Evo italiano garantito dalla blockckain salperà a inizio di dicembre con destinazione Stati Uniti. Questa è la fine della prima puntata di una bella storia di made in Italy che sa valorizzarsi con la tecnologia e che avrà un seguito. Un progetto italiano pensato, avviato e concluso a tempi record per tutelare l’olio extra...

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The 7 December NBA meeting of the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors, set to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, will be a night unlike any other. It’s going to be a Juventus Night! And it will be the first time that an italian football team collaborates with an NBA team during an NBA match and in an arena like the Barclays Center. Th...

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"Cappuccino with aubergines? C’mon madame, don’t do that... More touch! ". An expression, the latter one, which in Italian means "bad dead people" but that pronounced in English sounds like the Roman dialect expression “Mortacc’”, a sort of mix between a curse and a exclamation of amazement. Can we still laugh at stereotypes about Italians in the U...

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Downtown Berkeley gelato shop Almare is turning 10 this year. Almare prides itself on being a real-deal Italian gelateria; it was opened by Treviso native Alberto Malvestio, who learned how to make the Italian-style ice cream from his great uncle Dino. Four years later, Simone Arpaio, who hails from Turin, joined the business as co-owner. Almare ma...

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Dan Peterson, a short, white-haired, 82-year-old man who looked perfectly Italian in a puffy vest over a sharp gray suit, took his courtside seat before a recent Olimpia Milano basketball game. “Buonasera, coach!” his fans said. They wanted handshakes. They wanted selfies. They wanted to say they had met Dan Peterson. Peterson is one of the most ov...

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FamilySearch International announced free access to over 150 million Italian historical genealogical records—the largest online collection of its kind. The unprecedented initiative is the result of collaboration between FamilySearch, the Italian government, the Italian State Archives (Direzione Generale per gli Archivi or DGA), and many other archi...

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