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L’ITALIA ED IO (ITALY & ME)
L’ITALIA ED IO (Italy & Me) By Mary Lipidus L’ITALIA ED IO (Italy and Me) Hello and ciao. I suppose that the first thing to do in this is to simply introduce myself. My name is Mary Lapidus, and I grew up in the small town of Simi Valley, California. Despite where my person has been however, I think that my mind and heart have always been just beyond the horizon. I believe that the first time I truly aspired to, and got over my (believe it or not) fear of learning a language, was when I was first introduced to the...
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SAN GENNARO FEAST SAN DIEGO!!! Location: Qualcom Stadium 9449 Friars Rd. San Diego, CA 92108 Dates and Hours San Gennaro Feast, May 30 – June 02, 2013 Thursday May 30 – 4pm to 11pm Friday May 31 – 4pm to Midnight Saturday June 01 – 11am to Midnight Sunday June 02 – 11am to 11pm HISTORY OF SAN GENNARO Who is San Gennaro? San Gennaro never made headlines during his lifetime. Very little is known about him except that he was bishop of Benevento, Italy, and died a martyr in 305 A.D., during the persecution...
read moreItalian Films, Newport Beach Film Festival!
14th ANNUAL NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING OF ITALIAN CINEMA Festival Will Spotlight the Regional Premiere of Immature – The Trip Followed by Celebration of Italian Culture, Fashion and Music at Fashion Island Newport Beach, Calif. (Wednesday, April 24, 2013) – On Tuesday, April 30th 2013 the 14th annual Newport Beach Film Festival will present its Italian Spotlight; an evening celebration of Italian cinema and culture. The event will feature the Orange County premiere of the highly acclaimed film,...
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POPE FRANCIS EMPHASISES WOMEN’S ROLE IN CHURCH Pope Francis stressed the role women play in the Catholic Church in his general audience on Wednesday. Francis, who presided over his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff last weekend after being elected Benedict XVI’s successor on March 13, said it was significant that Mary Magdelene discovered Jesus’s empty tomb. According to the bible, Jesus also made His first appearance after His resurrection before Mary Magdelene, who the gospels according to Mark and Luke say was...
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DUCCI FOUNDATION 2013 PEACE AWARDS LAUD DIALOGUE The Ducci Foundation, which promotes artistic, cultural and scientific initiatives, held its 2013 Peace Prize awards ceremony in Rome this week, recognizing peace efforts made by leading luminaries, including those of the recently deceased Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini. The prizes were awarded in an elaborate ceremony held at the headquarters of the Rome local government. The event was attended by intellectuals, diplomats and politicians, including former Italian Foreign Minister Gianni de...
read moreTotti 20th with AS Roma
TOTTI KEEPS ITALY DOOR OPEN ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY AS Roma captain Francesco Totti said he felt like a 20-year-old on Thursday, the 20th anniversary of his Serie A debut, and kept the door open to a return to the Italian national team for next year’s World Cup in Brazil. “I thank everyone, friends and non-friends,” the former Italy forward said in a video message to his many well-wishers released via ANSA’s website (www.ansa.it). “Today I really feel like a 20-year-old. I have 20 years behind me and I’ve got...
read moreRevived Rossi New MotoGP
REVIVED ROSSI PUMPED UP FOR NEW MOTOGP SEASON Valentino Rossi is pumped up for the new MotoGP season, which starts with Sunday’s floodlit Qatar Grand Prix, saying he has found new motivation after returning to Yamaha. The nine-time world champion is back with the Japanese team after his ‘dream marriage’ with Italian outfit Ducati ended in divorce following two winless seasons. The 34-year-old, who won four of his seven premium-class world titles during his first stint at Yamaha between 2004 and 2009, never got to grips with...
read moreBenetton SuperStore in Venice
BENETTON LAUNCHES MEGASTORE ON VENICE’S GRAND CANAL After more than a year and a half of wait, strategy meetings and even some saber rattling by opposing forces, the project to turn Venice’s historic ‘Fontego dei Tedeschi’ into a megastore has been given the definitive green light. ‘We will see an important part of the city reborn,’ Venice Mayor Giorgio Orsoni said on Tuesday. Italian clothing retailer Benetton bought the Renaissance building at the foot of the Rialto bridge for 53-million euros in 2008 and...
read moreItalian Prosecco in Verona
WINEMAKERS SING ABOUT ’9 SYMPHONY’ PROSECCO When crooner Don Ho composed his Tiny Bubbles tune (later immortalized by Liberace), he might not have been singing to lovers of the joyfully effervescent Prosecco. But one particular producer of the much-loved sparkling wine made in the region of Veneto believes her Prosecco is something to sing about…and to. On April 7, makers of Ninth Symphony (Nona Sinfonia) Prosecco are ready to pop the cork and debut the first vintage produced to the sound of music. In the halls of VeronaFiere...
read moreGlitterati Gowns by Capucci
CAPUCCI’S GLITTERATI GOWNS SHOWCASED IN TURIN Not everyone can don meters of silk, satin and velvet, and make it work. Most of all, few designers can craft a mass of fabric and turn it into incomparable elegance. Fashion designer Roberto Capucci, born in Rome in 1930, spent decades doing just that for women like Italian sex symbol Silvana Mangano, princesses Pallavicini and Borghese, American actress Esther Williams and many more. His architecture-inspired creations were worn by the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Gloria Swanson and have...
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