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Starting In this issue: Where to go Renato Miracco Cultural attaché to the Italian embassy in washington, DC Francesco Genuardi with the current issue, i-Italy will be traveling What to do Consul general of Italy in New York Follow us on the web and on social networks Giorgio Van Straten Director, Italian Cultural Italian Institute, New York Nicola De Santis Consul general of Italy beyond New York to cover Boston, San If you are in NYC watch us every Sunday at 1:00 pm in boston Lorenzo Ortona Consul general of Italy in san francisco Joseph Stella (1877–1946) Antonio Verde on NYC Life (Channel 25 - HD 525) Title Brooklyn Bridge Consul general of Italy in Los Angeles Yale University Art Gallery Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Wikipedia Commons Valeria Rumori Director, Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles See inside page 73 Italian and American Landscapes focus Scivoli di San Vito, Sicily. Photo by Giuseppe Di Piazza Giuseppe Di by Photo Sicily. di San Vito, Scivoli WATCH THE VIDEO 08 Stories in Frames ww Focus ww Style ww Bookshelf ww Cuisine ww Travel ww Italy in the City Gianandrea Noseda When Rome was Elena Ferrante’s Marketing Italy Abroad. 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Rotari’s Muses at 109 Featuring Ristorante Ideale: the Norton Simon Museum Just Imagine If Everything Was Made w dining out In-house... 110 Massimiliano, His Wife 118 Italian Dining: Los Angeles Lorella, and a Bite of Sardinia Has It All by Tommaso Cartia 120 Matteo’s + Townhouse + Hoboken = 3 in 1 by Tommaso Cartia 122 The Italy I Love by Fred Plotkin Where to find us New York St) CIMA - Center for Italian Modern Le Cirque (151 E 58th St) The Leopard Boston Art (421 Broome St) Rizzoli Bookstore at des Artistes (1 W 67th St) Mozzarella (690 Park Consulate General