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White Night at the Paolo Cresci Museum

For the occasion, Gallicano's "La Ribalta" Theater Company will present memoirs and letters of emigrants, unpublished from the Paolo Cresci Foundation Archives
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Garfagnana Astor Piazzolla tribute

The Apulian origins of Vicente, Astor Piazzolla's father, had long been known. However, the musician himself had no precise information about his grandparents' origins...
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A country from which people emigrate

Presentation of Exhibition "A Country from Whence One Emigrates: Homage to Argentina"
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The ways of Scotland

Presentation of N. Franchi's book "The Ways of Scotland. Emigration from Barga and Lucca between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."
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Why you go to America

ONE STORY, MANY DIVERSITIES ... still on the road Thursday, May 23, 10 a.m. Teatro Alfieri Castelnuovo Garfagnana Presentation of the documentary: Why we went to America. Interviews...
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Night of the Museums

The Paolo Cresci Museum will be enlivened by the participation of Gallicano's Compagnia "La Ribalta" and Gildo Dei Fantardi who will present readings of memoirs, letters...
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Words that fly

Words that fly: collection of postcards of emigration Museo Paolo Cresci - Lucca December 12, 2007
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Tango por la vida

Tango por la vida - Gala Evening With the participation of dancers Margarita Klurfan and Walter Cardozo and singer Luciano degli Angeli Centro Turistico...
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3rd Day of Tuscans Abroad

3rd Day of Tuscans Abroad Castelnuovo Garfagnana - Castelvecchio Pascoli September 10, 2006
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Tango una vida

Tango una vida - Gala Evening Featuring dancers Marcela Guevara and Stefano Giudice Pilar Alvarez and Claudio Hoffmann International Tourist Center...
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Inauguration Paolo Cresci Museum

Inauguration of the Paolo Cresci Museum for the History of Italian Emigration
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Dreams and Bassoons

November - Presentation of the book "Dreams and Bassoons - words, songs and images of Italian emigrants" by Maria Rosaria Ostuni and Gian Antonio Stella
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Una noche argentina

"Una noche argentina" - the tango. With the participation of dancers Stefano Giudice and Marcela Guevara; charity evening held at the tourist complex "The...
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Christmas in Music

"Christmas in Music" - 16 Christmas Concerts from December 16 to January 6, 2005 of ethnic music and Christmas choirs.
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The faces of our emigration

"The Faces of Our Emigration" photo trail with immigration images by photographers Giorgio Lotti and Stefano Montesi and emigration photographs by the Cresci Foundation.
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Best wishes to us...

Exhibition "Greetings from us who are far away...Christmas through the experience of emigration," held in the Chapel of Santa Maria della Rotonda in the Ducal Palace in Lucca.

Emigration tree

Inauguration of the Emigration Tree, a large fir tree decorated with gifts donated by emigrant associations from around the world, set up in the Schweizer Courtyard in...
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A thread between two worlds

Presentation of the book "A thread between two worlds Educational paths on the history of emigration" edited by Umberto Baldocchi, Marinella Mazzanti and Maria Rosaria Ostuni. Maria Pacini...
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September

Arandora Star - The Forgotten Tragedy , presentation of the film-documentary.
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July

Inauguration of the memorial stone in the Foundation garden, in memory of those who died in the sinking of the ship Arandora Star on July 2, 1940
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May

Notes from Argentina - Stories and images of Italian identity between past and present

December

First day of study of the school project entitled "The Ways of Emigration" in collaboration with the Province of Lucca and SISS of Pisa. At the...
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November

When Tuscans Discovered "La Merica," an exhibition created by the Foundation as part of the Tuscany Region's project " Tuscany and the Americas," coordinated...
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September

Two days dedicated to Polda Barsottini , mother of Plaza de Mayo. public meeting for the creation of a film document in the presence of the director...