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of positive energy coming
from the Italian community. Online, though, this
energy wasn’t represented. So I went ahead and
created bostoniano.info
one cold winter night of
2011.
Being a journalist by trade, I really wanted to offer what I thought people
were looking for: news
and events. That’s what the
website focused on. But in
mid-2012, I realized we
could take the experience one step further. After
getting to know the Italian and Italian American
communities, I felt there
was a need for something
more tangible than a website. There were many people being left out of the
conversation. That’s when
I decided to launch Bostoniano, Boston’s Italian
American Voice. The magazine was to be a window onto Italian culture,
as well as offer a platform
to showcase the (young)
history and culture of Italian America.
Back then, some people
thought I was crazy to launch a print product at a
time when newspapers
were suffering all across
the country. But by reaching out to businesses
that understood our mission and our goal, we
were lcky enough to collect enough funds to launch in Dec. 2012 (three
days before Christmas, to
be exact!).
Almost three entire years
have gone by since the
launch and the success we
have had demonstrates
that the magazine is treasured by Italians, Italian
Americans and anyone interested in Italian culture.
You recently launched a
wonderful project to open
in Boston’s Little Italy, the
North End, “I AM Books The First Italian American
Bookstore in the Country”.
This is a fantastic project,
please tell us more and
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