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Kairos Italy Theater and KIT Italia announce The Winner of the 2018 Mario Fratti Award for Excellence in Italian Playwriting goes to The City Rises (La citta' che sale) by Chiara Boscaro & Marco Di Stefano. The co-winners will receive a translation of their work into English as part of the MFA Collection and a reading at the Italian Institute that...

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Andrew (Andy) Balducci — the man responsible for pioneering a now-popular specialty grocer model in New York — has died at 92. Balducci and his father ran a 24/7 Greenwich Village fruit stand together called Balducci’s, and Balducci is credited with growing that stand into a much larger specialty food store that housed a fishmonger, a cheese displa...

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Monday, April 16, 2018. From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm. Entrance: Free. Italian Cultural Institute of New York - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065. Book Now The James Webb Space Telescope - New Horizons in Science and Technology is a presentation by Dr. Giuseppe Cataldo that provides an overview of the project, the scientific and technological challeng...

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Adding to the excitement of the New York International Auto Show, Popular Mechanics announced that the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio has been named "Crossover of the Year" in the magazine's annual Automotive Excellence Awards. To choose their car awards, editors drive all of the relevant class contenders over the course of the year, then pick the vehicle...

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Couture score! Dolce & Gabbana will be showing their haute couture Alta Moda and Alta Sartoira collections in the Big Apple next weekend. The Italian designers are maximizing their Manhattan splash by spreading out the event over a four day span. On top of the couture show, the multi-day marathon will include a presentation of the brand’s men’s mad...

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April 7 (Saturday) 8:00 pm. The Producers Club - 358 West 44th Street, Manhattan. The Agita Monologues. The life and times of a young woman who was very different from everyone else in her oddball yet loving Italian-American family. Being the youngest of four, comedienne/singer Maryann Maisano viewed the antics going on in her Italian-born parents...

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The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has proposed that the block of MacDougal Street between Houston and King Streets receive a co-naming “Lucy and Lenny Cecere Way.” Lucy and Lenny lived and owned a home and business on this block for decades. They were cornerstones of their community and contributed immeasurably to the life of...

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The Association of Italian American Educators (AIAE) sponsored a Continuing Education Certificate Workshop entitled “The Art and Technique of Filmmaking” held at Hofstra University, with instructor Prof. Carlo Mignano. The 23 workshop attendees participated in an eye-opening presentation that changed the way they look at movies, and will change the...

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April 2 (Monday) 6:30 pm. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - New York University - 24 West 12th Street, Manhattan. Lecture: Of Cold Hands, Blind Eyes, and White Hair: Physical and Psychological Aging in the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi.  Francesco Izzo, University of Southampton, co-director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies at NYU, explores the...

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Since the founding of the United States, American painters have been attracted to the celebrated art, ancient ruins, and picturesque scenery of Italy. This exhibition of works from the Museum's collection features watercolors, drawings, and sketchbooks by eighteen American artists who traveled to and were inspired by Italy from the late eighteenth...

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