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Art lovers and history enthusiasts rejoice! A new exhibit replicating Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel debuted Friday at Industry City, bringing the renowned beauty of the Italian artist’s artwork to New York City. The highly anticipated immersive showcase will be open to the public through Jan. 5  Following a successful tour through London, Shanghai,...

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Tuesday Octber 22 at 6PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation 8 East 69th Street, NYC. Very few people know that two important monuments in New York City were created in Rome by New Yorker Emma Stebbins, the 19th century designer of Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Foundation in Central Park and Christopher Columbus, the statue adjacent to the New York Sta...

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The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA) held its annual “Passing of the Gavel” ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights, where Mario Romano was officially installed as the association’s new president. The event, a longstanding tradition, brings together past BRLA presidents to offer their support and advice to the incoming l...

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The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn (FIAO) announced that its 42nd annual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade will take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. This is the exact day of the month, 532 years earlier in 1492, when Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage, landed on the island of San Salvatore, resulting...

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Luck? Perhaps. Fate? Maybe. More like divine intervention — at least for Don Landolphi. “I was watching a baseball team practice back in ’06 or ’07 while I was in Italy, coaching the top Italian team,” the Hall of Fame former baseball coach at Brooklyn College told the Brooklyn Eagle last week. “I realized,” he continued, “the gentleman instructing...

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It’s a slice of history! New Yok City officials gathered at the corner of East 15th Street and Avenue J on Saturday to pay tribute to the late Domenico “Dom” DeMarco, the legendary pizzaiolo behind Di Fara Pizza, with a new commemorative street sign. DeMarco, the beloved patriarch of Di Fara, founded the Midwood pizzeria and crafted its legendary p...

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Director Luca Guardabsascio returns to America and will be awarded of the Premio Colombo 2024 in Brooklyn by the Federation of Campania Associations chaired by Cav. Nicola Trombetta on October 11, 2024 at the San Cono Society of Teggiano located at 231 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn, NY 11121. Luca Guardabascio is known in the United States for several w...

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When Briscola Trattoria opens in Crown Heights on Friday, there will be meatballs on the menu. But instead of appearing on top of spaghetti, they will be inside of baked rice. The dish in question is called bomba di Silvia, a stout mountain of tomato-suffused carnaroli encasing a center of mini meatballs and peas to be discovered at the table, with...

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If you are of a certain age, you most likely equate an oversized slice of Sbarro pizza with a trip to the mall. Regardless of your opinion on the quality of the pizza, you probably hold some level of nostalgia for the giant, cheesy slice. Sbarro has been a staple of food courts across America since the '70s. You may be surprised to learn the story...

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On Sept. 8 at 9:30 a.m., all boys and girls born in 2012, residing in New York City and of Italian descent will be able to compete to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Palermo, Sicily in early October at the Olympic-type sporting event organized by CONI. The venue for Sunday’s competition is the Federation of Italian-American Organization Center in...

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