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You are invited to submit a workshop proposal for Teaching Italian: Symposium/Workshops for Instructional Materials. The theme of the 11th annual symposium is art at the core of the language curriculum. The keynote speaker of Teaching Italian XI is Dr. Annavaleria Guazzieri, Director, Education Office (Italian Consulate of New York).  Studies revea...

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She was nicknamed “The Violin Doc” in a book by Lisa Wong entitled “Scales to Scalpels, Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine;” a talented professional viola player and a respected psychiatrist who uses her music to heal veterans, Dr. Mary Rorro is so much more and we are proud to present an exclusive interview with this brigh...

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Nothing could stop their love, not even a world war. There was no significance to the date, May 9, 1943 – Mother’s Day that year – except that Jack Mascola was able to go on furlough that weekend to marry Emily. They had met before, but the first blush of romance happened at another wedding. “Jack’s sister married my uncle,” Emily said. “I was brid...

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The Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce is featuring Cara DiFalco during its monthly “Lunch Dozen Networking Series,” to be held on Wednesday, May 9 at 12:00 Noon. The event will be held at the offices of Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, 90 East Halsey Road, Suite 322. Cara DiFalco has been a journalist on News 12 NJ, and FoxNY.  She is combini...

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The Mercer County Italian-American Festival will be held in Columbus this September, which, as you probably realize, is not in Mercer County. It’s in Burlington County. So yes. The Mercer County Italian-American Festival will be in Burlington County. Almost certainly. Well, probably. Almost definitely. What gives? “I’m 79 years old and a street guy...

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One-act operas present unusual challenges to directors in how to combine them into an evening’s entertainment and the possibility of double casting. Two short operas often linked in one production are Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, creating an evening of 19th-century human drama. These two operas repr...

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“Bruce Williams Zaccagnino, americano di origini triestine, è un uomo poliedrico che nel corso della sua vita ha sempre seguito le sue passioni: musicista da concerto, imprenditore, pluripremiato sviluppatore di giochi per computer ed editore, Zaccagnino è anche la mente dietro il più grande modellino ferroviario del mondo, Northlandz”. A scriverne...

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You know that summer has arrived in Roselle Park, New Jersey, when the Church of the Assumption’s annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 18th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food venders, a beer & wine garden, non-stop enterta...

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Sunday, April 29, 2018. 1–7PM. Verdiana Patacchini & Franco Losvizzero. Spring Open House 2018 features new exhibitions, programming, performances, and open studios all day. Mana Contemporary - 888 Newark Avenue - Jersey City, NJ. Shuttle service will depart every half hour from Milk Studios (450 West 15th Street, New York, NY 10011) starting at 12...

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His many famous characters — a gruff New York City taxi dispatcher, a nemesis of Batman, a twisted father from Philadelphia — don’t explicitly exude a quintessential New Jersey attitude. But Danny DeVito claims there’s “a bit of Jersey” in all of his roles. “You can even find Jersey in Oswald Cobblepot,” he said, referring to the villain who become...

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