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Like many of you, I have something that I just can’t get off my mind. I keep wondering if maybe it’s just me who is bothered by it. Or maybe, just maybe, others are as concerned as I am. But something is wrong in this country, and we need to fix it for everyone’s sake. One of the things that is very important to a community is safety. That relaxed...

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After a peaceful morning of prayer and meditation, I joined my friends and some sixty revelers at the Our Lady of the Snow Hall in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Monday evening for the 2nd Annual Sagra della Pizza Chiena. Warmly received by Our Lady of the Snow Society President Vinnie Raymond and event organizers Elena Loguercio and Cav. Patrick O’Boyle,...

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Jersey City native, former congressman and philanthropist Frank Guarini has donated $20 million to the New York University School of Law to create a global legal studies program, the school announced. The longtime supporter of the law school has previously funded the Frank J. Guarini Center for Environmental and Land Use Law, the Frank J. Guarini L...

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“Italian is cool!” – these inspiring words of the American students from the tri-state NY-NJ-CT can be heard today thanks to a praiseworthy commitment of IACE, the Italian-American Committee on Education. From the 2013 until today the dedication and promotional activities of the president of IACE, Berardo Paradiso, and his team made it possible to...

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In a little village in the center of Sicily there is a boy, Ignazio Bonaventura (Antonio Emanuele) working sporadic and, of course, illegal jobs, receiving unemployment benefits. Tired of his condition, he decides to write a book about Sicilians, thus setting out on a journey to interview Sicilians and many popular people (such as Maria Grazia Cuci...

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a grand prize winner on America's Funniest People, frenetically fantastic comedian Vic DiBitetto - aka "The Italian Hurricane" - is known for his breathlessly funny take on daily life, Feb 8 - 9 , 2019 .On television, the big screen and comedy stages across the country, DiBitetto mixes energy, hone...

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“I was born in Jersey City and moved out to the suburbs, Scotch Plains when I was about 8 years old,” says the man known as “New Jersey’s Bad Boy” as he discussed his upcoming performances at the Victoria Theater at NJPAC in Newark, April 7 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Mike Marino has performed his comedy in venues all over the world, yet this guy from North...

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From Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell, the grand entrance marking the boundary of the Calandra's compound is difficult to miss. Even the parking lot is generous -- drivers may jockey for the best spots, but it's a casual sport. Here, as at the mall, no one need worry about finding a space. Inside Il Vecchio Cafe, the generosity continues. The warm, fr...

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American premiere of the documentary film "I Siciliani", will be screened at the Casa Italiana Zerilli  Marimò, New York, on April 9th. "I Siciliani", is written and directed  by Francesco Lama featuring among the most famous Sicilian artists such like Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Leo Gullotta, Tony Sperandeo, Ninni Bruschetta , Pietrangelo Buttafuoco,...

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Dr. Enza Antenos, Assistant Professor of Italian, will lead a workshop at Princeton University Tuesday, March 27th at 2:00 PM entitled, "Made in…: Exploring Contemporary Narratives in the Teaching of Foreign Languages." Making languages relevant to higher education is key. A paradigm shift is needed in our foreign language curricula to meet the con...

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