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Seton Hall School of Law’s Peter W. Rodino Jr. Society held its annual banquet to honor legal professionals and community trailblazers on Nov. 1 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark. This year’s event honored Dina M. Mastellone with the “Excellence in Achievement Award”; Edward B. Marable Jr. (’94) with the “Humanitarian Achievement Award”; and Bart...

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Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6pm. Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream (2017), 57 minutes. Antony Osso, dir. - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036. Post-screening discussion with the director led by Rocco Marinaccio, Manhattan College.Pizza Shop features brothers Carmine (Charlie) and...

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Sons of Italy 2561 held a Beefsteak Dinner on Saturday, November 11. The event was held at Bloomingdale Fire House and included Beefsteak, delicious roasted potatoes, salad, pasta, assorted desserts, coffee and tea. The event was sold out with over 200 members, guests and friends. Comedian’s Adam Kerr and Gary Delena entertained the audience. “Our...

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Ridgewood High School senior Anna Mola didn't have a definite person in mind as she started her sketch showing a young woman with hair cascading in the colors of Italy."It wasn't anyone in particular," she explained. "I just wanted her to be in deep contemplation of what Italy has to offer." Likewise, fellow student Taylor Beninati was still fresh...

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Mike Marino. Busy stand-up comedian Mike Marino - affectionately known to his fans as "New Jersey's Bad Boy" - brings his hysterical and insightful take on the Italian-American experience to NJPAC with his new tour, Make America Italian Again. A native of Jersey City, Mike Marino's material is larg...

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A sister dies. And yet she stays. “We lose people, but they stay with us,” Teresa Fiore says. Fiore, the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University, was instrumental in bringing “Le sorelle Macaluso,” a play written and directed by Emma Dante, to Peak Performances, where it plays next week. A funeral for one...

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Italian School NJ is searching for Italian part-time language lead & assistant teachers for our programs: adult and/or children classes and/or tutoring. Flexible hours: pick what works best for your schedule: mornings, afternoons and/or evenings and Saturdays. Weekday programs are held in East Hanover, Saturday programs are held in Chatham, but we...

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At the end of World War II, Italy was a country in great difficulty. Relieved by leaving behind a terrible period, but with a difficult reconstruction in front of them, the Italians counted many situations of poverty and great discomfort. In this historical and cultural context, a forgotten page of Italian history reemerges, a page in which the Uni...

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Vito Perillo was roused from his sleep at 7:50 a.m. by a phone call from a neighbor congratulating him on winning the mayor's race.  The congratulatory phone calls and knocks on his front door kept coming. A national news network wanted an interview.  Another showed up on his porch. A borough public works employee stopped by to shake his hand.  "I...

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The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 at 6:45 p.m. at Mountain View Chalet on Route 173 in Asbury, New Jersey - a new location.  Dr. Balena will speak about Italian authors, other than the Florientine counterparts, that have significantly contributed to the making of Italian...

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