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For a decade we have gathered each September 8th at the Phoenix Bar where we have recounted stories, recited poetry, sketched chalk drawing on the sidewalk, built an outdoor shrine, sung hymns in the open air, and danced to the rhythms of pizzica and tarantella.   In doing so we have created a new sense of the past and our connection to it,...

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By Zachary Feldman   For decades, Italian cuisine in New York meant red sauce and lots of it. With the opening of Bamonte's in 1900 and Ferdinando's Focacceria four years later, tomato-heavy Neapolitan and Sicilian restaurants enjoyed a certain sustained verisimilitude, carrying the torch for their motherland while paving the way for other r...

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Il sesto Festival della Canzone Italiana di New York andrà in onda su Rai Italia sabato 12 ottobre alle ore 4:00. Un appuntamento televisivo molto importante per l'Associazione Culturale Italiana, organizzatrice del Festival, poiché mette in vetrina uno spettacolo musicale, visibile a tutti gli italiani, che vivono nei 5 continenti del mondo. Il p...

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di Maurita Cardone   A trasferirsi a New York Antonio non ci aveva mai pensato. Voleva imparare l'inglese, sì, ma gli piaceva stare nella sua Calabria e lavorare nel ristorante di famiglia. Eppure oggi Antonio Mermolia, 30 anni, originario di Gioia Tauro, è uno dei giovani chef più promettenti nel panorama della ristorazione italiana a New Y...

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Dear Members and Friends of the Italian American Museum, It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of the Hon. Jack Como, beloved friend and supporter of the Italian American community, who passed away on Monday, February 24, 2014.   Giacomo (Jack) Como, born April 1, 1924 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy and died on February...

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by Jillian Jorgensen   Mayor Bill de Blasio was unable to keep a meeting with the mayor of a small Italian city Wednesday -- so City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio, perhaps the city's second-highest ranking Italian-American, welcomed the visitor to his office. "I couldn't give up on the opportunity when I saw the mayor," Ignizi...

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Hundreds of people gathered on Main Street as Patchogue celebrated its sixth annual Italian Festival of St. Liberata on Saturday. The day featured a street parade, traditional cannoli and other authentic dishes, bocce ball, music, the annual Italian-American of the Year and, above all, Italian pride.   "Eat, drink and be Italian. If only for...

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The program will feature the operas of the greatest Italian Opera Masters: Rossini, Donnizetti, Puccini, Verdi and Mascagni. Spectacular overtures of the most loved arias ever written for opera such as La Boheme, Cavalleria Rusticana, Lucia di Lammermoor, Barbiere di Siviglia, and Aida, performed by the artists of the New York City-based Amore Oper...

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Saturday, December 6, 2014 through Saturday, January 24, 2014 Nativity scenes are very popular in Italy and are generally found in every household during the holiday season. The nativity originated in Italy in the 13th century when St Francis of Assisi asked Giovanni Vellita of the Village of Greccio to create a manger scene. On display next to P...

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Brunello Cucinelli realizes where investment pays off...the most dynamic region right now for the luxury sector — the US market. The Italian luxury cashmere brand has just opened its third store in New York. Following openings on Madison Avenue and on Bleecker Street in the West Village, it has now opened in the Soho neighborhood with a 4,300-...

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