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Titles by Italian authors Elena Ferrante and the late Primo Levi have both made it into the top 100 books of the year compiled by the New York Times, it emerged on Monday.   The books in question - The Story of the Lost Child by the elusive Ferrante (a pseudonym), which is the fourth and final volume in her quartet of Neapolitan novels, and...

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The house my husband and I were lucky enough to buy in Carroll Gardens came with an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; a large statue of Mary holding baby Jesus enclosed in a heavenly blue dome. It had been cemented to the ground because the first statue had been stolen during Carroll Gardens' more crime ridden days (God help you if you're going around steali...

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WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Here in Italy, soccer is more popular than all other sports combined. It is becoming stronger and stronger in America, too. Many strong Italians play for the American league today, such as Andrea Pirlo for the New York City league and Sebastian Giovinco for the Toronto l...

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In a cemetery on the outskirts of New York City, a Jewish city council member, Italian-American dignitaries and history buffs honored a contemporary of Mozart. The gathering of such a diverse group of people and the twist of the story that ended in this old New York City cemetery on October 20, 1987 mirrored the various turns in the life of the hon...

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New York's Luhring Augustine is to present "The Minus Objects 1965-1966″, and exhibition of early works by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. The exhibition will be on display at Luhring Augustine's Bushwick space until 11 May 2014.   The Minus Objects – first exhibited in 1966, in the artist's studio in Turin – comprise a group of disp...

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By Filippo Brunamonti La linea scelta dall'ENIT Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo di New York per rendere omaggio alla femminilità, italiana e non solo - in occasione dell'evento Why Women Love Italy (4 marzo scorso) - è una pedina indispensabile all'eterno duetto donna-uomo, campo contro-campo dalle imperdonabili banalità di giudizio. Difficile parla...

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Who says the state legislature can't agree on anything?Monday there was widespread support that Tony Danza, star of "Taxi" and "Who's The Boss", deserves an award. "You can be an Italian-American but you can't be an Italian-Russian or an Italian-Swede or an Italian-Frenchman, only in America," Danza said to an assembled crowd in the Legislative Of...

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Emigration and religion are two words that are often, and properly, juxtaposed one to another, and the history of Italian emigration to the United States is no exception to this rule. Religion was for our emigrants a fundamental part in the beginning of their life in the new world, and remained so even in the continuation of their lives and for tho...

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A familiar face to many will be heading up Morris Park Avenue in a few weeks. The grand marshal of the 2014 Bronx Columbus Day Parade is Vincent Pastore, the actor best known for his role on The Sopranos.   Pastore, a 3rd generation Italian-American, said he's proud to represent Italian culture and history at this year's Columbus Day Parade...

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Yet another fascinating, little-know story about the Holocaust is movingly related in Oren Jacoby's documentary about the role that Italians played in rescuing their Jewish neighbors during the height of the Nazi occupation.   Relating the tales of such largely forgotten heroes as Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali and physician Giovanni...

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