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New York is no doubt the State with the highest number of Italian Americans in the country. Nevertheless, even if almost everybody seems to be interested just in New York City, in Upstate New York there is a huge Italian American population. In Albany, the Capital city of the Empire State, about 150 miles north to Manhattan there is plenty of them...

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A Message From Staten Island Borough President James Oddo - "The Italian-American community on Staten Island continues to be large and vibrant. It is the largest community of its kind in the country. As a diverse community, we embrace these roots and celebrate them with our families through food and culture. In fact, we are thrilled to be the home...

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On May 21, a set of New York-based investors were offered an exclusive first look at the best early-stage companies coming out of Italy. IB&II, in collaboration with the Mind the Bridge Foundation and the Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative, hosted the second annual "Italian Innovation Day" in New York on Monday, May 21. The event featured seve...

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Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, was elected to serve as President of the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators for a two-year term. Lupardo has been a member of the conference since 2005. It is a bipartisan organization of New York State Assembly and Senate members of Italian descent. The Conference mission is to highli...

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Actress and producer Annabella Sciorra will lead the list of honorees at the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) New York Spring Extravaganza at Cipriani 42nd Street, on April 4, 2013. Sciorra will be joined by Mark J. Casella, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Gerard A. Donini, chief operating officer of Corporate and Investment...

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By Riccardo Chioni La commemorazione popolare che New York si appresta a portare in piazza in occasione del bicentenario della nascita del romantico compositore parmense si annuncia trionfante, come l'avrebbe immaginata lo stesso Giuseppe Verdi.Verdi Square, situata a W 72nd Street tra Broadway e Amsterdam Avenue, diventerà teatro della celebrazio...

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di Beatrice Bondi   Mercoledì sera il sindaco di New York Michael Bloomberg ha ospitato alla Gracie Mansion l'Italian Heritage Reception, il ricevimento che segna l'inizio ufficiale delle celebrazioni del Columbus Day, la più grande festa italoamericana. Il sindaco Bloomberg ha fatto gli onori di casa e introdotto gli ospiti sul palco:...

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By Laura Caparrotti Scrivo a poche ore dall'inizio dell'allestimento in teatro di Tosca e le altre due di Franca Valeri che la mia compagnia presenta alla Dicapo Opera dal 20 al 30 marzo. Questa è una ripresa, come si usa dire in termini teatrali, e ne sono particolarmente orgogliosa perché celebra uno dei miei miti, la grande e insuperabile Franc...

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Un collegamento via Skype con il Metropolitan Opera di New York aprirà stasera la quattro-giorni di festa per la 63^ Sagra del Pesce presentata nei giorni scorsi in Liguria e in programma domenica a Camogli, con la distribuzione di tre tonnellate di frittura nel maxi-padellone del Guiness dei Primati di 26 quintali e quattro metri di diametro. &nb...

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Long Island has been a hub of Italian-American culture for as long as Italians have settled in the tri-state area, and Italian-Americans make up the biggest percentage of the population of immigrant descendants in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to a study of the Long Island Italian-American community by Vincenzo Milione, a researcher a...

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