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As he nears his season debut, Andrea Bargnani still expects to be in the NBA next season. With his contract expiring July 1, Bargnani indicated he is not looking to go back to Europe. But who is going to offer the big Italian a meaningful pact if he doesn't play this season? Bargnani underwent another intense oncourt shooting workout Sunday before...

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The Academy Awards are Hollywood's biggest celebration of the year and so, to celebrate, avid movie fan, food blogger and Tuckahoe resident Annette Zito has segued from the traditional Oscar party she usually throws at home to an extravaganza complete with a red carpet. Her first annual "Red Carpet Celebration of the Oscars," to be held at the Wes...

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  Twenty women from different countries were honored by the Society of Foreign Consuls in New York City on March 6 as part of the International Women's Day celebration. The honorees received a Certificate of Recognition for their role in community empowerment and profound individual achievements.   Monica M. Mandelli, Managing Director...

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April 9, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York, N.Y. 10036   This event is centered around the two writers Carmine Abate and Amara Lakhous. Carmine Abate grew up in Carlizzi, a small village of the Arbersche community, in southern Calabria. After graduating from the Univers...

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Order Sons of Italy in America, Ann Bambino Lodge #2353, invites all students in the Massapequa High School Class of 2015 to participate in our annual Scholarship Essay Contest.   PRIZES: 1st: $750 2nd: $500 3rd: $150 & Dante Medal ESSAY TITLE: "What I did not know about the Italian Heritage" SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submit via emai...

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by Brian Marschhauser Joseph Prestigiacomo, a Boy Scout with Troop 174, constructed a bocce court in Downing Park as part of his Eagle Scout Service Project. Prestigiacomo completed the project with the help of Circolo da Vinci, a non-profit organization that promotes Italian-American heritage.   Club President Dorothea LaScala said Pr...

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Nov. 24, 2015—Jan. 6, 2016. Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1000 Fifth Avenue - New York, New York   The Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a long-established yuletide tradition in New York. The brightly lit, twenty-foot blue spruce—with a collection of eighteenth-century Neapolitan...

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L'opera torna a parlare italiano a New York: per l'intera stagione 2012-2013, tutte le opere liriche in scena al Metropolitan Opera avranno sottotitoli in italiano, leggibili sui video sullo schienale delle poltrone, per consentire agli spettatori di seguire il testo originale.Il debutto dei sottotitoli in italiano, che vanno ad aggiungersi a quell...

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L'Italian American Museum ospiterà il 31 gennaio prossimo alle 18.30 la presentazione del libro "Lower East Side: Then & Now" di Eric Ferrara.   Lower East Side è uno dei più antichi e importanti quartieri d'America. Nonostante la recente stratificazione sociale sia cambiata, il quartiere mantiene ancora oggi alcune delle qualità che lo...

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di Claudia Vanni   A New York tutto è possibile. Non è un falso mito. E' possibile che, girando per le streets del quartiere Chelsea, tu trovi l'esposizione di un'artista di Castelvetrano. Dalla Sicilia direttamente al 530 sulla 25th West. È iniziata per caso l'avventura artistica di Lia Calamia: "aiutavo mio marito nell'arredamento di inter...

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