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When: Thursday, illness January 26, unhealthy 2017 From 5:30 pm To 8:30 pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021Organized by : ICI - In collaboration with : Primo Levi Center - Entrance : Free Anna Pizzuti, curator of the database and historical portal on foreign Jews in Italy during World War II, presents h...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Groups that normally participate in Staten Island's ColumbusParade found out just two weeks before the event it would be nixed this year --and they're devastated. "We're heartbroken," said Luanne Sorrentino at Mrs. Rosemary's Dance Studio in New Dorp. "Heartbroken. I know the kids are going to be so sad. I had it posted on t...

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Come avrebbe cantato la grandissima Etta James, "At last" Francesca Cavaliere, dopo il secondo posto dell'anno scorso, si è aggiudicata la sedicesima edizione del "Festival of Songs USA" di Silvana Romania.Nella stupenda cornice del El Caribe Country Club di Brooklyn, con un pubblico che ha rimepito la sala, i sedici partecipanti del festival si so...

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Martin Scorsese loves his "Mean Streets" — and he doesn't want them messed up by shiny condo towers or pricy boutique hotels.   The legendary director of gritty Big Apple films like "Gangs of New York" and "Taxi Driver" is going to war over new development along the Bowery. He's terrified it will turn his beloved old neighborhood into a blan...

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A Long Island City, un quartiere post industriale di New York, nel Queens, ci si può sdraiare all'ombra di una foresta lucana, avvolti dai suoni della natura che siamo ormai abituati a chiamare silenzio. Lo si può fare fino al 27 aprile, nel "Dome", un tendone semisferico allestito nel cortile del MoMA PS1, la divisione sperimentale del Museum of M...

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Compared to the amount of time Sam Sylvester has been speaking English, his entire life, his Italian is relatively new. "I've been learning it for four or five years, I think," Sylvester said. His skills were put to the test last spring when he traveled with 11 of his classmates to Italy.   "When I got there, how it looks is how I expe...

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Joseph Grosso, of Queens College's John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, will again coordinate the 10th annual Anniversary edition of Il Giornalino - The Italian Journal, which highlights the writing ability and creativity of college and high school students enrolled in Italian language classes. Last year, over three hundred works were submi...

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Two Italian favorites are teaming up as Top Chef fan-favorite Fabio Viviani joins Columbus Foods for its "Meat Up" food truck tour, inviting Americans to explore the simple Italian goodness of premium salumi and deli meats.   They're hitting the road this April and May, spending a week each in Scottsdale, Salt Lake, Boston, New York Metro an...

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Last fall the pugilistic Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave an interview to Jennifer Senior in New York Magazine so playful and revealing that the transcript could nearly be made into a stage play and movie, in the manner of "Frost/Nixon."   Justice Scalia, 78, and Ms. Senior, 44, faced off across a generational, political and religio...

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Enjoy the culture, music and food of Italy at the Italian Heritage Celebration, Sunday, July 27, from noon to 7 p.m., at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The event is part of a series of cultural heritage festivals held in the parks on weekends during the summer.   Enjoy live music provided by accordionist Dominic Karcic and his band Conti...

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