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About 85 years ago, Irene DeBenedittis’s Italian grandparents opened Leo’s Latticini, an iconic deli in Corona, Queens. “Corona was, at that time, country, and it was farms. It was not like it is today,” Irene said. Today, Irene co-owns the shop with her sisters Marie and Carmela. They live upstairs, just above the deli and the recently added baker...

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Acquista Trattoria was packed on a recent Wednesday evening as the setting sun cast a warm, golden glow over the lovely dining room. This corner restaurant, perched at the intersection of Union Turnpike and 178th Street, opened in 2001 by Fabio Acquista and has reigned supreme for its classic Italian cuisine made from scratch and served with pride...

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As he stacks four one-pound packs of bucatini on Cassinelli’s compact counter, Giovanni Cali all but apologizes for his pasta purchase.“I can make it at home,” he said. “But I don’t want to.” It’s as difficult to find a store that sells bucatini, which looks like spaghetti with a hole in the center, as it is to make it. And this is why Mr. Cali has...

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The In Scena! Theater Festival kicks off its sixth year of programming tonight, May 7 with a special performance of We Are Not Alone, a play about a psychiatric inmate facing struggles in the outside world. Other theater offerings throughout the course of the 15-day festival run from thrilling to dramatic to comedic and tragic. The best bit of news...

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A widespread New York-based Italian restaurant and pizzeria is making its return to Queens with a soon-to-open location on Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Patrizia’s will open on the corner of Grand Avenue and 69th Place — the former site of a McDonald’s — sometime in the late spring or early summer, according to a spokesperson for the restaurant. While t...

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Perhaps one of the most awe-inspiring facts about Ricky Riccardi, who directs research collections at the Louis Armstrong House Museum Collection in Queens, is that he never argued with his parents. Not once. “Why would I fight with these people?” his wife, Margaret, remembers him saying on their first date. “They supported me. They give me everyth...

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Parte oggi, domenica 8 aprile 2018, Little Big Italy, un programma in onda su canale Nove presentato dal ristoratore romano Francesco Panella. La formula è quella della gara tra tre ristoranti italiani all’estero, partendo da New York sede della prima puntata. Vediamo insieme chi sono i tre concorrenti in gara. Qui trovate orari e scheda del progra...

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Most Italian communities across North America are immersed in their heritage as we rapidly approach Palm Sunday and Easter during this Lenten season. A big part of experiencing Italian tradition is rooted in the Catholic faith and that is precisely why younger generations should always know “why”  traditions such as La Tavola Di San Giuseppe exist;...

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Vincent C. Maltese, Chairman of the Triangle Fire Memorial Association (TFMA) announced their 2018 awardees will be honored at the 107th Anniversary Ceremony to be held on Sunday, March 25, 2:00 pm, at the Paolucci CNL Center at Christ the King Campus, 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village (Door #10). This year’s awardees are: - Paola Corso – P...

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The Italian Program in the Department of European Languages and Literatures at Queens College, The City University of New York, is seeking to hire a year-long Substitute Lecturer of Italian for the 2018-19 Academic year. The preferred candidate will have a completed PhD in Italian. The program is looking for a dynamic instructor with expertise in t...

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