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By Raanan Geberer   It is tempting to make a comparison between 1930s and '40s-era Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and new Mayor Bill de Blasio.   Both are considered "outsiders" who were not part of the political machine, both are Italian-American, and both were considered left of center, although a hard-core leftist would certainly contest...

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Promossa dall'Italian American Legal Defense Fund, si terrà il prossimo 27 marzo dalle 8.30 alle 15.00 al D'Angelo Center della St. John's University a New York la conferenza su "Gli italo-americani e la discriminazione nell'istruzione superiore". Obiettivo della conferenza ripercorrere la storia della comunità italo – americana e delle discrimina...

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The New York Mets Italian Heritage at City Field!   New York Italians members will be eligible for discounted tickets. A portion of the tickets proceeds will also go to support the New York Italians mission! Thank you New York Mets!   Please email [email protected] for details.

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di Gespare Pipitone   Con un elegante Dinner-Dance l'Associazione Castelvetranesi D'America ha celebrato nel Queens il suo 26 anniversario con la partecipazione di numerosi esponenti della Comunità locale.   Puntuale, anche quest'anno, il Presidente Luciano Saladino, con la collaborazione della amministrazione, ha saputo preparare una...

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Sunday, April 12th, dozens of pilgrims and fujenti (devotees of the Madonna of the Arch) gathered at St. Matthias Church in Ridgewwod, Queens for the Third Annual Festa Della Madonna Dell'Arco. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Vincent Miceli, followed by a short procession around the parish to the nearby Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Cent...

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US Open champion Flavia Pennetta believes lifting a first grand slam title next to her childhood friend was the perfect way to end her career. Pennetta beat fellow Italian and long-time companion Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 and then used her victory speech to announce her retirement in front of a shocked crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The worl...

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11/3/2015 Start Time: 2:30 PM. Center for Italian Studies - West Campus - Harriman Hall - 100 Nicolls Road - Main Entrance - Stony Brook, NY 11794. Presentation by Fred Kuwornu, Ghanaian/Italian activist-producer-writer-director, who will comment on and screen his documentary, Blaxploitalian 100 years of Blackness in the It...

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This past June, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz swore in Astoria resident and Queens native Maria Lisella as the new Queens Poet Laureate. Maria will be joining us at Central Library on Sunday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for our Open Mic for Poets. Maria Lisella is the sixth poet to serve as the borough's Poet Laureate.   Born in S...

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by Anthony O'Reilly Get ready to celebrate Italian pride. The 10th annual Howard Beach Columbus Day Parade is set to kick off on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon. Floats, dancers and singers will take over Cross Bay Boulevard in a celebration of all things Italian. It will start at 156th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard and march down the corridor...

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Saturday, September 5th, my friends and I joined members of the Società Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna at Saint Mary's Church in Long Island City, New York, to celebrate the 108th Annual Feast of the Madonna Addolorata.   Thank you Emily, Rosetta, Celeste and all the members of the society for your warmth and hospitality, we had...

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