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Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc presents the 38th Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade. Saturday, October 10th, 2015 - Kaufman Studios, 34-12 36th Street, Astoria. Assembling at 11:00 A.M., Parade begins at 12:00. Parade route: Steinway Street left to 30th Avenue right to 33rd Street, ends at review...

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Award-winning poet Louisa Calio directs and hosts the Association of Italian-American Educators Poets & Writers Piazza at Hofstra's 21st Italian Experience, Sponsored by Arba Sicula, at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center and Theater, Hofstra University on Sunday, September 15, 2013 from 12: noon – 5:00pm. Readings by: John Barrale, Gaetano Cip...

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Dear Friends,I am thrilled to announce that on October 23, 2013, to celebrate the colorful Fall Season, I will be hosting a Dinner/Demo at one of my favorite restaurants owned and operated by a great Chef: Chef Rocco Sacramone, originally from Orsogna, a small town in Abruzzo. But wait, I'm not just hosting! The dinner will be a four course meal d...

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Gotham-dwellers are mad for Italian food, and some of the best New York restaurants offer world-class pasta, fragrant roasted meats and a show-stopping spreads of salumi, cheese and antipasti. But of all the Italian restaurants in New York (and there are many) only a handful topped our list.   Read on for our take on New York's best Italian...

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by Natalia Kozikowska Queens residents do not need to fly to Europe to enjoy some of the finest authentic Italian cuisine with Cara Mia right in their backward. Today, Cara Mia is a well-known establishment in the Borough, offering locals a massive variety of quality Italian dishes. But much like all great family-run businesses, the restaurant had...

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"Ordering a quail!" shouts Rocco DiSpirito, the boyish but exacting executive chef and co-owner of Union Pacific restaurant. It's 7:48 on a Monday evening, and the first seating is polishing off its pineapple-and-salmon amuse-bouche.   A wall of frosted glass separates the Zen-like civility of the dining room, with its percolating waterfall...

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For Italian immigrants and their descendants, moving from "the city" out to Long Island was more than a change of address. It signaled that the family had achieved the American dream, and in turn, elements of Italian values and culture are visible all over the island. Italians helped to build Long Island, whether as laborers or as contractors, such...

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August 14 (Thursday) 6:30 pmPetrosino Dinner Lt. Petrosino Association is honoring the following from the NYPD:Thomas P Galati, Chief of Intelligence Division;Mark Torre, Lieutenant Detective Commander NYPD Bomb Squad;Cav. Mitchell R Weiss, NYPD, Chief Clergy/Community Liaison.Sponsored by Lt. Petrosino Association.Russo on the Bay62-45 Cross Bay...

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New York is not just Manhattan, and one who understood very well this is Laura Caparrotti, Roman by birth and New Yorker by adoption, who last year created "In scena! Italian Theater festival NY" that brings the Italian theater in all 5 boroughs of New York City: Manhattan as well as also the Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens. The 2014 edi...

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Dr. Rosemary Serra, a leading research sociologist from the University of Trieste in Italy, has come to New York as a visiting research scholar at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, City University of New York, to investigate the status of Italian American identity within the greater New York area. The tool used to...

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