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L'Italian American Museum ricorda le celebrazioni che dal 13 al 23 settembre prossimi renderanno omaggio a San Gennaro. Il Museo in particolare proporrà la proiezione continua a più riprese di un video di durata di 10 minuti sulla storia e sul significato culturale della festa di San Gennaro. Tra gli appuntamenti segnalati dal Museo: nel pomerigg...

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E' la festa italiana più famosa di New York, quella che per i prossimi 11 giorni interesserà Little Italy. Si tratta naturalmente della Festa di San Gennaro, patrono della città di Napoli, che anche qui viene ricordato e venerato da oltre ottanta anni. La Festa di San Gennaro è la più lunga e più importante festa religiosa che si tiene all'aperto...

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Seeking musicians, performance artists, actors, singers, writers, graphic artists, readers, jugglers, acrobats, original acts.   The upcoming San Gennaro Feast is the largest and most visible annual Italian cultural expression in New York City. The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge, through the auspices of its Chaplain Msgr. Sakano, has hosted an I...

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By Kelsey Rexroat   Each September, the streets of New York's Little Italy come alive with celebrations for the annual Feast of San Gennaro. Taking place Sept. 12-22 this year, the festival commemorate the patron saint of Naples with religious processions, parades, free concerts, and of course plenty of Italian delicacies -- even a cannoli-e...

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Go for the cannoli-eating competition, stay for the piles of pizza and live music. Little Italy's longest running festival, the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, is coming Sept. 15 through Sept. 25 this year, so you better get your stomach ready. The 11-day festival fills the neighborhood of Little Italy with live music, parades and food stands sel...

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by Edgar Sandoval and Rich Shapiro   Holy moly, that's a lotta cannoli. A Manhattan man armed with "a mental plan" is the new king of cannolis after devouring 32 of the sweet treats in six minutes Thursday. Yasir Salem's stomach-churning display of gastrointestinal fortitude earned him the top prize at the world-famous cannoli eati...

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A man propped on a stool, wearing shorts, a red hat, white gloves and bearing an unusually long nose, piped up each time a person walked by Sunday.   "Hi girls, I'm Pinocchio," the man said as a group of women walked into the Safety Harbor Marina for the 11th LIADO's San Gennaro Festa. "Welcome to Italy. Wipe your feet before you enter. Don'...

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The 88th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place for 11 days starting Thursday, September 11 and continuing through Sunday, September 21, 2014, it was announced today by Joseph Mattone, President of Figli di San Gennaro (Children of San Gennaro), the not-for-...

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by John A. Fratta Is it me or is there something wrong? For me it all began on Sept. 19, but I know it has been going on for many years. On Sept. 19 and 20, the New York Daily News ran an attack piece on the Feast of San Gennaro. The article made it look as if there was something going on with the feast's funds, but, of course, it was not true. &...

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By Meghan Giannotta  When you think of Little Italy's San Gennaro festival, Italian eats instantly come to mind. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the event that brings more than 1 million tourists and locals to Manhattan, craving cannolis. But when the Society of San Gennaro first took to the streets in 1926, the group had somethi...

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