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From meats to sweets to spirits, the neighborhood provides a one-stop-shop for everyone’s Easter needs. Below are some of the holiday offerings from various family-owned businesses and local shops that are sure to make any Easter celebration “egg-stra” special. Easter Egg Bread from Addeo & Sons Bakery, Madonia Bakery & Terranova Bakery – The baker...

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On behalf of Bronx Little Italy, let's spotlight some of the local pastry shops celebrating St. Joseph’s Day with sweet offerings this year. The Feast of St. Joseph, or La Festa di San Giuseppe, is celebrated annually on March 19th (Tuesday this year) to honor the husband of the Virgin Mary and earthly father to Jesus. It is also the day in which I...

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Around the corner from Arthur Ave. on Crescent Ave., Roberto’s restaurant can be found inside a broad yet unassuming storefront under a simple green awning. If you see a light blue ’57 Fiat 500 parked outside, it means that chef Roberto Paciullo himself is in the kitchen, or outside of it, going from table to table to talk with patrons. Paciullo is...

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Bronx, 1999. Beatrice Ughi is changing her life but perhaps doesn’t know it yet. At the end of the 90s, the “Guerrigliera del Gusto e del Giusto” or Good Food Warrior (as she describes herself on her Instagram page) was an account manager working for a financial statement auditing firm. Almost by accident, but perhaps by coincidence, she leaped int...

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St. Raymond Elementary School in Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY recently experienced a magical day filled with excitement, joy, and valuable life lessons as they hosted not one but two captivating bilingual shows for grades K-8.  Incanto Productions, Italian Queens-based theater company, specialized in multicultural and multilingual productions for schools...

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The Italian American Baseball Foundation celebrated a historic year with nearly 500 guests joining the festivities at Marina Del Rey in Bronx, New York on Thursday, November 30, 2023. From the documentary 'Mission: Classic' to the doubling of scholarships, Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball President Andrea Marcon could not be more happy with t...

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Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, alongside Consul General of Italy in New York, Fabrizio Di Michele, Executive Director of the Belmont Business Improvement District, Alyssa Tucker, and other notable figures, embarked on a guided tour of the Bronx’s Little Italy. The journey commenced at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, an exquisitely preserved R...

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Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who turned out one important public sculpture after another at their studio complex in the Bronx starting in the 1890s.From the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green to the Bronx Zoo, from the figures of...

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The East Bronx History Forum is pleased to announce its 178th meeting to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. with an in-person presentation by Susan Olsen. The location is Woodlawn Cemetery’s Woolworth Chapel, located south of East 233rd Street on the Jerome Avenue entrance. Olsen is the director of historical services for the Woodlawn Cemet...

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The upcoming annual Columbus Day parade in the Morris Park section of the Bronx is set to honor a local advocate who has given back to her community through hard work, dedication and even some humor. This Sunday’s parade, along Morris Park Avenue, will highlight longtime Bronxite Louise Delucia as the parade’s deputy grand marshal. DeLucia will ser...

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