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Award-winning artist and educator Simona Rodano aka The Italian Fairy, founder of Incanto Productions based in NYC specialized in multilingual and multicultural services for schools in the USA, was thrilled when Principal Ms. Dejardin and Vice-Principal Ms. Ellman at P.S. 242, proposed an exciting in-residency program to further enhance the dual la...

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PS 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy in Central Harlem experienced a day unlike any other as they welcomed the colorful spirit of the Italian carnival into their halls. Led by Principal Denise Gomez and Vice Principal Ms. Ellman, the school hosted renowned director and performer Simona Rodano, along with Pasqualino Beltempo, Giorgia Picano, Ariann...

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For a quarter century now Settepani has been on the corner of Malcolm X (formerly Lenox) Boulevard and 120th Street, yet to pass it you would think it just opened weeks ago as part of the ongoing gentrification of this part of Harlem. Settepani was founded by Ethiopian-Eritrean immigrant Leah Abraham and her Sicilian husband chef Nino Settepani, wh...

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Dear Friends, I was fortunate to meet with Governor Kathy Hochul Monday and discuss issues that concern our community. I briefed her on our agenda of top legislative initiatives for 2023 in Albany. I advised the Governor of our strong support for her plan to create more charter schools. We propose developing the first-ever Italian Language Academy...

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Italian Harlem, and its two main prominenti, Leonard Covello and Vito Marcantonio, have been brought to literary life in “Harlem, Italia” by Renato Cantore. Cantore, deputy director of Rai-Tgr, Italy's television network for regional news, has published numerous books and articles on the history of Italian emigration to the United States. “Harlem,...

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For Bilena Settepani, food and family go hand in hand. The 25-year-old manages her family’s restaurant and bakery, Settepani, which has locations in New York’s Brooklyn and Harlem neighborhoods. “Settepani, which is first and foremost my last name, means ‘seven breads’ in Italian,” Settepani told In The Know. “My dad always jokes that my first job...

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East Harlem, 6 febbraio 2020, ore 19:00, alla pizzeria Sottocasa.  La scena si apre su una delle zone storiche della comunità italiana a Manhattan, dove ha avuto luogo l’ Italian Town Hall Meeting organizzato dal Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York. Protagonista indiscussa della serata: la lingua italiana. Oggetto di crescente interesse e studio...

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East Harlem Giglio Christmas Party Toy Drive. For the 2019 Christmas season the Giglio Society of East Harlem is happy to announce our partnership with the Boys Club of New York, Gerry Clubhouse in East Harlem!!! Many of our Giglio Boys were members of the Boys Club in East Harlem growing up, and we are excited to return our appreciation to this am...

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Second Avenue in East Harlem is a wide stretch of road lined mostly with century-old tenements. Makes sense—most of them date back to when the Second Avenue Elevated opened up northern Manhattan to developers, who built row after row of walkup buildings for New Yorkers desperate to escape the slums of the Lower East Side. But there’s one building o...

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There’s a very interesting book called “Flavor and Soul: Italian America at Its African American Edge”, which tells very well about an important aspect of the Italian American experience.  The relationship between the Italian Americans and the African Americans reveals more than one could think, about how the Italian Americans integrated into the A...

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