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A feast, a statue, and over one hundred years of tradition brought crowds out to the streets of Williamsburg on Sunday, July 9 to see the first lift of an eighty-foot-tall statue of Saint Paolino. The 130th Giglio Feast, which is 40 years older than and second in size only to Little Italy’s San Gennaro Festival, is hosted by Our Lady of Mount Carme...

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Last year, Starbucks invested in Italian-food purveyor Princi to bring its bakery goods stateside to New York and Chicago. Now, the chain is moving one step closer to that goal by opening a Princi kitchen and commissary in Red Hook. The Milan-based bakery specializes in pizza, pasta, antipasti and egg dishes–although no word on what exactly it will...

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In Napoli, Brooklyn, playing at Roundabout Theatre Company through September 3rd, Playwright Meghan Kennedy gets us started with a mimed prologue in which a family sits at the dining table, enjoying a meal and sharing the news of the day. Lights out, then up, as the dad, Nic Muscolino – played by Michael Rispoli – appears, ready for a day’s work at...

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When it comes to Lamborghinis, it’s always good to have Alessandro Farmeschi around—even if it’s to translate stuff like Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva, or “ALA” for short. Farmeschi, the company’s chief operating officer, recently visited The Drive’s Brooklyn headquarters, bearing a thoughtful housewarming gift: A Lamborghini Huracán Performante—...

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«Nei dialoghi immaginari con lui gli chiedo spesso cosa fare con tutti i suoi ricordi, ci teneva tanto a farsi chiamare commendatore, e ora sono commendatore della Repubblica italiana anche io...». Aldo Mancusi non trattiene l’emozione. Da più di quarant’anni ha raccolto cimeli e memorabilia e realizzato al secondo piano della sua casa il Museo Car...

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The Columbian Lawyers Association (CLA) paid tribute to Brooklyn attorney Dean Delianites, who just wrapped up a year as president of the group, during the gala Installation Dinner Dance held at El Caribe Country Club in Mill Basin on Friday, June 9. In addition, Delianites passed the gavel to the organization’s new president, Linda Locasci, a trad...

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Saturday morning I joined my esteemed confratello Cav. Patrick O’Boyle of the Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George at the Monastery of the Most Precious Blood in Borough Park, Brooklyn (5400 Fort Hamilton Parkway) for the Titular Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Sponsored by the New York Chapter...

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Tuesday, July 11 — Author Talk: Anthony LoFrisco — The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn, 7-8:30 p.m. The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily To Brooklyn by Anthony LoFrisco, is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested...

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Thanks to a couple of guys toiling away at pasta machines in Williamsburg, the pasta noodle is finally coming out from behind the red sauce. Sfoglini Pasta is selling hand-made, dried pasta in unique shapes and ingredients that are pleasing the taste buds of customers across the U.S. “When we started we saw an opportunity for dried pasta made with...

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They’re looking to score a different kind of goal. The Brooklyn Italians soccer club has been around since 1949, but now, with the spotlight shining brighter than ever on the sport, the organization wants to take the next step in growing hometown talent. The team first formed as a social club for new Italian immigrants in Brooklyn to ease themselve...

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