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By Giovanni di Napoli   Thursday night, I finally got to go to the Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. After a grueling week of work, I was really looking forward to blowing off some steam and having a good time. Visiting the outdoor chapel to venerate la Santuzza, I said a few prayers for the earthquake victims in Italy, f...

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The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn hosted its annual holiday dinner and judiciary night with more than 300 lawyers, judges and political figures in attendance at Gargiulo's Restaurant in Coney Island on Thursday night.   Everyone was dressed to impress, even though the mood of the evening was casual. The annual holiday party is me...

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By Raanan Geberer   It is tempting to make a comparison between 1930s and '40s-era Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and new Mayor Bill de Blasio.   Both are considered "outsiders" who were not part of the political machine, both are Italian-American, and both were considered left of center, although a hard-core leftist would certainly contest...

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It's a 1,737 mile drive from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in Keystone, South Dakota. If you're taking I-80 and I-90 westbound you can do the trip in 26 hours. There's no way to do the trip faster, just as to date, there hasn't been a way to bridge the gap that exists between the United States Department of the...

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By Jonathan Sperling A celebration in Bensonhurst will bring the spirit of Italy to the heart of southwest Brooklyn. The Feast of Santa Rosalia will begin August 20, stretching from 68th Street to 75th Street on 18th Avenue (aka Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard), and end on August 30.   The feast, which is the largest Italian-American feas...

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Award-winning TV producer/writer/director and historian Tony De Nonno will take audience members on an enlightening journey into the life and legacy of puppeteers Mike and Aida Manteo, their children, and even grandchildren — a family bound together by a Sicilian folk tradition that spans a century in New York.   Come experience this enchant...

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by Carla Rose   The Fiorentino family has been serving up authentic Italian food for 25 years at Fiorentino's Ristorante in Brooklyn, NY. They pride themselves on fine Italian cuisine, and good portions at fair prices. Unfortunately, this era is coming to an end on Sunday, January 10, 2016.   It is hard to believe this is actually goi...

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by Allegra Hobbs   This feast is back for seconds! A group of Italian Williamsburgers has been quietly reprising the Giglio feast — the beloved century-plus neighborhood tradition where men carry an 80-foot-tall tower through the streets on St. Paulinus's feast day in July — every Columbus Day for the past four years.   But now t...

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Si è svolta sabato 21 novembre al Van Westerhout Cittadini Molesi Club la donazione di tacchini in vista del Giorno del Ringraziamento, che il club molese ha destinato alla Visitation Roman Catholic Church perché siano disribuiti ai più bisognosi, in particolare nella zona di Red Hook. È stata particolarmente apprezzata e gradita la presenza all'e...

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di Maurita Cardone Lorenzo Cherubini, in arte Jovanotti, si è esibito sabato pomeriggio a Prospect Park, Brooklyn, nel corso del festival GoogaMooga aperto venerdì da band come gli Yeah Yeah Yeahs e The Flaming Lips. In Italia la performance di Jovanotti a New York ha guadagnato i titoli dei giornali ma in America non sono in molti a conoscere il...

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