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Last Sunday (May 31st), my friends and I joined members of the Società San Calogero di Torretta in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the 53rd Annual Feast of San Calogero. Starting from the society's clubhouse on 20th Avenue, the procession made its way through the neighborhood to Saint Dominic's Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian. On 18th Avenue...

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Al via la XIII edizione del Premio New York: in palio per i giovani artisti emergenti c'è la possibilità di vivere per 4 mesi nella Grande Mela a contatto con il suo effervescente ambiente culturale e artistico.    Oltre al biglietto per New York, i due vincitori avranno un assegno mensile di 4mila dollari per vitto e alloggio, la possi...

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Il Festival della Musica Italiana di New York compie 9 anni e si terrà l'11 settembre 2016 dalle 3.30 pomeridiane al Master Theater (Millenium) di Brooklyn, New York". Ad annunciarlo è la versione on line del quotidiano in lingua italiana di New York "America Oggi". "Il Festival, organizzato dall'Associazione Culturale Italiana di New York di Tony...

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Last night, Fern Mallis hosted the matriarchs of the Missoni empire, Rosita and her daughter Angela Missoni, for a 92Y Talk. Rosita, well into her 80s, is now less involved with the brand, but her mark is permanent. Here, the abridged Missoni story, as told to Mallis by the two strong-willed women behind one of the most enduring fashion brands aliv...

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by Melonie Messina Acadia Realty Trust and Washington Square Partners, co-developers of City Point, announced that Fortina, the Italian restaurant of chef, Christian Petroni, signed a 15-year, 4,612-sq. ft. lease, at the 1.8 million-sq. ft. mixed-use project in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.   Fortina will be located within the 60,000-sq. ft....

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By Sr. Camille D'Arienzo People in Msgr. David Cassato's neighborhood affectionately call him "The Pope of Bensonhurst." In his current parish of St. Athanasius as well as his previous parish, he has been likened to the father of a large Italian family at whose table there is room for everyone, regardless of race, color or creed.   His boom...

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Putting opera aside for an evening, members of the Italian Opera Company, a Brooklyn-based performance troupe, will entertain audiences with Neapolitan folk songs in a special concert at the Dyker Heights Library on Oct. 14.   The free concert, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Dyker Heights Library at 8202 13th Ave., will feature timeles...

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By Leslie Albrecht   There won't be a statue of an old man with an enormous moustache holding a "sad-looking pizza" at the new Italian restaurant opening on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 11th Street, the co-owners told DNAinfo New York.   The team behind Pastificio Flora say they plan to destroy that outdated stereotype at their eat...

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By Gina Barreca Destiny: Those parts of your life you can't escape no matter how hard you've worked to avoid them. I was making tomato sauce the other afternoon just as my Sicilian grandmother taught me: searing the sausage and the chopped meat in separate frying pans while getting the olive oil, garlic, parsley and the oregano ready in other...

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by Helen Klein   In a turnaround from prior plans, the Santa Rosalia festival will run for as many days and as many blocks along 18th Avenue as it had previously, but it will be held in the middle of August, instead of the end of the month, which community activists hope will ease problems that have been associated with the long-running even...

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