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Il richiamo alla mitica Graziella è abbastanza esplicito: una bicicletta piccola, pieghevole, con grande cura per ogni dettaglio, dalla sella al campanello. Un oggetto comodo per chi vive in grandi città e ha bisogno di una due ruote piccola che occupi poco spazio, in modo da poter essere portata in appartamento o in ufficio per non correre il risc...

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Yesterday kicked off the 2015 Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. A neighborhood staple for 40 years, the celebration features nightly entertainment, games, rides, and plenty of delicious food. The festivities continue until Sunday, August 30th. Enjoy the many amusements, but please don't forget the true reason for the celebration and...

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Saturday, October 26, 2013. Save the date to join with the smiling faces from the past and our current members as we recreate the atmosphere of a Cracotan feast day celebration that was done by our ancestors. This year's Reunion features a grand dinner dance in the tradition of our ancestors on the eve of the Feast of San Vincenzo.   Picture...

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The house my husband and I were lucky enough to buy in Carroll Gardens came with an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; a large statue of Mary holding baby Jesus enclosed in a heavenly blue dome. It had been cemented to the ground because the first statue had been stolen during Carroll Gardens' more crime ridden days (God help you if you're going around steali...

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New York's Luhring Augustine is to present "The Minus Objects 1965-1966″, and exhibition of early works by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. The exhibition will be on display at Luhring Augustine's Bushwick space until 11 May 2014.   The Minus Objects – first exhibited in 1966, in the artist's studio in Turin – comprise a group of disp...

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"It was hot and humid that July day in1917, and the neighborhood odors were floating along on top of the muggy air.... Big Gino and his friend Franzini were walking to the bank to deposit the cash Big Gino had from yesterday's ice wagon routes. They stepped off the curb at the corner to cross the street. "Bruno, the teamster driving the loaded bee...

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By Becky Cooper Ischia: Capri's forgotten sibling, the Cinderella of the islands off the coast of Naples, long lay quiet in the Tyrrhenian Sea, home to therapeutic thermal springs and sunbathing Italians. But now, thanks to Elena Ferrante, the author and patron saint of many a contemporary bibliophile, Ischia conjures mythic promises of rejuvenati...

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Opera superstar Andrea Bocelli has set a new record by becoming the first artist in history to perform at the Big Apple's Barclays Center twice. The Italian tenor first played at the huge arena in Brooklyn, New York last year (12), and now he's set to return - setting a record as he goes.   He tells the New York Daily News, "To be honest, wh...

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After enjoying a great success with their Clinton Hill pizzeria Emily in Brooklyn, Matt and Emily Hyland have announced their plans to stretch their feet and expand with a new shop called Emmy Squared. Emmy Squared, which will be a bar and pizzeria specializing in Italian-American sandwiches and pan pizza, will be located in an old Subway, mer...

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The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has announced that 39 of Brooklyn's greatest and tastiest restaurants will take part in "Explore Brooklyn: Italian Restaurant Week" from October 10-17.   The initiative - which coincides with the week of Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month - is aimed at promoting restaurants in Brooklyn and allowing for v...

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