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F.I.A.O sponsors scholarships to high school seniors of Italian descent. This year FIAO will hold their 36th Annual Gala on Sunday April 7, 2013 at El Caribe Country Club.Join FIAO as they recognize the Scholarship Recipients and honor outstanding community leaders.   2013 HonoreesThis year's Honorees are: Rocco & Enza Coluccio (Humanita...

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By Henry Stewart Democratic voters who show up for the primaries on September 10 might see the name of a mayoral candidate not as familiar as the rest: Sal Albanese. The Italian-born Brooklynite represented Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst in the City Council for 16 years, until 1998, after he came in third in the Democratic primary for ma...

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Destinazione Grande Mela per i due artisti italiani emergenti che hanno vinto l'undicesima edizione del Premio New York. A trionfare sono stati Giorgio Andreotta Calo' e Sven Sachsalber, che potranno usufruire di un soggiorno studio di quattro mesi negli Stati Uniti per sviluppare le proprie capacita' creative a contatto con il frizzante ambiente c...

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by Hugh Merwin   Manuel Mainardi, a co-founder of the production company Creative Chaos, has been serious about bikes for 15 years and racing them for five. After he was temporarily sidelined by a motorcycle accident a few years back, he began to draw out plans for a shop where "people could come in to sit down and play cards, or stand up at...

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Please join Karen La Rosa and host Nico Daniele, for a special evening of Sicilian Food, Wine and Music in Brooklyn's new Sicilian Restaurant, Bella Gioia!   Dine on a menu of delicious Sicilian specialties, paired with Sicilian wines and served family style, created and selected especially for the evening by your host, Chef Nico Daniele. &...

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The Congregation of Maria S.S. Addolorata would like to announce that this years' procession in honor of our Patron Saint of Mola di Bari will take place on Sunday, September 13th. The procession will depart from Sacred Heart–St. Stephens Church (Summitt and Hicks Street) Carroll Gardens at 3:00 P.M.   Upon returning to St. Stephen...

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Last weekend (Sept. 26th–27th), members of the Società Santa Fortunata di New York celebrated the 115th Feast of Santa Fortunata, beloved patroness of Baucina, Sicily. The two day celebration, full of pomp and pageantry, began at the society clubhouse (7701 17th Ave.) in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and culminated with Mass at Regina Pacis Church (1230 6...

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The quintessential Brooklyn row house is the Italianate-style brownstone, homes with tall stoops, long windows and majestic entries. There is a perfect symmetry to their uniformity, a pleasing rhythm and solidity to brownstone blocks — especially when paired with old trees, overflowing flower boxes, and heavy cast iron railings.   The Italia...

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Quando nel gennaio del 2013, Jerry Valerio lasciò la presidenza dei Brooklyn Italians dopo 24 anni, il board gli promise che alcune delle tradizioni della società sarebbero state mantenute. Una di queste è il gala annuale, giunto alla 39ª edizione. Gli Italians da decenni costituiscono una delle più attive e solide società newyorkesi. Oggi, che ch...

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Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro's gastronomical gifts were of little help when his 32-foot Boston Whaler got lost in heavy fog in New York Harbor. "People were scared," Valastro told CNN of the harrowing journey Friday night with his wife, another couple and nine young children. "I didn't know which way to look -- left, right. I couldn't even see in fr...

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