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by Mary Ann Pietanza   He is navigating the Italian social club scene onto new turf at a time when change is not just inevitable, but almost necessary as it faces an aging membership. Parente, who is 48, has a presence that commands attention. Blue-eyed with white, wavy hair, he is wired to energize and please those around him.  ...

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by Paul Vitello   The Rev. Vincent J. Termine, a Roman Catholic priest who helped revive a dying parish in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in the 1960s and '70s, then angered members of his predominantly white flock when he let black youths from another neighborhood participate in organized basketball at the church, died on Dec. 26 in Johns Island, S...

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by Max Jaeger   They got your community service right here. Bensonhurst's Federation of Italian-American Organizations celebrated local activism during a fund-raiser gala at Mill Basin catering hall El Caribe on April 12. The organization celebrated 40 years of community service and honored folks who have contributed to their neighborho...

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di Francesca Berardi   "L'Italia ha salvato Coney Island", ricorda con un tono di voce forte e deciso il presidente del quartiere di Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz. In una fredda e piovosa mattina di fine primavera, parlando a pochi metri dalla questa spiaggia che negli anni Venti era simbolo dell'eleganza e del divertimento dell'estate newyorkes...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Sunday's Feast of Saint Rita of Cascia was a huge success as hundreds gathered at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the festivities. Mass was celebrated by Msgr. David Cassato, who blessed the parishioners and the sea of roses filling the pews.   After Mass, members of the Associazione Cultural...

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Lady Gaga has become a godmother. The 'Applause' hitmaker was named as one of the three godparents - an individual chosen to take an interest in the spiritual welfare of a child - of her friends' Brian and Angie's little daughter Sistilia.   Taking to her Instagram account on Monday (07.25..16), she uploaded a photograph of her holding...

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By Raanan GebererOne of the most spectacular, unusual traditional Italian-American feasts in the United States is taking place from July 10 to 21 in Williamsburg.   The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paulinus of Nola features the lifting of an 80-foot-tall, three-ton statue known as the Giglio, which means "lily" in Italian. The s...

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by Joanna DelBuono   Magnificio, fantastico, molto buono. Marco Chirico, restaurateur extraordinaire and patron of the arts, has always advocated for education. In order to further the education of students at the Information Technology High School in Long Island City, the owner and chef of Marco Polo Ristorante commissioned the students in...

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Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, is organizing In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be June 10 to 20, 2013. All events are free. The festival's website is www.insc...

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Paul's Focacceria opened in 1904, the same year the ice cream cone was invented and Cy Young threw the first perfect game. Paul's was located on a residential street just a few blocks away from the Brooklyn piers, and it served traditional Sicilian sandwiches to the local Italian community and Italian longshoremen clamoring for a taste of home. &n...

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