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By Giovanni di Napoli   Giglio Sunday was a scorcher! With temperatures soaring in the nineties, the heat made the already demanding task of carrying two massive structures all the more difficult. Far from demoralizing the lifters, I don't think I've ever seen a more spirited group of men. The paranza's fortitude and devotion was most admira...

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Over the weekend, we dropped into Emily (919 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 347-844-9588), the new Clinton Hill pizzeria opened in late January by Brooklyn Central alums Emily and Matt Hyland. The Kickstarter-funded, family-run operation (Emily's sister Lauren greets guests at the door, acting as host, waitress, busser etc) is putting out unfussy Italian...

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Browsing the web from Italy searching for everything Italian in the USA, attending as many meetings as you can we you go there, talking and chatting with everyone who has something interesting about the Italian community in America, you end up recognizing a few names that constantly recur. Only a few, who - is easy to understand - have dedicated th...

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"Gli italiani che hanno fatto l'America" è un argomento che da decenni produce articoli e pubblicazioni in quantità considerevole, che generalmente si soffermano a parlare di personaggi più o meno famosi e che hanno avuto una vita avventurosa. La GRANDE STORIA invece, nei suoi archivi silenziosi e segreti, ha immagazzinato nel tempo innumerevoli p...

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by Kristina Headrick Cronuts and cupcakes; slightly disturbing milkshakes; gluten free and gold-plated donuts: NYC is known for its attention grabbing, food-fad frenzies. The city's insatiable desire for the next big thing is matched only by its obsessively nostalgic tendencies.   In an era where the media is constantly aflutter with news o...

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di Rosy Canale In Scena è il primo festival di teatro italiano a New York. Un progetto ambizioso, impegnativo, che crea finalmente una corrispondenza tra i due paesi. Nasce dall'idea e dalla passione viscerale per il teatro di due donne, molto diverse ma assolutamente complementari: Laura Caparrotti e Donatella Codonesu. Laura dai mille volti: at...

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Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings.   Production highlights include "Hanno tutti ragione" (Everybody's Right), performed b...

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By Lisa L. ColangeloGentrification can't keep the giglio out of Williamsburg. The 129th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino kicks off Wednesday in Brooklyn, with sausage, zeppole and a 4-ton, 65-foot statue to honor a beloved Italian saint.   "It's definitely pride and a tradition," said Joe Galasso, a 41-year-old city fir...

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More photos here    Fonte: Magna Grece    

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by Tanay Warerkar   A brand new Italian restaurant on Java Street has been packed to capacity ever since opening September 26. The Naked Dog is a rustic, 60-seater, on a quiet corner of West and Java Streets with nary the sound of a construction truck chugging along the street from time to time.   Uncomplicated wooden tables and...

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