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My mouth was full when I met the genial food historian Andrew P. Coletti at the Italian American Museum’s “Brindiamo!” He was one of two foodies who filled the buffet table with fascinating fare, as a favor to museum founder Joseph Scelsa. His fancy dried dates (stuffed with ground walnuts, pepper, honey, and sea salt) were so scrumptious that it w...

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Ernesto Di Renzo of the University of Rome Tor Vergata presents "From Dionysus to Happy Hour: The Complexity of Wine Between History, Culture and Taste Experiences" at the Italian American Museum on Tuesday, February 27 at 6:30pm. 155 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013. For reservations please call the Museum at 212.965.9000, send an email to ItalianA...

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“Vogliamo evidenziare il notevole apporto delle donne nell’attuazione dei nuovi progetti di sviluppo sociale, economico, politico e culturale, con il riconoscimento del loro vero valore nella nostra realtà”. Questo lo spirito con cui l’Orsogna Mutual Aid Society, la società di mutua assistenza nata nel 1939 per aiutare in America gli immigrati di O...

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On Grand Street, the Banh Mi Saigon Vietnamese sandwich shop sits just past the Baz Bagel and Restaurant, which serves $14 bagels with Nova and scallion cream cheese. Down the road stands the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. This is Little Italy in Manhattan. Or what’s left of it. Once home to thousands of Italians and Italian-Americans, Li...

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The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend "The Alchemy of Italy" Presented by Carla Gambescia. Thursday, February 22nd, 6:30 PM. 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) New York, NY 10013 What is it about Italy? Cultural Superpower yet merely a mountainous Mediterranean peninsula, Italy has exerted an outsized f...

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The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend: Giorno Del Ricordo (Day of Remembrance). A recital featuring live music and reading from the book entitled "That One Tin Trumpet of the Eastern Italian Border". Presented by Mario Fragiacomo (Trumpet, Flugelhorn and Live Electronics) and Luisa Brencella (Narrator). Historical presentation...

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Work is about to get underway on the new Italian American Museum in Little Italy, and with that the museum has unveiled the first set of renderings for the revamped space, which will be six times larger than the existing space at the corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets. The museum will be part of a 12-unit apartment building that’s being developed...

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 15th and the Civil Rights Movement, the Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend a screening of "Linciati: Lynchings of Italians in America" (2004, 51 min.). Friday, January 19th, 6:30 PM - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New...

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The Italian American Museum has struck a deal to sell three buildings it owns on Grand Street to a development group that will build a bigger museum in the base of a residential condo the group plans to erect on the site. The museum, founded by Joseph Scelsa, a retired sociology professor at Queens College who specialized in Italian American histor...

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The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for "The New Italian American Museum: Architectural Renderings and Model for the Forthcoming Newly Designed Museum". Presented by Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa, Founder and President. Thursday, January 11, 2018. 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Italian American Museum 155 Mulberry Street (Co...

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