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I made my way to Saint Mary's Church (1008 49th Avenue) in Long Island City on Saturday (Sept. 7th) to participate in the 106th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Sponsored by the Societa Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna, the celebration was a magnificent display of faith and devotion.   Following the wonderful service, a candle...

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Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R,C,WF,I-Huntington Station) is encouraging local high school seniors to apply for the Conference of Italian-American State Legislators' Scholarship program. The conference offers four scholarships, each in the amount of $2,000 to support students who excel both in the classroom and in athletic competition.   This...

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By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino  Che emozione che si prova nel trascorrere la festa del lavoro insieme a colleghi per il Gala dell'AIAE, l'organizzazione che raggruppa tutti quei professionisti italiani in America che, oltre alle loro varie attività, si dedicano all'insegnamento e alla diffusione della lingua e cultura italiana.   Sono f...

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December 4 (Friday) 7:30 pm. "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and its Meaning for Italian Americans"Professor Mary Anne Trasciatti, of Hofstra University, discusses the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a key event in U.S. history, which killed 146 people, mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls and inspired a movement for wor...

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di Maurita Cardone   Quando si dice teatro italiano a New York si dice Mario Fratti. Noto alle scene newyorchesi fin dagli anni '60, il commediografo di origini aquilane, autore di più di 90 opere, oltre che columnist de La Voce, scrive ormai quasi esclusivamente in inglese (una lingua di cui non fa che elogiare ricchezza e libertà), ma ha c...

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Long Island has been a hub of Italian-American culture for as long as Italians have settled in the tri-state area, and Italian-Americans make up the biggest percentage of the population of immigrant descendants in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to a study of the Long Island Italian-American community by Vincenzo Milione, a researcher a...

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A Long Island man booted from his job as a deputy finance commissioner for the Town of North Hempstead announced Wednesday that he is preparing to sue the municipality because, he says, he was fired for being Italian.   Angelo Ferrara, 66, has filed a notice of claim and complaint with the state's Division of Human Rights alleging the town d...

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11/3/2015 Start Time: 2:30 PM. Center for Italian Studies - West Campus - Harriman Hall - 100 Nicolls Road - Main Entrance - Stony Brook, NY 11794. Presentation by Fred Kuwornu, Ghanaian/Italian activist-producer-writer-director, who will comment on and screen his documentary, Blaxploitalian 100 years of Blackness in the It...

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Saturday, September 5th, my friends and I joined members of the Società Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna at Saint Mary's Church in Long Island City, New York, to celebrate the 108th Annual Feast of the Madonna Addolorata.   Thank you Emily, Rosetta, Celeste and all the members of the society for your warmth and hospitality, we had...

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2016 Ambasciatore Awards Ceremony and Dinner. ** Submit a Nominee by November 30, 2015 ** Honoring Outstanding Italian American Leaders and their Italian American Organizations. Sunday, January 24, 2016 - Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, NY. The Italian American Museum will host the Long Island Ambasciatore Awards on Sund...

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