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In 1892 Ellis Island, located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was established as the chief immigration center. Between 1892 and its closing in 1956, over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island.   For centuries since the collapse of the Roman Empire, Italy had not existed as a single unified entity. Instead, it...

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di Riccardo Chioni   I magnifici otto del Liceo Scientifico "Guglielmo Marconi" hanno ricevuto ieri al Consolato Generale il Diploma del ministero degli Esteri, alla presenza del console generale Natalia Quintavalle, della preside della Scuola d'Italia Anna Fiore, del direttore scolastico presso il Consolato Carlo Davoli, insegnanti e genito...

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Quest'anno la "Giglio Society of East Harlem", sta preparando la sua festa con la prevista "Dancing of Saint Anthony's Giglio" dell'11 agosto 2013 con una grande sorpresa ed un forte impatto emotivo per i discendenti italoamericani con radici bruscianesi: la veste del Giglio proviene direttamente da Brusciano grazie alla produzione ed alla fraterna...

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The Little Italy Merchants Association and Little Italy, NYC has announced its first in a series of live performances featuring some of Broadway's very best shows and brightest stars. Little Italy Sings! will celebrate its opening performance featuring "THE FANTASTICKS."   NYC's longest running show will return to its downtown roots with a p...

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Italian-born Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis made her modeling debut Thursday during 2014's New York Fashion Week. The 43-year-old television personality took on the catwalk during the Heart Truth Dress Collection show. "I'm super excited; I've never done this before. I used to think being a model and walking the runway was an easy job, but...

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The prestigious Galleria Ca' d'Oro, a Rome, Italy landmark, has opened their doors in the Chelsea section of New York City in partnership with fine art photographer, curator and collector Giada Baselice. This is Ca' d'Oro's second U.S. location after opening in Miami four years ago.   Galleria Ca' d'Oro was established in 1970 in Rome by Ant...

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Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, announces the lineup for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 fully staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York.   Each show will h...

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The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has donated a granite marker honoring Peter Caesar Alberti, the first Italian American immigrant, to the Italian American Museum in New York's Little Italy.   The gift arrives in time for June 2nd, which marks the 380th anniversary of Alberti's arrival in the New World. The date is also...

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and the American Italian Cancer Foundation are sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. On Friday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the foundation will be at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, located at 6200 Beach Channel Dr. in Arverne, to provide no-...

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Chef Antonio Mermolia and entrepreneur are two capatostas, an Italian expression meaning a volitional and stubborn type, someone who takes a different path despite knowing it will not be an easy one.    "Our chosen path is the Italy of the South, an auteur South that has still to be explored," explains Mermolia, "In particular I fo...

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