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21 Jun 2015, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. La storia della boxe è da sempre strettamente connessa a quella degli emigrati e in particolare degli italiani arrivati a New York. Nella sede della storica Gleason's Gym, un evento organizzato da New York Italians in collaborazione con Fordham University e la partnership de La VOCE di New York, riunisce ca...

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Help us complete the documentary. Premieres: November 14th, 2015 - New York. Fundraising deadline: October 15th, 2015   "The Barese Icemen of New York" follows the story of the Apulia (Italy) emigrants who landed in the United State with nothing, and yet from the 1920's to the 1960's, these people dominated the ice business in...

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On a day of freezing rain—why isn't this snow? Snow is pretty!—with despair pouring from the television set, it is fascinating to take a break from bitter reality and stop in for tea at the presentation by Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria.   The event, held in a mansion on the Upper East Side, two blocks from the 86th Street subway station b...

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At Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò In collaboration with the Primo Levi Center With:Franklin Hugh Adler, Macalester CollegeSusan Zuccotti, author of The Italians and the HolocaustFederico Finchelstein, The New School Moderated by:Natalia Indrimi, Primo Levi Center The new two volume box set The History of the Shoah in Italy completes and updates t...

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Concrete Temple Theatre presents GEPPETTO Geppetto meshes two of our favorite stories, Pinocchio and The Old Man And The Sea,to tell a heart-breaking and hilarious tale of prosthetics and aging.It contemplates resilience in the face of change and loss.   HERE145 Sixth Ave. - New York, NY(enter on Dominick Street, one block south of S...

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Following its English-language debut in 2011, Slow Wine, the guide to Italian wineries approved as good, clean and fair by Slow Food, is premiering a new and updated 2014 edition.   The guide and a selection of its wineries will be the focus of events for trade and consumers during a tour of three US cities: San Francisco on January 27, Chic...

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Holy, cannoli! The Upper West Side is getting its very own Parm, Side Dish has learned.For the uninitiated, that's the old school Italian-American "soul food" eatery from the Major Food Group trio of Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick. Parm launched on Mulberry Street in 2011 and now has an outpost at Yankee Stadium and another opening...

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The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright.   Valeri employs the plot line, main characte...

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You are cordially invited to attend a special presentation by Fiorella DiCarlo RD, CDN titled, "A Taste of Sicily: Healthy Eating Italian Style" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, August 7th. Fiorella is a Registered Dietitian in private practice in New York City and born in Naples, Italy.   She is also founder of a food blog called...

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Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Hours: 6pm to midnight Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth, (1265-1321), the Italian Cultural Institute wishes to honor Italy's greatest poet by holding a continuous reading of the Divine Comedy's first Cantica, the...

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