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When the curtain opens and the lights strike the stage on April 6, the New York City Opera will be seen in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's new production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. Last performed by the company in 2006, Verismo Opera will present this iconic opera with resplendent sets used by the New York City Opera for several...

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St. Anthony's Mutual Aid Society will hold the annual St. Anthony's Italian Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20, with a traditional procession through the streets of downtown Glassboro at noon.   The event also includes authentic food and entertainment, a bocce tournament and a homemade wine competition. Residents and friends are encouraged to li...

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by Barbara Gigante Una giornata all'insegna della cultura e dell'identità italoamericana, quella organizzata dalla Cattedra Theresa and Lawrence R. Inserra Endowed della Montclair State University (NJ), lo scorso giovedì 2 Ottobre. La giornata è stata aperta da un un simposio con studiosi delle università di Bologna, Firenze, della Columbia e Flen...

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Luisa Del Giu­dice will dis­cuss "Sabato Rodia's Watts Tow­ers." The mag­i­cal sculp­tures called the Watts Tow­ers, made from concrete-encased iron adorned in found glass, ceramic and shells loom silently over the streets of South Cen­tral Los Ange­les.   The sculp­tures were made by an Ital­ian immi­grant, Sabato Rodia, over a period of 33...

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La collaborazione tra il Consorzio FROM Italian Alps e l'ufficio di New York di ICE Agenzia continua con una promozione avviata lo scorso sabato 14 febbraio presso la catena di supermercati Corrado's, nello stato del New Jersey.   A due anni dalla firma del protocollo commerciale tra Italia e Stati Uniti, il Consorzio FROM continua le attivi...

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by Pamela Dollak Many are looking forward to this three-day weekend that commemorates Italian-born Christopher Columbus discovering our fair land. And this is one of the weekend's best bets — spend part of this holiday weekend celebrating with another Italian Christopher — Christopher Macchio, a classically trained Italian-American tenor who will...

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By Harry Mount Frank Sinatra may have had a thick 'Noo Yawk' accent and sung the city's most famous song, New York, New York. But, in fact, he was a New Jersey boy, born in the pretty little town of Hoboken a century ago. It's just across the Hudson River from Manhattan's skyscrapers.   Take a $7 ferry from Wall Street to Hoboken...

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The 7th annual Hoboken Chili and Home Brewing Contest was a foodie's paradise. From vegetarian chili to pulled pork chili to Nebraska chili to the winning batch of Italian inspired chili, this was a non-profit event with plenty of heat. To quench that sizzle were numerous home brewed beers, happily shared to the over 21 crowd, while the undera...

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Saturday, October 12th Jersey City Columbus Day Parade Marchers and police vehicles should assemble at the corner of Newark Avenue & Merseles St. in downtown Jersey City at Noon. Marchers should be in department uniform or business attire to march.   Sunday, October 13th Morris County Columbus Day Parade Marchers and police vehicles sh...

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Maurice T. "Maury" Perilli, perhaps best known as the former chairman and executive vice president of Roma Bank, as well as mayor of Hamilton died today. He was 95.   Perilli was born in Trenton on Oct. 29, 1918, the son of Italian immigrants. He was 2 years old when Roma opened its first branch in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, P...

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