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One of Bensonhurst's time-honored traditions, the Santa Rosalia Feast on 18th Avenue, will have a different look in 2014, if the city goes along with a set of recommendations made by Community Board 11.   The community board is asking the city to shorten the route of the Italian-flavored street fair by two blocks, District Manager Marnee Eli...

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di Stefano Vaccara   Il ministro dell'Economia Fabrizio Saccomanni ha trascorso tre giorni tra Washington e New York. Nella prima tappa ha incontrato il Segretario al Tesoro Jacob Lew, poi anche il presidente uscente della FED Ben Bernanke e la presidente entrante Janet Yellen. A New York, oltre ad incontrare il Segretario generale dell'ONU...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Saturday, July 12th, I made my way to Inwood, Long Island for the 53rd Annual Feast of Santa Marina Vergine, patroness of Filandari, Calabria. It was standing room only at beautiful Our Lady of Good Council Church (68 Wanser Ave.), as devotees came from far and wide to celebrate Mass and march in the Procession. &nbs...

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by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Sabato 13 settembre, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York si è tenuta una doppia presentazione per lanciare il nuovo programma di corsi mattutini per studenti adulti di tutti i livelli; il tutto per incoraggiare le iscrizioni delle classi d'italiano, per promuovere la lingua italiana e anche favorire lo svilup...

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Lecture : Kevin Petti, Ph.D. (San Diego Miramar College)Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065   Italyʼs medieval universities established the study of human anatomy for physicians. To heighten their art, Renaissance masters clandestinely examined anatom...

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by Nick Romano   On Saturday night, April 25th, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival closed out its festivities with a Goodfellas reunion. While director Martin Scorsese couldn't attend, writer Nicholas Pileggi — who cowrote the screenplay with Scorsese and penned the book Wiseguy which was the basis for the film — joined principal cast members Ro...

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By Barbara O'Brien   Akron lacrosse players took a stand in March when they refused to play a game against the Lancaster Redskins because of their name, and now their hometown has made another statement.   The Newstead Town Board, consisting of two Conservatives, two Republicans and one Democrat, unanimously designated the second Mond...

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October 17, 10:30 am — 12:00 pm, Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, New York.    The history of glass-making in Venice is almost as old as the city itself. The Island of Murano, just a 10 minute boat ride off the coast of Venice, is home to this world famous glass. Here for over 700 yea...

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New York City and the Italian city of Milan are starting a two-year tourism partnership to encourage travel between the two destinations. New York tourism officials are in Milan to announce the initiative Monday. CEO Fred Dixon of NYC & Company, New York's tourism agency, says the two cities are both centers of business and innovation...

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December 17, 2015 - 07:00 PM - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Andrea Veneziani Trio: Andrea Veneziani - Double bass and composition; Ben Monder - Guitar; Mark Ferber - Drums   Bassist and composer Andrea Veneziani performs extensively within the improvised music scene, across a...

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