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Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305, United StatesJohn Anselmo, Joe Zarba, and Francesco Bonavita PhD, present their book "The Newsstand", a novel about teenagers coming of age in the '60s on the tough streets of New York City's Little Italy.   The Newsstand, a novel by JJ Anselm...

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Thanks to a generous grant from Time Warner Cable and The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, the Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition was a great success on June 15, 2015, hosted at Staten Island Tech High School.   Well attended by students, families, a representative from Senator Lanza's office, Congressman Vito Fossella (as a parent) who spo...

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Saturday afternoon (August 29th), I joined members of the Societá Gioventú Quagliettana in Astoria, Queens for the Feast of San Rocco. This year's celebration marked the Golden Anniversary of the society's beautiful statue, imported from Naples 50 years ago.   Joining the Quaglietta Society on their special day were Nicola Trombetta (Preside...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015. 4:30-6:30pm. Private Residence - Ward Hill, Staten Island (Address will be provided to guests one week prior to the event.) Members: $5 | Non-Members: $15. Spaces are limited. Gentlemen are always welcome!   Join us for a delectable yuletide tea at an elegant private residence on Ward Hil...

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  Joe Spinella (the Tenor of iIlusions) is an Italian American artist who brings the world of Italian musical culture to the mysterious, intriguing, art of magic to create a new, magnificent show, "illusionAria".Spinella has two great talents going for him, a well-trained golden Italian tenor voice, often compared to that of Luciano Pavarotti...

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di Marta Veltri   Cinque categorie (film, corti, documentari, animazioni e film sperimentali), 20 film e 86 corti da 22 paesi. Sono questi i numeri del Brooklyn Film Festival, impegnato, sin dalla sua nascita nel 1998, a incoraggiare i giovani talenti e promuovere Brooklyn come centro di cinematografia indipendente. Marco Ursino, torinese ar...

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New York ama Renzo Piano. A lui ha affidato quattro progetti emblematici - l'estensione della storica Morgan Library, la sede del New York Times, il nuovo Whitney Museum e un campus scientifico della Columbia University - e lui in risposta ha creato quattro progetti permeabili con il tessuto urbano, aperti alla città. "E' l'archietto straniero di...

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For years neighborhood residents have known this space as Rex Hall, whereas Fordham University students refer to it as the Arthur Avenue Ballroom. The Belmont Society of Arts & Culture (BSOAC) has announced its plans to renovate this 4,000 sq. foot space in the heart of the Bronx's Little Italy and officially name it the Arthur Avenue Performin...

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Join Award-winning Singer and PBS-WLIW Host Cristina Fontanelli as she traces her musical career from her beginnings in the Borscht Belt, at Italian Feasts across the U.S., as an "Ambassador of Opera" in exotic places around the world, to the White House, and recently to PBS-TV.   Her Classic International songs and Broadway Hits will includ...

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by Lindsay Armstrong   It's a festa complete with a Vespa. The Italian Consulate of New York will celebrate Italian National Day, or Festa Della Repubblica, on Sunday with a treasure hunt that highlights Italian sights across Manhattan.   The prize for the first place finisher is a red Vespa S150, while other top teams will receive pr...

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