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Tuesday, August 15 • 6:30 to 9:30 pm; doors open at 6 pm. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. $125 members, $135 non-members. Four-course dinner includes wine and soft drinks. Register for August 15 Musica Celebrate Ferragosto with Vanessa Racci! In honor of the Italian holiday, Vanessa wil...

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Seviroli Foods, a US manufacturer, has acquired fellow pasta maker Mama Rosie’s for an undisclosed sum. New York State-based Seviroli, which manufactures frozen-filled pasta, as well as sauces and Italian desserts, has taken over Boston area-headquartered Mama Rosie’s, which also makes frozen pasta products. Seviroli said the deal “creates a strong...

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St. Nicholas Chapel, built by Sicilian immigrants during the 1920s and a part of St. Teresa R.C. Church, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Close to 125 parishioners and the faithful celebrated 3 p.m. Mass at St. Nicholas Chapel on June 25, followed by a ceberatory dinner at LiGreci’s Staaten, West Brighton. The centennial event was co-chai...

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Magazzino Italian Art announces that the Robert Olnick Pavilion—the second building on the museum’s campus—will open on September 14, 2023. The pavilion was designed by the renowned Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo. This building will provide an additional 13,000 square feet of exhibition space, a multipurpose room with a...

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Journey in time to one of the most influential empires in history through ‘Ancient Rome: The Exhibition,’ the latest exhibit to come to the streets of New York. Witness the world of Ancient Rome brought to life before your very eyes. Located at 378 Broadway, in lower Manhattan, the fascinating and educational exhibit by MetaMorfosiNY sets the histo...

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Last weekend's annual Italian Heritage Festival in Valhalla honored White Plains’ first female Department of Public Works commissioner. Each year, the Kensico Dam Plaza festival focuses on Italian pride, but this year in particular, the event recognized Yonkers native Stefania Mignone. "My father came to the United States in 1960... He came here wi...

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Dear friends, summer has exploded here in Italy and the heat is really exceptional. But We the Italians doesn't stop: we never stop, you know that. A few days ago I had the pleasure of attending here in Rome the preview screening of the documentary "New York Solo Andata" by my friend and partner Davide Ippolito. It is an honor for me to be part of...

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Rossi Rosticceria Deli was founded in 1979 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Since then, it has been cranking out some of the best old-school deli sandwiches in New York. The deli, which is also known as Rossi & Sons, was even included on Yelp’s 2023 list of the top 100 restaurants in America. Pretty amazing, considering the deli’s humble origin and locat...

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Rome native Marco Cignarale, Pete Russo of South Glens Falls and the Rochester father-son tandem of Felice Scala and Natale Scala teamed up to win the Open Division of the 2023 World Series of Bocce for the second straight year Sunday at steamy Toccolana Club. The foursome was sponsored this year by DeSalvo Catering and Restaurant, of Rome, and las...

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On Sunday, July 23, Morgan Park Summer Music Festival (Germaine St, Glen Cove, NY) will present Italian Night including a full evening of music, food, and all things Italian. The free performance begins in Morgan Park at 7:00 pm. For this Sunday’s concert, Pizza Company 7 - a popular Italian food truck, will begin serving pizza in the park starting...

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