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The Museum of Modern Art and Cinecittà present Federico Fellini, a complete retrospective honoring the famed Italian director. The series will be presented entirely in person at MoMA’s Debra and Leon Black Family Film Center in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters from December 1, 2021, through January 12, 2022. The MoMA retrospective will open with Fe...

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When it comes to Italian restaurants on Long Island, we've got cuisines from Sicily to Tuscany and beyond. Now taking on modern Italian from the Campagnia region (Naples is the capital) is Nunzi’s in Farmingdale, inspired by owner Michael Napolitano’s late grandfather. "He was cut from a different cloth. He was old school — one of those guys who wo...

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A steering committee of leaders of Italian American organizations is set to meet with Representative Lee Zeldin this weekend. On the agenda are critical issues fomented from a series of recent negative events that impact the Italian American community in the State of New York and the Tri-State area. The steering committee, comprised of representati...

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All'Antico Vinaio was opened by the Mazzanti family in the city center of Florence, Italy, in 1989. It started as a wine bar with a small sandwich counter, but over time it occupied four storefronts in the vicinity and one in Milan, most with sandwiches as the main focus, becoming a tourist attraction unto itself almost as much as the nearby Uffizi...

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For more than a century, a restaurant known as DiTondo’s has sat on Seneca Street in Buffalo, at a literal crossroads between downtown and Larkinville. After changing ownership in 2018, undergoing renovations and making it through a global pandemic, the restaurant is now at a figurative crossroads. New owners Rita DiTondo and her husband Fabio Cons...

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A recent visit to the newly opened Centro Culturale Italiano di Buffalo (CCI) was a real treat, in more ways than one. First off, I must say how nice it is to see this particular corner at Hertel and Delaware salvaged. It would be interesting to know what this entire corner once beheld, before it became a series of strip malls and fast food joints....

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Saturday Night Live ratings might see an uptick with viewership this weekend based on its featured Staten Island connections. Tottenville residents Chris Carvano, aka “Chris the Hobby Guy,” and wife Lisa will be featured this Saturday night in a skit with comedian Pete Davidson. The YouTube food bloggers and local cable personalities are known for...

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Before considering the appeal of the two-year-old trattoria L’Artista, it is pleasant to consider its location on the west side of Harlem in what is known as Sugar Hill, which gets its unofficial name from its offering of the “sweet life” to affluent Black residents who were part of what was called in the 1920s the Harlem Renaissance. These include...

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Zegna, Italian luxury fashion house and world leader in luxury menswear, has announced the opening of the first Zegna Lab in Soho, New York City in the United States. The arrival of the Lab is expected to reinforce the company’s continual development in new and interactive retail spaces, meeting the renewed demand of the luxury leisurewear clientel...

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Cavalliere Emmanuele Pietro Paolo Maria Luigi Palma di Cesnola would never be mistaken for the “Modern Major General,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical take on the overly educated officers of 19th-century England. While Cesnola didn’t know everything “vegetable, animal and mineral,” he knew enough about the martial, pedagogical and archeological to...

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