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After first opening in 1998, Lidia's KC near Union Station plans to remodel its dining room later this year. The Italian restaurant, owned by famous chef Lidia Bastianich, is based off her flagship restaurant Felidia in New York City.   Her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali gave us a tour of Felidia in midtown Manhattan while her mother was...

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The Italian family has been a quintessential subject for scholarly research and creative work in Italy and among various diasporic communities, with matters relating to children and youth receiving significant exploration.   In the United States, notable inquiries concerning youth issues include sociologist William Foote Whyte...

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This event is organized in collaboration with Gibney Anthony & Flaherty llp. The panel will cover the various U.S. visa options, both temporary and permanent, for Scientists and Artists. It will include a detailed discussion of basic visa criteria as well as practical tips on how to plan for one's immigration journey in the United States. &nbs...

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By Lore Croghan Carroll Gardens is way less Italian than in decades past. Everybody knows that.   Still, traces of la bella Italia remain among neighborhood merchants. Where else does the Dunkin' Donuts have a patio for customer seating with a grape arbor to provide shade and a statue of the Infant Jesus in St. Joseph's arms? America R...

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Rosanna Chiofalo is the author of Bella Fortuna and Carissima. A first-generation Italian American whose parents emigrated from Sicily to New York in the early 1960s, Chiofalo has worked for over 20 years as a copywriter and copy director for several New York City publishers.   Her latest book, Stella Mia (Kensington Books) is set to be rele...

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Luciano Ligabue, Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer, made a special appearance at Hard Rock Cafe New York to donate his Fender Telecaster White guitar to Hard Rock International's world famous memorabilia collection. The guitar was played by Ligabue during his recent New York performance at Terminal 5 as part of his "Mondovisione T...

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by John Mariani   When it opened in 2003, no one knew for sure if putting a bunch of restaurants on the third and fourth floors of the Time-Warner Center at Columbus Circle was going to be a good idea. A lot of experienced restaurateurs wondered if people--especially New Yorkers--would be caught dead taking an escalator up to a dining room....

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WHAT: The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents Susan Lembo Balik and George Guida on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A (6th St.) East Village, NYC; 212-473-7373; www.sidewalkny.com. Readings begin with an Open Mic followed by featured readers and book sales.   WHEN: Saturday, June 13, 5:30-7:30 PM &n...

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by Maria Russo   With plenty of tangy tomato sauce at the ready, and tender meatballs and cheesy margherita pizzas on hand, the stage was set for the 2015 New York City Wine & Food Festival's opening night bash on Thursday: an Italian feast hosted by who else but Food Network's own queen of Italian cuisine, Giada De Laurentiis.  ...

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In early September, Porta Napoli in Harrison took the place of Rue des Crepes, known for its theatrical Parisian décor and its neatly folded buckwheat crepes. It is Naples, not Paris, that the new proprietors hope to bring to mind. "Authenticity" is the catchword. Wood embers glow in a fire-engine-red pizza oven, which spreads cheer like a giant em...

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