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by Lisa L. Colangelo   THAT'S NOT amore. Whitestone residents are hoping to block a popular Italian restaurant from opening what would be the area's very first sidewalk cafe along a bustling commercial thoroughfare. Nonna's Pizzeria and Trattoria gained city approvals for outside tables this year, but the City Council still needs to gi...

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For the first time in 30 years, Jefferson County will have a new Family Court judge: Republican Eugene J. Langone Jr. The Watertown attorney defeated Democrat and fellow attorney Susan A. Sovie, Sackets Harbor, 13,704 to 7,106, in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results tallied by the county Board of Elections.   Read more &nbs...

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Mama Dolce's Café seeks to bring a little Old World flair, and a mother's touch, to downtown Webster. Named for owner Nancie Zecco's late mother, Mama Dolce's Café opened at 8 Davis St. on Nov. 15.   The restaurant offers traditional desserts and coffees imported from Italy, as well as light breakfast items and specially designed sandwiches...

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The first three “Italian desks” of the ten planned to attract foreign investments to Italy will open in two months time: in New York, London and Dubai. And every five Italian companies, or group of businesses, will have a dedicated export manager with advanced professional skills to replace improvised advisers or trusted tax consultants.   “...

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Ogni anno, attraverso un programma di borse di studio e di ricerca internazionali post-laurea, l’American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) di New York (onlus fondata dal medico e ricercatore italiano Umberto Veronesi per sostenere la ricerca e la prevenzione sul cancro) sostiene progetti di ricerca a favore di 20 giovani ricercatori italiani che ha...

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by John Harney   The actor who would become Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in a few hours sat in his living room, the windows framing a sparkling spring landscape of the Central Park Reservoir and the Upper East Side. The fat suit that would help transform the actor, Tony Lo Bianco, into New York's 99th mayor had been folded into a large suitc...

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di Maurita Cardone   I volti segnati dal lavoro, le insegne su cui campeggiano nomi e cognomi dal suono familiare, simboli religiosi, gesti noti: lo sguardo scorre sulle immagini e riconosce i segni di una storia collettiva, quella degli italiani d'America.   La mostra Reframing Italian America: Historical Photographs and Immigrant Re...

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October 13, 2015, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036 This symposium will revisit aspects of the Italian diaspora in North America in its numerous manifestations: anthropological, cultural, aesthetic, etc. The panel will also include a discussion on the internation...

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Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Hours: 6pm Venue: NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo', 24 West 12th Street Organized by: Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo' In collaboration with: ICI, Consulate general of Italy in New York, Centro Primo Levi, Italian Academy, CUNY's John Calandra Italian American Institute.Film Screening: Oro Macht Frei (2013) by Jeff...

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As the sweet music filled the highly decorated space, it felt like I was in a late-Renaissance salon. For the first recital in the Columbia Italian Academy's three-performance spring concert series, members of the Four Nations Ensemble skillfully presented four violin and cello sonatas from the first half of the 18th century. Within the ornate, bu...

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