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Laurie Fabiano's dramatic tale of survival against the odds in New York City's rough and tumble tenements at the turn of the twentieth century is based on her own family history. The novel's protagonist, Giovanna, immerses herself in the shadowy world of extortion and murder to fight the Black Hand, a precursor to the mafia. Join the Staten Island...

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An event in partnership with the Tallone publishing house. Featuring a Q&A with Elisa and Eleonora Tallone Screening of: Il mestiere del libro [The Book Handicraft] (2007, 31 min.) In Italian with English subtitles   In the digital age, the visual and tactile delights experienced by reading books set by hand in type...

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After doubling investments in 2013, Lavazza, Italy's Favorite Coffee, is proud to announce that The Italians Are Coming to the U.S. With an amplified 2014/2015 strategy, Lavazza launched their integrated Buongiorno campaign to expand marketing and promotional efforts in North America to grow the brand's reach exponentially and secure the U.S. as th...

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MIGRATING OBJECTS. Material Culture and Italian Identities April 28-30, 2016JOHN D. CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTEQueens College, City University of New York25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan   In Helen Barolini's multigenerational, women-centered novel Umbertina (1979) the journey of a woven...

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Dr. Panayiotis Meleties, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs of York College/CUNY in Jamaica, Queens, announced today that Dr. Donna Chirico has been appointed Dean of the college's School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Chirico's appointment is especially noteworthy as she is a product of York College both as an alumna and as a facul...

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Poughkeepsie native and Wappingers Falls resident John Regan has played bass with Ace Frehley of Kiss and Peter Frampton. He has recorded with the Rolling Stones and once auditioned for that band's full-time bass slot.   He does, however, take an enormous amount of pride in the days he spent playing local clubs around the Hudson Valley....

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by John Mariani   Mario's is one of those restaurants I look for opportunities to write about, usually in round-ups of my favorite Italian restaurants in New York, best pizzerias, and best restaurants in the Belmont section of the Bronx. So it's about time I spend an entire article in praise of a place that has been such a part of Italian-Am...

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by Ralph Meranto International Tenor Elio Scaccio comes to Rochester on Friday October 16 at 5:30 pm for an evening of food and music at the Italian American Community Center.   A performing artist since early childhood, the release of his first CD "Lettere D'Amore," in 2010, launched a tour of concert halls, clubs, festivals, TV and radio....

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  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : Maria Teresa Cometto      Translation by:   Did you know the first personal computer was invented by an Italian? As well as the first microchip and many other breakthroughs in technology. You will find out this and much more, when you visit the new exhibition "MAKE IN ITALY - 50 YEARS OF ITALIAN BRE...

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WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleecker, NY WHEN: Saturday November 14 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm   WHO: Robert Agnoli is an author and union organizer. Edge City: The Chronicles Of Bobby A: Un Italian' In the USA is his first collection of poetry. Born in NYC and raised in North Jersey – Clifton, Garfield, Passaic, Paterson, Little...

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