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"The Calitrani Immigrants of America" will be the topic of a free talk by historian Mario Toglia at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. The village of Calitri is in the Avellino province of southern Italy. The lecture is the result of Toglia's personal quest to discover his ancestors. Toglia encourages the audience to become involved in the discovery of t...

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San Antonio shooting guard Marco Belinelli will defend his title in the Three-Point Contest during the NBA's All-Star festivities in Brooklyn next week.   The Italian will try to become the first repeat winner of the event since Jason Kapono in 2007-08, but will face a talented field that includes Golden State's sharp-shooting duo of Stephen...

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There is a new wave of Immigration from Italy to the US. Are young people immigrating for the same reasons that their grandparents did?   How is this different from the turn of the century? Are the trades different or the same? Take this journey with Michele Petruzziello (photographer).   Read more   Source: http://www.iic...

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by Mireya Navarro   An elderly woman whose pending eviction from her apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy by the Italian American Museum was denounced by housing advocates has until June 30 to leave under an agreement between the two parties. The woman, Adele Sarno, 85, the daughter of Italian immigrants, went to Housing Court last mon...

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by Tara Mahadevan   Frank Prisinzano is no stranger to the restaurant business. He's been cooking since he was 8 years old, so it's only natural that he open a slew of restaurants, the oldest of which, named Frank, just celebrated its 17th anniversary.   He took about five years off from launching a new restaurant, and then opened Sau...

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Republican Town Supervisor Mark Assini made it official on Tuesday night: He is running for Congress again next year against longtime Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport. Assini kicked off his campaign at the Italian-American Community Center in Gates. Assini ran against Slaughter in 2014, when he lost to the incumbent by just under 9...

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by Nicole Smith   For Lenny Lubrano, it's all about revisiting his first love. That's not to say he doesn't love pizza, because he does. But it was baking that first caught his eye many years ago, and it's baking he'll be doing once again. Next door to his Jamesport pizza shop, Lenny's Pizza and Italian Cuisine, Mr. Lubrano is sche...

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The invention of Italian food culture in America   Looking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved...

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The Italian Trade Commission is counting down to the celebration of LAMBRUSCO, a stellar Italian wine, this June 27th featuring some of Italy's and the US's most celebrated Chefs!   THE SCOOP: Chef Cesare Casella, Dean of Italian Studies at the International Cuinary Center and leader of Itchefs-GVCI in the USA will once more be a part of th...

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By Laura Shunk L'Arte del Gelato occupied a slot of the West Village for seven years, serving up cups of soft, pliable gelato festooned with tiny trowels to sizable crowds that packed the tiny address each warm night. But in April, the pair of proprietors of the business parted ways, and in June, Salvatore Potestio, the partner who maintained owne...

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