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Who says the state legislature can't agree on anything?Monday there was widespread support that Tony Danza, star of "Taxi" and "Who's The Boss", deserves an award. "You can be an Italian-American but you can't be an Italian-Russian or an Italian-Swede or an Italian-Frenchman, only in America," Danza said to an assembled crowd in the Legislative Of...

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Emigration and religion are two words that are often, and properly, juxtaposed one to another, and the history of Italian emigration to the United States is no exception to this rule. Religion was for our emigrants a fundamental part in the beginning of their life in the new world, and remained so even in the continuation of their lives and for tho...

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A familiar face to many will be heading up Morris Park Avenue in a few weeks. The grand marshal of the 2014 Bronx Columbus Day Parade is Vincent Pastore, the actor best known for his role on The Sopranos.   Pastore, a 3rd generation Italian-American, said he's proud to represent Italian culture and history at this year's Columbus Day Parade...

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Yet another fascinating, little-know story about the Holocaust is movingly related in Oren Jacoby's documentary about the role that Italians played in rescuing their Jewish neighbors during the height of the Nazi occupation.   Relating the tales of such largely forgotten heroes as Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali and physician Giovanni...

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"It was hot and humid that July day in1917, and the neighborhood odors were floating along on top of the muggy air.... Big Gino and his friend Franzini were walking to the bank to deposit the cash Big Gino had from yesterday's ice wagon routes. They stepped off the curb at the corner to cross the street. "Bruno, the teamster driving the loaded bee...

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Thursday, April 16, 2015, 6pmJohn D. Calandra Italian American InstituteQueens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor - New York, NY 10036 Aniella, Concetta, Giuseppina, and Maddelana are the quartet of immigrant women at the core of author and blogger Fran Claro's book The Macaroni's in the Basement (2014). This collection of s...

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Music legend Louis Prima (1910-1978) helped popularize Italian culture in this country by assimilating "Old Country" expressions and names of delicacies into some of his classic song lyrics.   So, it makes sense that Oct. 10's "Rome Through Richmond Town" — the second annual celebration of Italian-American culture and pride — will feature th...

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Brunch has never been a tradition in Italy. In New York City, however, home to a large Italian diaspora, Brunch is sacrosanct. Thus, it seems only natural that Alfredo 100 on 54th St. blends Italian and New York City traditions with the introduction of the "Italian Jazz Brunch" from June 2015.   For the unknowing, Alfredo 100 pays homage to...

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October 14, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center24 Depot Square, Tuckahoe, NY L'uomo Che Ascoltava Le 500 is a presentation of 13 unedited short stories. Based on autobiographic episodes, the stories and events are narrated with different asymmetrical rhythms: dramatic, contemplative, thoughtful, ironic. Some recount stories of the...

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by Mario Buonviaggio   FINALLY!... After 43 years, five Mayors and a ton of red tape, one of the NYPD's fallen Heroes was honored Monday, righting what many officers say was the Department's biggest wrong. Officer Phillip Cardillo was fatally shot in a 1972 ambush when he responded to a bogus emergency call at a Nation of Islam mosque i...

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