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The ethnic communities of Niagara Falls' glorious past are the subject of a new series of books produced by our Italian Research Group at the Lewiston Public Library. In 2014, we published the first history of Niagara Falls' Italians, "Buon Appetito; Niagara's early Italian-American culinary traditions."   We have continued with our Ita...

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Al Lincoln Center il balletto The Cloack of the Dragon ha portato in scena la prima ballerina del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Sabrina Brazzo, insieme al marito Andrea Volpintesta, anche lui primo ballerino alla Scala, e ai giovani talenti della loro compagnia.   La coppia è un vulcano di idee e lo spettacolo è stato una celebrazione del mad...

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By Giovanni di Napoli There was a tremendous turnout and terrific atmosphere for Sunday's (August 16th) Feast of San Rocco. I'm happy to say our concerns about the new venue were unwarranted, as celebrants (old and new) showed up in force to welcome our beloved patron to his new home at Most Precious Blood Church in historic Little Italy. Bedecke...

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by Brook Mason   When it comes to 20th century Italian painting, the work of Lucio Fontana instantly springs to mind. But there's a slew of influential artists, who spun out non-figurative work far earlier, with some even predating Kandinsky, to take note of.   To elucidate this band of then-revolutionary painters, noted scholar and d...

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by Pete Wells They prowl the city searching for nourishment and members of their own species. Often, they can be recognized by their feeding grounds. Birds of dignified plumage sit two by two in dim bistros and trattorias of upper Madison Avenue.   Great beasts of prey stalk their gazelles at the teeming watering holes of the meatpacking di...

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Manstery launches a new shirt collection using a ground-breaking technology to make customizable luxury accessible to everyone. It is on sale now on Kickstarter with shirts starting at $158 each. The New York-based start-up is the first company to offer online made-to-measure clothing of luxury quality with a perfect fit and customizable featu...

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Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola was born on September 15, 1934, in Meriden, Connecticut. His mother read to Tomie from the time he was in diapers; cementing his love for books. When he was only four years old, he was certain that he would grow up to be an author and illustrator. Following his graduation from high school, he enrolled at Pratt Institu...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Sotto un'altra forma, il grande tenore Luciano Pavarotti torna ad essere ambasciatore dell'opera lirica nella sua seconda casa, dove Nicoletta Mantovani a SoHo ha presentato un'anticipazione della mostra che il 22 si trasferirà a Verona per un grande tributo al maestro. "Amo Pavarotti" è il titolo della istallazione pre...

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Television writer and producer Tom Fontana has been named grand marshal of Buffalo's eighth annual Columbus Day Parade at 1 p.m. Oct. 12 on Hertel Avenue, the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York announces.   Fontana, who grew up in Buffalo and graduated from SUNY Buffalo State, has been a writer and producer of serie...

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By Franco Esposito   L'anno scorso la contea di Miami Dade ha toccato i 13,9 milioni di visitatori con almeno una notte passata in albergo. Un primato che però non ha avuto il contributo dei turisti italiani: nel 2012 infatti gli arrivi in tutti gli Stati Uniti dal nostro Paese sono calati del 6,8%, un segno meno che ha coinvolto anche Miami...

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