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Vowing to hold parents responsible for disruptions in their families' lives, Watertown attorney Eugene J. Langone Jr. announced Friday he is running for Jefferson County Family Court judge. Mr. Langone, a partner with Hrabchak Gebo & Langone PC, made his announcement before more than 100 people at the Italian-American Civic Association, 192 Be...

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A homage to Italian Futurism. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory plays the role of the movement's founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.   In an effervescent monologue which uses the words of Marinetti and other Futurist ideologues such as Giovanni Papini, Libero Altomare and Aldo Palazzeschi, Finazzer Flory, in a frock coat bringing to mind the forma...

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The Congregation of Maria SS Addolorata announces the 66th Annual Procession and Feast of Maria SS Addolorata, Patron Saint of Mola di Bari, Italy. The Procession will leave Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen's Church at 3:00 PM on Sunday Sept. 14th, 2014.   The church is located at the corner of Hicks and Summitt Street, in the Carroll Gardens s...

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by Charlotte Druckman   "We are the only ones left," the chef Anna Klinger reflects from a stool at Al di Là Vino, the bar next door to the trattoria of the same name, which she and her Italian husband Emiliano Coppa opened in Brooklyn's Park Slope nearly 16 years ago. "This stretch of Fifth Avenue was a dicey neighborhood."   She ges...

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by Barbara Gigante Per tornare alle origini di un'interrogazione sulla cultura specificatamente italoamericana bisogna risalire al 1825. È Ugo Foscolo, insospettabilmente, a darne notizia e a formulare in un carteggio, per la prima volta, un pensiero esplicitamente rivolto a questa sottocategoria letteraria.   Fino al 1885 se ne perdono poi...

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The Italian writer Elena Ferrante's gripping novels about the rich and complex lives of women — as mothers, daughters, wives, writers — have won her a devoted cult following.   After several years of growing critical favor, her readership reached new levels this fall with the release of "Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay," the third volume...

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015 (06:30 PM ). Special Event: Screening of THE ITALIAN AMERICANS [Mandatory RSVP] - NYU Kimmel Center, Eisner/Lubin Auditorium, 4th Floor, 60 Washington Square South, 10012. PLEASE NOTE: This event will take place at the NYU Kimmel Center. Click HERE to RSVP   NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimó and publ...

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Manhattan, undicesimo piano di un elegante palazzo a due passi da Central Park, il "polmone verde" di New York: mercoledì 14 gennaio 2015 è festa grande in casa Tusiani.   Il patriarca della casa, Joseph, scrittore poeta e traduttore di fama, compie 91 anni e alla gioia della famiglia si aggiunge l'emozione per l'ennesimo dono arrivato dal l...

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Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Italian language by watching the most important scenes from famous operas. There will also be discussion of librettos and contemporary articles about current performances.   Learning the lyrics of a song or an aria helps students expand their Italian vocabulary, learn some slang/typical phrase...

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by Mario Angotta   Michele Napoletano, the Brooklyn-born mayor of Airola in the Province of Benevento, last week inaugurated a statue of St. George the Martyr, patron of his town, which was funded by Italian-Americans living in New York.   The mayor says that the outpouring of camaraderie and Italian pride from Italian-Americans who...

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