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The setting is the suburbs of Rome, the time is the present. In the background are a love story, a friendship, and the controversial theme of death due to unsafe working conditions on construction sites. The lives of the three characters are told through the vivid slang of the slums. Performed in English. Luca De Bei was born in Padua. His father h...

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I sapori italiani sono il biglietto da visita perfetto per arrivare a New York, per conquistare questa città che impazzisce letteralmente per il buon gusto italiano, lo sanno bene Fabio e Ciro Casella che hanno aperto "Il Salumaio", salumeria italianissima (anzi salernitana) nel cuore dell'Upper East Side, a due passi dalla pizzeria San Matteo. &n...

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by Paul Vitello   The Rev. Vincent J. Termine, a Roman Catholic priest who helped revive a dying parish in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in the 1960s and '70s, then angered members of his predominantly white flock when he let black youths from another neighborhood participate in organized basketball at the church, died on Dec. 26 in Johns Island, S...

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Every beloved restaurant has its own formula for pleasing customers. At Osteria del Principe, the equation is one part good old-fashioned Italian warmth, one part Italian wines, and one part prosciutto. And not just any prosciutto; this osteria is the flagship store for Principe, Italy's leading producer of prosciutto.   The cured ham comes...

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There will be a special lecture-concert by Duo Scarlatti at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, April 10, 2014. This concert will feature the music of two legendary Italian composers who received great honors in America: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Angelo Gilardino. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is among the most important Italian composers of...

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By Maurita Cardone Il gusto per la conversazione è cosa italica, si sa. E se a quel chiacchierare in stile italiano si aggiunge l'arte americana della "lecture" e un tocco di cultura, il risultato è Le Conversazioni, edizione 2014.   Un festival che ormai da nove anni porta sul Golfo di Napoli il meglio della letteratura anglosassone e, dal...

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The Italian American Museum, in collaboration with the Italian American Committee on Education, invites you to learn Italian language and culture. The courses will begin in September for eleven (11) classes at a cost of $300.   We will have a "meet and greet" for you to meet the teachers and learn about the program on Tuesday, September 23rd...

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Twenty years in the restaurant industry led owner, Joseph Marazzo, to create a distinct oyster bar concept that has gained local and national media attention.   Vacationing in a coastal town near Rome, Joseph was inspired by his first serving of oysters. Marazzo returned home determined to build a place where he could recapture his experienc...

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We tune up engines and hack computers to improve their performances. What if we tuned up a book? Altering its structure and content, magical things may happen: volumes with movable parts, pages offering cinematic experiences, images appearing with a blow, non-linear structures to predict the future, pop-up magic shows...   "Magic Books" is a...

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By Tom Wrobleski Some stereotypes aren't so bad after all. If you need proof, just take a look at the interest generated by Advance coverage of the selling of the Staten Island home used in the iconic 1972 film "The Godfather." The Emerson Hill manse, which served as the estate of Don Vito Corelone in the Oscar-winning flick, including i...

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