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Newpoli plays upbeat, danceable Southern Italian folk music that brings together influences from the entire Mediterranean region. You will hear sounds from Africa, the Middle East, and Greece. The concert will be preceded by a dance lesson, so be sure to join your fellow explorers on the dance floor for one of FTH’s Global Dance Hall events, and ta...

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Joseph R. Gannascoli — who played beefy mobster Vito Spatafore on “The Sopranos” — has been surprising New York-area Italian-food lovers with his cooking skills. The actor and foodie was spotted cooking up “spaghetti carbonara in a Parmesan wheel tableside” at Matteo’s of Roslyn on Wednesday night, we hear, to the delight of diners. One fan of his...

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Retired National Football League tight end Marco Antonio Battaglia was born on Jan. 25, 1973, and raised in Howard Beach, Queens. After capping a stellar football career at Rutgers University as a consensus first-team All-American in 1995, Battaglia played for five pro teams in eight seasons. He retired from the NFL after playing for the Carolina P...

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Annamarie Brown, the former president of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association and my grandmother, was named the Special Honoree at the organization’s recent annual Judiciary Night. Annamarie has overcome several challenges throughout her lifetime but never fails to impress and inspire her friends, family and colleagues. She was the daughter of...

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Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 2:30pm–4:15pm - Italian Charities of America  83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, New York 11373. Are you of Sicilian Descent? OR just interested in Sicilian? Come join us for Sicilian Language lessons. We will have a native Sicilian to teach you from beginner level, you will learn the language; reading, writing and speakin...

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John J. Ciafone, Esq. of Astoria, New York has been honored with early admission as a Top 100 Lawyer for 2018 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of law. John J. Ciafone is an Attorney in private practice. The Law Offices of John J. Ciafone, Esq., P.L.L.C. provide legal services in New...

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An NYC-based Italian pizzeria chain whose locations dot the city - and other parts of the globe - will soon open its first Queens location in Forest Hills, employees confirmed to Patch. Numero 28 Pizzeria, which specializes in authentic Neapolitan pizza, announced on its Facebook page Monday that it would be opening a new location in Forest Hills "...

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Therapy continues for Steve Solomon in his self-written show, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays.” The show, presented at Queens Theatre, is the third of his very funny and true-to-life series that performs to an adult audience in cabaret style with one set and props. His impersonations capture the characters to...

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Tuesday, December 19. 7pm - 9.30 PM EST. Museum of the Moving Image - 36-01 35th Ave, Astoria, New York 11106. Tickets: $20 ($15 Museum members at Standard through Premium levels / Free for Silver Screen and above). With its unique New York flavor and blend of outright comedy and charm, Moonstruck endures as a great romantic comedy. This 30th anniv...

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Two dozen people turned out to offer their feelings about everyone from Christopher Columbus to Boss Tweed Friday, as Mayor de Blasio’s commission to study the city’s monuments for “symbols of hate” held its first public hearing. About half of the crowd was there to call for the removal of statues and other monuments memorializing controversial fig...

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