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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 @ 7:00 PM Growing Up With Italian Music. A Program with Film by John Orlando This presentation is a story of a time gone by; a time of remembering how we listened to Italian music at Nonna's house with our families on Sundays and how our fathers and mothers played it regularly at home.   Music was as much a part...

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Salvatore Sciandra, 8, of Eltingville, who experienced what his family regards as a miracle cure, will be among the Staten Islanders making the trek into Lower Manhattan on Aug. 18 to honor the patron saint of the sick at the 124th Feast of St. Rocco.   "It's a real miracle," said Salvatore's grandmother, Louise Fioriello of Westerleigh, reg...

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The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, located on Staten Island, N.Y., offers a wide variety of educational and cultural events. This month, its calendar includes a Christmas Concert and Reception—a Staten Island Sandy Relief Benefit featuring "Two Tenors & a Lady" with VETRO tenors Christopher Macchio, Elio Scaccio and soprano Mari...

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On Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Staten Island Museum Art Curator Robert Bunkin will present "I Macchiaioli: Painting in Italy During the Risorgimento."   I Macchiaioli was a group of painters working in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century, including such painters as Giovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, Giuseppe Abbati, Vito D'Anc...

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Laurie Fabiano's dramatic tale of survival against the odds in New York City's rough and tumble tenements at the turn of the twentieth century is based on her own family history. The novel's protagonist, Giovanna, immerses herself in the shadowy world of extortion and murder to fight the Black Hand, a precursor to the mafia. Join the Staten Island...

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By Carol Ann Benanti   There's something about the holiday season — with all the gift giving and get-togethers — that brings out the best in all of us. No truer words were spoken Sunday when the Italian-American Women of Staten Island's gathered for its annual Christmas luncheon at Bocelli Ristorante in Grasmere.   The festive oc...

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To celebrate significant contributions made to culture and the advancement of our society, each year members of the Italian American Women of Staten Island host a gala luncheon for those deserving of recognition. The "Women in History" event was staged Sunday in the Trevi Garden at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield, where more...

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There will soon be a rooftop swimming pool where the copper-domed bell towers of Mary Help of Christians once rose. Formerly a hub of the East Village's Italian-American community, the site of the Roman Catholic church is now slated for a 158-unit rental building, complete with basement gym and rooftop gardens — a familiar trajectory for a growing...

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The Meals on Wheels of Staten Island Teen Council will hold its traditional Italian Sunday dinner, "Tutto Mangiare," on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, 505 Watchogue Rd., Willowbrook. The dinner will feature antipasto, pasta and meatballs, salad, coffee, tea and dessert. The cost is $30 for adults and $10 for children under age...

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On Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m., Nick Dowen will present an hour-long program on the life of opera great Ezio Pinza. Dowen, who has been collecting records since he was 13 years old, will share some of his thousands of recordings in a powerpoint presentation about the life of one of the most prolific singers in the history of music.   A bas...

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