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Un sindaco dalle origini beneventane come Bill de Blasio ha sicuramente una certa influenza sulla diffusione della cultura italiana a New York.   E' quello che pensano i responsabili dell'Italian American Committee on Education, organizzazione no-profit finanziata dal governo italiano e supervisionata dal Consolato generale d'Italia a New Yo...

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Most of the immigrants went to the cities. New York, Buffalo, Rochester and other cities in the State of New York received large contingents. It must be remembered that immigrants almost always came to join others who had preceded them – a husband, or a father, or an uncle or a friend.   In western New York most of the first immigrants from...

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Dear Friends: As the president of FIAME, I welcome you back from the summer days to a new school year. You will find attached the 2012–2013 membership renewal form and dates for upcoming events that may be of interest to you. Please mark your calendars with these dates.   The tax exempt membership dues remain at twenty dollars ($20.00) for...

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E dopo le elezioni Luigi de Magistris vola a New York. Si tratta di una missione istituzionale che lo vedrà impegnato dal 3 al 9 giugno. Fitta l'agenda di appuntamenti, tra i più significativi la conferenza su emigrazione Napoli - New York: Città a confronto, moderata da Anthony Tamburri, preside del John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, is...

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di Rosy Canale In Scena è il primo festival di teatro italiano a New York. Un progetto ambizioso, impegnativo, che crea finalmente una corrispondenza tra i due paesi. Nasce dall'idea e dalla passione viscerale per il teatro di due donne, molto diverse ma assolutamente complementari: Laura Caparrotti e Donatella Codonesu. Laura dai mille volti: at...

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Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings.   Production highlights include "Hanno tutti ragione" (Everybody's Right), performed b...

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I don't know if the name of Bill de Blasio, the odd-on favorite to be the next mayor of New York City, is much known outside the New York area yet. But if the Democratic nominee succeeds, he surely will be a national figure.   Yesterday and today, the papers carried two articles that delve into his background in interesting ways. The Times's...

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By Zachary Feldman   For decades, Italian cuisine in New York meant red sauce and lots of it. With the opening of Bamonte's in 1900 and Ferdinando's Focacceria four years later, tomato-heavy Neapolitan and Sicilian restaurants enjoyed a certain sustained verisimilitude, carrying the torch for their motherland while paving the way for other r...

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For years neighborhood residents have known this space as Rex Hall, whereas Fordham University students refer to it as the Arthur Avenue Ballroom. The Belmont Society of Arts & Culture (BSOAC) has announced its plans to renovate this 4,000 sq. foot space in the heart of the Bronx's Little Italy and officially name it the Arthur Avenue Performin...

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At We the Italians, we've always been thankful to the American police. And through the years, several Italian Americans have traditionally been employed in protecting and serve, all over the US, particularly on the East Coast.   This is why we are proud and glad to be able to interview Inspector Joseph Gallucci, a decorated member of the NYPD Col...

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