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The Italian American Baseball Foundation celebrated a historic year with nearly 500 guests joining the festivities at Marina Del Rey in Bronx, New York on Thursday, November 30, 2023. From the documentary 'Mission: Classic' to the doubling of scholarships, Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball President Andrea Marcon could not be more happy with t...

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Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, alongside Consul General of Italy in New York, Fabrizio Di Michele, Executive Director of the Belmont Business Improvement District, Alyssa Tucker, and other notable figures, embarked on a guided tour of the Bronx’s Little Italy. The journey commenced at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, an exquisitely preserved R...

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Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who turned out one important public sculpture after another at their studio complex in the Bronx starting in the 1890s.From the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green to the Bronx Zoo, from the figures of...

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The East Bronx History Forum is pleased to announce its 178th meeting to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. with an in-person presentation by Susan Olsen. The location is Woodlawn Cemetery’s Woolworth Chapel, located south of East 233rd Street on the Jerome Avenue entrance. Olsen is the director of historical services for the Woodlawn Cemet...

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The upcoming annual Columbus Day parade in the Morris Park section of the Bronx is set to honor a local advocate who has given back to her community through hard work, dedication and even some humor. This Sunday’s parade, along Morris Park Avenue, will highlight longtime Bronxite Louise Delucia as the parade’s deputy grand marshal. DeLucia will ser...

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The corner of Morris Park and Hone avenues, where Giusseppe Tevere owned Captain's Pizza for nearly 40 years, was co-named after him on Sunday. The new street sign displays the name “Joe Captain’s Way” – a name everyone knew him by. Tevere's wife, Josephine, says she thinks her late husband is "honored in a way that you can't imagine.” “My husband...

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Belmont businesses hosted the annual Ferragosto Festival, which brought thousands of people to Arthur Avenue on Sunday. The festival is held to support local businesses in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Traditional Italian foods, including the fan-favorite sausage and peppers, were sold. Festival goers were also treated to live music and enterta...

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Celebrate your Italian Heritage with the Royals! Join us at The K on Sunday, October 1, at 2:10 p.m., for a Royals game against the New York Yankees. Take home a custom Italian-themed Royals hat with the purchase of a theme ticket. Italian-themed Royals hats will ONLY be distributed inside Gate A. Please arrive prior to the 2nd inning to receive a...

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The Belmont Business Improvement District is thrilled to welcome everyone back to the neighborhood for Ferragosto 2023 on Sunday, September 10th! Ferragosto is a special day in the community filled with Italian culture, delicious food, wonderful live entertainment, and great fun. Ferragosto is a way to convene our customers and supporters in a fest...

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The CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale, New York, will open their Main Stage Season 51 with A BRONX TALE: THE MUSICAL, running August 12 to 26 in their Noel S. Ruiz Theatre. “It's a family, it's a language, it's a neighborhood, it's a time period, it's a culture,” says John Mazzarella, Co-Director and Scenic Designer of A BRONX TALE.  Written by ...

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