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The chef behind acclaimed Italian eatery Trattoria L'incontro will be heading up the kitchen of a new restaurant in Long Island City that's set to open next month.Rocco Sacramone, who opened the Zagat-rated Trattoria L'incontro in 1999, is teaming up with Tommy Demaras — owner of Astoria restaurant and lounge Cavo — to open Maiella on the Long Isla...

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by Randy Vogt   Livio D'Arpino was an Eastern New York Hall of Famer who was seemingly involved in every level of local soccer before his untimely passing in 2002. He was the third vice president of the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) and the first vice president of the Eastern New York Adult Soccer Association.   L...

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Porto Empedocle è una ridente cittadina ai piedi di Agrigento, in Sicilia. Un posto fantastico, con il suo mare, la sua costa, il suo porto, è uno di quei luoghi che fanno sognare. Reso celebre dalla penna del famoso scrittore Andrea Camilleri che a Porto Empedocle, "Vigata" nella finzione, ha ambientato le celeberrime vicende del Commissario Monta...

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Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University, November 12-14, 2015. THE IDEA OF THE MEDITERRANEAN - An International Conference to Explore What the Mediterranean Region. Represented in the Age of Progress and What It May Represent in the Era of Geopolitical Realliances and Globalization. Stony Brook University'...

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I made my way to Saint Mary's Church (1008 49th Avenue) in Long Island City on Saturday (Sept. 7th) to participate in the 106th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Sponsored by the Societa Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna, the celebration was a magnificent display of faith and devotion.   Following the wonderful service, a candle...

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Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R,C,WF,I-Huntington Station) is encouraging local high school seniors to apply for the Conference of Italian-American State Legislators' Scholarship program. The conference offers four scholarships, each in the amount of $2,000 to support students who excel both in the classroom and in athletic competition.   This...

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By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino  Che emozione che si prova nel trascorrere la festa del lavoro insieme a colleghi per il Gala dell'AIAE, l'organizzazione che raggruppa tutti quei professionisti italiani in America che, oltre alle loro varie attività, si dedicano all'insegnamento e alla diffusione della lingua e cultura italiana.   Sono f...

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December 4 (Friday) 7:30 pm. "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and its Meaning for Italian Americans"Professor Mary Anne Trasciatti, of Hofstra University, discusses the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a key event in U.S. history, which killed 146 people, mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls and inspired a movement for wor...

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di Maurita Cardone   Quando si dice teatro italiano a New York si dice Mario Fratti. Noto alle scene newyorchesi fin dagli anni '60, il commediografo di origini aquilane, autore di più di 90 opere, oltre che columnist de La Voce, scrive ormai quasi esclusivamente in inglese (una lingua di cui non fa che elogiare ricchezza e libertà), ma ha c...

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Long Island has been a hub of Italian-American culture for as long as Italians have settled in the tri-state area, and Italian-Americans make up the biggest percentage of the population of immigrant descendants in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to a study of the Long Island Italian-American community by Vincenzo Milione, a researcher a...

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