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Like a designer leaving a major fashion house to start his own label, Roberto Deiaco is finally making his mark. At Armani Ristorante, where he ran the kitchen for a decade, Deiaco's food could feel cold and corporate. It was Signor Armani's style, you sensed, as much as his. But East 12th Osteria, which Deiaco opened with wife Giselle this s...

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by Brian Seibert   Who is Roberto Bolle? Indubitably, he is a handsome man, an exemplary ballet dancer. In his home country of Italy, he is a celebrity bordering on national hero. As a member of American Ballet Theater, he is a reliable leading man and a sterling partner. Since 2000 he has also been something of an impresario, organizing all...

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Anthony J. Wilkinson's comedies My Big Gay Italian wedding and My Big Gay Italian Funeral have extended their run at St Luke's Theatre, where both shows will now play through to 30 Mar 2014. My Big Gay Italian wedding plays at St Luke's on Saturday's at 8pm, and My Big Gay Italian Funeral plays on Sunday's at 7pm.   Presented by Bianco...

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One hundred years ago, Italians settled in the neighborhood south of Washington Square Park. Many of the cafes, bakeries, and other family businesses they established endure to this day and give the South Village its unrivaled charm.   Dive into the fascinating history of this classic New York neighborhood on a private tour with NOIAW's Long...

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By Wayne Lawson   A rare thing happened this past August during the Mostly Mozart festival, at Lincoln Center. At the first of two performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, led by Gianandrea Noseda, the music director of Teatro Regio Torino, the audience broke into loud, spontaneous applause after every movement.   The bass soloist...

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by Liz Robbins   Never has a restaurant opened at a more opportune time, hell having frozen over and over. Santina, tucked under the High Line and enclosed in a glass box designed by Renzo Piano, seems like a mirage. Yet the palm and orange trees are real, as are the Murano glass sunflower chandeliers.   Waiters dress in pastel polo s...

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by M.H. Miller   To cap off a two-week press blitz leading up to the opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art's new building in the Meatpacking District on May 1, First Lady Michelle Obama, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Whitney director Adam Weinberg, and architect Renzo Piano attended a dedication ceremony Thursday morning on the street outsid...

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by David Gordon The stars of Charles Messina's A Room of My Own, a production of the Abingdon Theatre Company, met the press on January 19. Directed by the author, the show begins previews February 13 at the June Havoc Theatre, with opening night set for February 25. The run is scheduled to conclude March 13.   A Room of My Own is a semiaut...

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A tre mesi di distanza dalla nascita, Italian Fashion Selection (IFS), la joint venture che è nata dall'unione della carpigiana Octagona e di Jolty, presenta un successo di vendite in Usa, India e Russia.Lo annuncia la stessa società parlando di riconferma di quanto preventivato «che ha portato in diversi mercati esteri – dice IFS – tra cui Usa, In...

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di Riccardo Chioni   La XIII edizione del Altamura Caruso International Voice Competition si presenta con uno straordinario regalo di compleanno per Giuseppe Verdi, quando appassionati d’opera e cantanti intoneranno “Va Pensiero” dal “Nabucco” nella piazza di Manhattan dedicata al compositore di Busseto nel secondo centenario della nascita....

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