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In 1992, twenty years ago, a massive bomb explosion on the highway from the airport to Palermo killed Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three bodyguards. Judge Falcone's friend and colleague, Paolo Borsellino, and five members of his police escort were killed fifty-seven days later by a bomb that the mafia had planted near the home of Borselino...

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Rex, il mito e la memoria. Il 16 agosto 1933 il transatlantico italiano REX, dopo 4 giorni, 13 ore e 58 minuti di traversata atlantica entra nel porto di New York conquistando il Nastro Azzurro.Ad ottan'anni dalla conquista dell'ambito riconoscimento, CISEI dedica il proprio calendario alla nave passeggeri costruita nei cantieri navali genoves...

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Book presentation by Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner, Ph.D. The challenges we face over the course of a lifetime, especially those that involve major personal loss, can seem devastating, as radio personality and self-help specialist Dr. Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner discovered when her husband suddenly and unexpectedly died of a heart attack. The Italian...

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It was a typically elaborate, provocative move by the Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli in a career full of them: He had contracted to buy the ruins of an old deconsecrated church in the southern Italian town of Montegiordano and had planned to ship them to New York, brick by brick, for exhibition in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. His videos would be sh...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Dal teatro alla letteratura, è questo il percorso di Mario Fratti, descritto come "il sarto della parola" che prova a ripetere i successi raccolti dalla commedia "Nine", facendo l'esordio letterario con il libro "Diario proibito" presentato martedì all'Istituto di Cultura di Park Avenue. Gremita per l'occasione la sala...

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Capital District author Douglas J. Gladstone, whose new book is a valentine to the obscure Italian American immigrant who served as chief carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, will appear at the American Italian Heritage Museum on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 7 p.m. to talk about his controversial work and sign copies of it.   Carvin...

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A Little Italy institution plans to mark this year's San Gennaro Feast with an ambitious project: a 12-foot cannolo containing 50 pounds of chocolate chips.   Ferrara Bakery and Cafe at 195 Grand St. has been working on a giant-sized version of its cannoli, a Sicilian pastry made with a light, crispy shell filled with sweet cream, chocolate...

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The Salvatore LaGumina Collection documents Dr. LaGumina's career as an educator and his research on Italian Americans, in particular those who settled on Long Island, New York, with an emphasis on Nassau County.   Comprised of 68 boxes of primary and secondary source materials, totaling 44 linear ft., the collection is now accessible for researc...

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October 16 (Thursday) 2:30 - 4:25 pmCelebrating the Italians of Staten Island! As Staten Island's largest ancestral group, the Italian population has had a tremendous impact on the borough and its history. This event by Pat Salmon will focus on Italian immigration, agricultural endeavors through the 1960s, influence on other ethnic groups, family...

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I Cavalieri in America, il libro che elenca le personalità decorate dalla Repubblica Italiana negli USA e nel Canada, è stato presentato lunedì alla stampa. La presentazione è avvenuta nel corso di un ricevimento in una sala del Ristorante Le Cirque di Manhattan alla presenza dei componenti il Board of Directors dell'ASILM, American Society of the...

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