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di Daniela Tanzj e Andrea Bentivegna   In un periodo in cui il Bel paese sta faticosamente cercando di tirarsi fuori dal pantano di una crisi non più solo economica ma anche morale, fa ben sperare vedere che proprio dal design, antico vanto del nostro paese, arrivino incoraggianti segni di rinascita visto che proprio in questo ambito si vann...

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Sunday, April 12th, dozens of pilgrims and fujenti (devotees of the Madonna of the Arch) gathered at St. Matthias Church in Ridgewwod, Queens for the Third Annual Festa Della Madonna Dell'Arco. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Vincent Miceli, followed by a short procession around the parish to the nearby Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Cent...

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Set in an abandoned warehouse in New Jersey, Michael Ricigliano Jr.'s new play, Queen for a Day, is a story about organized crime, family, loyalty, and love. The play follows mafia member Giovanni "Nino" Cinquimani (David Proval) as he agrees to meet with prosecutor Patricia Cole (Portia) for a "queen for the day" or proffer agreement under the gui...

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Bronx Little Italy. Arthue Avenue & East 187th St, The Bronx 10458The Feast of Saint Anthony starts on Wednesday, June 10th and goes thru Sunday, June 14th. The Dancing of the Giglio is Saturday, June 13 from 4-6pm and the Procession is Sunday, June 14th at 5pm. The feast will be full of games, rides, raffles, amusements and of course food...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Last Monday morning (July 27th) I joined members of the Craco Society and Saint Rocco Society of Potenza at St. Joseph's Church in Chinatown for the big move to Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's historic Little Italy. Sadly, after nearly 90 years, St. Joseph's will be shutting its doors as part of the latest w...

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Donatus Buongiorno was a late-19th- and early-20th-century Italian and American artist of Naples and New York. Born in 1865 in Solofra, Avellino, he moved to Naples in the 1800s to attend the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Academy of Fine Arts of Napoli, formerly known as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Napoli), from which he graduated,...

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"L'Italia del vino deve ricordarsi del suo mercato di riferimento, gli Stati Uniti". Lucio Caputo, presidente dell'Italian Wine and Food Institute, a WineNews mette in guardia il mondo enoico dal pericolo di adagiarsi sugli allori, 'puntando forte sul mercato cinese, ancora tutto da verificare, e perdendo terreno in Usa, dove nei primi 8 mesi 2012...

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di Angelo Paura e Marco Ferini   "Siamo la seconda città per esportazioni in Italia e siamo qui per mostrarvi le opportunità di investimento". Con queste parole il sindaco di Torino, Piero Fassino, ha presentato la conferenza "Investment opportunities in Torino" che si è svolta oggi all'Italian trade commission (Ice) di New York. Un nuovo vo...

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A one hour, docent led, private group tour at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in Manhattan will highlight 23 masterpieces of Early Florentine Renaissance sculpture from 1400-1450. The majority of these works have never been exhibited outside of Italy.   All of the sculptures were made for one specific project, Santa Maria del Fiore, bette...

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By Andrew Z. Galarneau   Raphael's has survived a rough introduction to Southtowns winter after opening in December. Owner Ralph Galluzzi brought life back to a Town of Boston building last operated as a pizzeria in 2008. Raphael's, 8936 Boston State Road, offers Italian family dining in the purest sense. Galluzzi said the recipes for t...

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