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By Summer Dawn Hortillosa / For The Jersey Journal   Who's got the best cheese in town? Find out this weekend at the second annual Hoboken Mutzfest. On Sunday, guests will try mozzarella from local eateries and determine whose "mutz" is top.   Competitors include defending champion M & P Biancamano, which won both the people'...

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The documentary MEN OF THE CLOTH will have its New Jersey premiere on May 4, 2014, at the third annual Montclair Film Festival. The film by Vicki Vasilopoulos is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors. It had its World Premiere at DOC NYC, the largest documentary film festival in the U.S.   The men's lifestyle magazine A &...

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New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the lineup of productions set for its 2015-16 season.   The season will open with Bandstand, a world-premiere musical, featuring music by Richard Oberacker and a book and lyrics by Oberacker and Robert Taylor.   Read more   Source: http://www.theatermania.com/  

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By Laryssa Wirstiuk For many people, an Italian festival means deep-fried rice balls, zeppoles, and homemade Italian pastries. But this year's La Festa Italiana, the 110th of its kind, is celebrating a special occasion for the parishioners of Holy Rosary Church (344 Sixth Street): 128 years as the first Italian parish in New Jersey. The festival a...

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by Shari Puterman   Vanessa Oriolo, 21, is your typical Jersey Girl. She loves a good sushi roll from Taka in Asbury Park, comes from a big Italian family and hits the gym on a regular basis. Oriolo, who was born and raised in Colts Neck, enjoys hanging out on the beaches in Belmar and Long Branch and loves to cool down with an Ita...

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by Deirdre Flanagan Ward   Gravy or Sauce? That was the question of the day at Rachael Ray's "Everyone is Italian on Sunday" book signing hosted by Bookends, in conjunction with the YWCA and YMCA, at the Oak Street facility. "Both and neither," was Ray's response which confused audience members but opened up an extensive discussion on...

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The Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey, which was founded in October 2014, recently held its first major charity event for Make-A-Wish New Jersey. The event was held at the Samuel and Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe Township.   More than 180 people attended the event and raised $21,000 which will grant two childre...

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By Nicholas Zeitlinger Italian culture, food and music will be on full display in Bayonne this weekend, and it's all for a good cause. Bayonne's inaugural Italian Festival will benefit lupus awareness with a family friendly event featuring children's events, food vendors and a free concert. The festival will take place on July 16 from 9 a.m....

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Last year the event was a huge success exceeding all expectations. Next June Pat O‟Boyle is teaming up again with the SOGNA organization with the same enthusiasm determined to repeat last year success and make it even better. The time and the place will be the same as in 2012. It will start with the Mass at 10:30 on Saturday June 1st followed...

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The hands of Italian immigrants from the hamlet of Pettoranello helped build the modern Princeton, a place that beckons a new generation of Italian youth this week. A delegation of 20 high school students are due to arrive in Princeton Thursday night to begin a week of cultural exchange.   They will spend part of their visit attending classe...

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