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Saturday, January 10at 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Garibaldi-Meucci Museum 420 Tompkins Ave, Staten Island, : Free for Children ages 3 to 10 RESERVATIONS REQUIRED -CALL NOW 718-442-1608 Meet Le Befana and hear her story. Fun, games, songs, snacks, prizes and activities for all the children. Come celebrate Christmas the Italian way! The pa...

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Sabato 20 gennaio, il Garibaldi-Meucci Museum ospita l'autrice Rossana del Zio, che presenta il suo libro "From Bread and Tomatoes to Zuppa di Pesce Ciambotto: Memories of Apulian Cuisine". Al centro del libro la squisista cucina pugliese, cuore della dieta mediterranea. Durante la serata la del Zio discuterà di tradizioni culinarie italiane offre...

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The first Rome Through Richmond Town festival last October served as the replacement for the annual Columbus Day Parade, which had recently seen a drop in attendance. "I think it was an absolutely phenomenal time," Oddo said of last year's event. "It was so much broader in its scope, so much richer and fuller. The people who were there absolut...

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Directed by Dino Risi, Il Sorpasso follows Roberto, a shy law student and Bruno (Vittorio Gassman), a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man during the summer of 1962.   The time they spend together in Rome and Tuscany is a hilarious, but sometimes an emotionally merciless accelerated maturation process. While Bruno's easy going "l'usage d...

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by Pamela Silvestri   Staten Island's elusive Fig Fest is back again for its fifth year. As the crowd grew too large for the original venue (the Turtle Fountain at Midland Beach), a private venue has been sought ever since.   The celebration will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 15, starting at 6 p.m. — that's an hour earlier than usual — at...

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Please join us for an evening celebrating the traditions and foods of St. Joseph's Day, an annual feast thought to have originated in the 10th century in Sicily. Renowned Chef Vittorio of Trattoria Romana will be our host as he demonstrates and explains time-honored St. Joseph's Day dishes.   We'll enjoy his delicious cuisine while NOIAW mem...

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December 4th, 2 p.m. : Authors (husband and wife), Gayle Ridinger and Paolo Pochettino will present their book, "THE SECRET PRICE OF HISTORY." The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island NY. Admission $10/ members $5.   THE SECRET PRICE OF HISTORY is a tale-in the present and the past, about the selfless...

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Gregory Perillo, a painter and sculptor of note locally and globally has decided to donate 25 of his favorite original works of art work for display in the prestigious Birds of Paradise Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida during the month of May.   Columnist Carol Ann Benanti of The Staten Island Advance reports that 100 percent of the proceed...

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Dear Friends - We have much to celebrate on Sunday, December 14th at Casa Belvedere. The FDNY Solidarity Creche has returned and will be unveiled in all its glory. The winner of our Maserati Ghibli Car Raffle will be announced.   The Richmond County Savings Foundation will present The Italian Cultural Foundation with a signature grant awa...

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by Frank Donnelly   There are millions of ways to say thank you. Popular criminal defense lawyers Mario F. Gallucci and Lou Gelormino chose to do it Thursday with cannolis. As yuletide tunes wafted from a radio beneath a makeshift tent, Gallucci and friends handed out the tasty Italian pastry to court staff on Richmond Terrace outs...

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