by Grace Lentini

If you're lucky enough to get a three-day weekend for Columbus Day, you have some options. You could catch up on yard work. You could spend the weekend leaf peeping in New Hampshire. Or, you could stay close to home and take advantage of one of the state's most festive weekends.

Party like the Italians do at the Federal Hill Columbus Day Festival, October 10-12. For three days, portions of Providence's iconic Atwells Avenue shut down to car traffic for a party in the streets that involves music, rides and games for the kids, a marketplace, and, of course, food. Lots of food.

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Source: http://www.providenceonline.com/