There, on North Jay, stands Perreca's Bakery, the crown jewel of Schenectady's Little Italy, a fixture of the neighborhood for more than a century. From a booth inside More Perreca sits Maria Papa, who has a hand in both of the businesses that neighbor one another, where she talks about next week's plans to pay tribute again to the late Dan DiNicola.

#"You can hear the crickets," said Papa, about the plans for the second consecutive Dan DiNicola Memorial Little Italy Film Festival; a five-week event that showcases Italian films, or films that with Italian overtones, from behind the eatery, just as she did last year. "You meet new people. You sit next to your neighbors. It's a real, old-fashioned neighborhood summer event."

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