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Festa Italiana Chicago will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Taylor Street from Aug. 13 to 16. Hosted by the University Village Association and run by StarEvents, the four-day fest will feature food and beverage booths, live entertainment on three stages, Italian dance performances and classes, cooking demonstrations, a wine garden, screening...

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The 105th Fisherman's Feast in Honor of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca is scheduled for Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Boston's North End at North, Fleet and Lewis Streets. Opening ceremonies start at 7pm on Thursday night where the staute of La Madonna Del Soccorso will leave her permanent chapel on Lewis Street for a sole...

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by Mindy Lucas Rick Storzieri, of Bluffton, still remembers his grandfather who lived with him and his family when Storzieri was just a boy growing up in New York City. "My grandfather used to make these every Thursday," he said, as he stood sampling the Zeppole at the Italian Heritage Festival held Saturday on Hilton Head Island.   Or...

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Ready. Set. Wow! Capture Italian cultural influence in Texas for a chance to win at the Houston Italian Festival. Dear Members and Friends, The Italian Cultural & Community Center is hosting its first Annual Photography Contest for the 38th Houston Italian Festival. Each participant must submit one photograph with their view and...

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Sunday was the last day of the Festa Italiana in Rochester. For 11 years now the Italian American Center has represented Italian culture with everything from traditional folk music, to mouth-watering food.   Organizers say about 6,000 to 10,000 people attend the Festa Italiana every year. Vendors at the festival each represented a diff...

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The Feast of the Madonna del Carmine at Saint Bernard's Church in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn culminated on Sunday with Mass and a procession through the neighborhood. The four day celebration was jam-packed with great entertainment, delicious southern Italian delicacies, and amusing games and rides for the children.   Each Feast is special in it...

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Festa EATaliana is returning to downtown Lemont for a second year and changing its name from Festa Italiana.   "We changed the name because it's really a melting pot of multiple cultures that is celebrating Italian cuisine," said Lisa Simone Porter, marketing chair for St. Al's/St. Pat's School in Lemont and organizer of the event.  ...

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Good thing Birmingham chef Benard Tamburello knows a little something about multitasking.   All this week, while running his Bernie's On Main restaurant in Columbiana and training a new staff for the mid-May opening of his Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato in The Preserve in Hoover, Tamburello is also preparing to serve about 3,000 guests at Sa...

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The 55th annual Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival will be celebrated Oct. 13 in downtown Binghamton, marking the city's rich Italian American community.   The event opens at 9 a.m., with the Italian flag raised outside City Hall. At 10 a.m., the parade will kick off at Arthur and Main streets, then to Court Street and finish on State...

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If you're an Italian-American, especially if your roots track back to Southern Italy, you know that it has long been customary to steer clear of eating meat on Christmas Eve.   Instead, traditional, family-style celebrations on Christmas Eve, or La Vigilia, as the day is referenced in parts of Italy, are often marked by a Feast of Seven Fish...

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