By Steven Rodas   Prato, a small city in Tuscany just north of the capital of Italy, is home to delicious baked specialties such as the cantucci. This traditional cookie is one of the many treats you could smell baking right here in Jersey City at the newly opened Prato Bakery.   "The residents come almost every day and sometimes...

Local community members will have the chance to enjoy some Italian-style Christmas entertainment at Jersey City's Casa Colombo during its seventh Annual Christmas Concert and Sing Along celebration.   Sunday's celebration, scheduled to start at 4 p.m., will feature Michael Aromondo and his Metropolitan Festival Band, an Italian street musica...

by Corey McDonald   The annual La Festa Italiana street fair returned to the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church last night, as music, games and Italian food kicked off the five-day extravaganza. The festival will continue throughout the week – running from 5 to 11 p.m. today and Friday, and 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday....

The Novena in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption begins on August 6th at 7:00 PM in Holy Rosary Church and continues to August 14th.   The Assumption Feast Day Mass is on Thursday, August 15th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession. The Saint Rocco Feast Day Mass is on Friday, August 16th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession....

Delicious Italian food, lively dance music and traditional delicacies like fresh hot zeppoles, rice balls and lemony Limoncello are just some of the fun treats ahead as Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City prepares for its 111th annual La Festa Italiana, an Old World Italian feast honoring the veneration of Maria SS. Dell'Assunta & San Rocco. &nb...

Local community members can enjoy some Italian-style Christmas entertainment at Jersey City's Casa Colombo's seventh annual Christmas Concert and Sing Along celebration on Dec. 14.   This celebration, scheduled to start at 4 p.m., will feature Michael Aromondo and his Metropolitan Festival Band, which has provided entertainment for tradition...

Jersey City's Downtown was awash in green, red and white for the fifth annual Columbus Day Parade today. Leading the celebration of Italian heritage Saturday was TLC star Buddy 'Cake Boss' Valastro, who was the parade's grand marshal.   "I'm honored to be here," Valastro said, who was accompanied at the head of the parade by his son, Marco,...

Liberty Science Center announced today the appointment of Fabiano Caruana, the number two ranked chess player in the world for most of 2015 and the strongest American chess player in history, to the position of LSC Visiting Grandmaster and Chess Works! Ambassador. Born in Miami and raised in Brooklyn, Caruana joins Liberty Science Center at a part...

By Jonathan Lin   Hundreds of people have taken to Jersey City's streets this afternoon in celebration of Italian-American culture in the city's sixth annual Columbus Day Parade. The parade has set out from Dickinson High School and will make its way through Downtown Jersey City before concluding at City Hall.   Leading it all wi...

Prato, a small city in Tuscany just north of the capital of Italy, is home to delicious baked specialties such as the cantucci.   This traditional cookie is one of the many treats you could smell baking right here in Jersey City at the newly opened Prato Bakery.   Read more   Source: http://www.nj.com/