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As Pittsburgh’s Mayor Bill Peduto declared Saturday “Norman Nardini Day,” honoring its native son’s 50 years as a musician, some might ask themselves, “Why?” Especially since Nardini grew up near Springdale. The self-described local “uncrowned king of rock ‘n’ roll” has proven to be an inexhaustible songwriter and performer whose music and comedic...

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Italy is the source of some of the finest delights our senses can enjoy: espresso, pizza, pasta, gelato, wine and much more! For this reason, there are many “Little Italys” outside the motherland that bring together what we love about one of the star models of European quality. Who doesn’t love phenomenal coffee, incredible food and wonderful compa...

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Amazing Grape is a traveling journey that through the modern documentary language investigates the commercial impact of the Italian wine in the eastern coast of the United States of America. What is the condition of Italian imports in the US? We will start from a simple question to dig into the deeper analysis of the big market of wines that every...

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Seven men in Scranton, Pennsylvania went head-to-head in the town's Seventh Annual Cannoli Eating Competition Monday.  The food fight is a Labor Day tradition and falls on the final day of La Festa Italiana, which brings tens-of-thousands of people to Courthouse Square for everything and anything Italian. This year, Russell Keeler was crowned the C...

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Paul Panepinto was standing in line for a ride at Disney World when he had an idea about how to improve Philadelphia’s court system. “I’ve been in line for 40 minutes,” he said, “but I don’t mind waiting because the entertainment is pretty good.” It was the spring of 1996, and just days earlier, Panepinto had been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supr...

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The former Whetstone Tavern on the corner of Fifth and Bainbridge Streets in Queen Village won't remain vacant too long. A family-friendly Italian bar-restaurant — whose TBA name may contain the word bacio — is taking shape at 700 S. Fifth St. under Bart Troiano, the building's new owner. Troiano, 30, a native New Yorker who graduated from Wi...

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Thursday September 6, Friday September 7, Saturday September 8 2018 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm EDT. History of Italian Immigration Museum, Filitalia International, 1834 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19148. This performance is part of the 2018 Fringe Arts Festival. This show is performed in Italian and English, and deals with past Italian...

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Courthouse Square will host more than 80 vendors serving up Italian food and continuous live entertainment as the Electric City annual celebration of all things Italiana returns this weekend. La Festa Italiana will be held Friday through Monday. There is no admission charge. A new this year is the Jersey Pizza Boys – brothers Michael and Nicholas T...

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Some of the board members, committee volunteers and civic officials associated with La Festa Italiana raise the Italian flag on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton, site of the festival to be held Labor Day Weekend beginning this Friday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m. and continuing through Monday, Sept. 3 until 8 p.m. For more information, the entertainmen...

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The mission of the Italian Trade Agency's campaign, "Italian Wine - Taste the Passion," is to educate consumers of the breadth, diversity and quality of Italian wines. Its aim is to increase awareness of the many excellent Italian wine varietals and wine-producing regions. The agency sent me four wines to sample: Masut de Rive Pinot Grigio, La Capr...

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