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For a century, St. Anthony of Padua Parish has been a mainstay of Wilmington’s Little Italy, and the parish is ready to celebrate its birthday. It’s so big that the parish will take an entire year to properly mark the milestone. It all begins on Oct. 6 with a Year of Jubilee Mass at 10:30 a.m. at the church, which is located at Ninth and Dupont str...

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Mayor Mike Purzycki was joined Sunday by elected officials and religious leaders to dedicate a portion of the 1700 block of West Ninth Street as “Rev. Roberto Balducelli Way.” The ceremony honoring the late pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, who passed away in August 2013 one day shy of his 100th birthday, came on the last day of the 2024 St. Anthony’...

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St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, the parish on the west end of Wilmington that helped tie Italian Americans in Delaware into one large community, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It's also the 50th anniversary of St. Anthony's Italian Festival, an 8-day celebration of Italian American culture and heritage that covers six city blocks, has...

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Don’t miss Verdi’s Rigoletto October 27 & 29 at The Grand Opera House (4 S. Poplar St. Wilmington, DE). Verdi’s masterful Rigoletto is an opera in three acts that premiered in Venice on March 11, 1851. It was based on a controversial Victor Hugo piece known as “Le Roi s’amuse” which translates to “The King enjoys himself.” The story of the jester R...

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Joe Tiberi, one of the top boxers in Delaware history, was among nine athletes inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame, and honored at the state’s premier sports banquet on May 18 in Wilmington. Joe Tiberi had an amateur boxing record of 44-4-2 with 31 knockouts, followed by a professional record of 18-5-2 with 13 knockouts during t...

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Relics are a very deep and ancient Catholic tradition, according to one diocesan priest, and Catholics in the area can venerate a first-class relic of a 20th century young man who died at age 15 and was beatified a few years ago. The St. Pius X Columbiettes of the city of Wilmington have organized a two-day stop at St. Elizabeth Church of five stra...

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Sprinkles Italian Bakery & Market just opened in Wilmington. The charming space serves up baked goods alongside house-made and locally-sourced Italian classics like fresh bread, tomato pie and pasta. It also offers grab-and-go lunches like sandwiches and sides. The heart of the business, though, is the family behind it—particularly the young women...

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For lovers of great chamber music, the Serafin Summer Music Festival is fast becoming an event not to be missed. This year’s fourth annual festival will take place from June 9 to June 25 with performances in both Wilmington and Lewes, Del. Serafin Ensemble is a group of internationally acclaimed performing artists (string, wind, piano and vocalists...

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For nearly 70 years, the Fusco family has been serving handmade Italian water ice from a small stand on Wilmington's Union Street in Little Italy. The flavor is almost always lemon, a pure mix of water, sugar and hand-selected lemons complete with flecks of lemon rind dotting the saccharine slush. Only a few years ago, the Fusco's Italian Water Ice...

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A UNCW Associate Professor of Art History has been tapped to lead the studies of Roman-period pottery from the new excavations in the Athenian Agora. Doctor Nicholas Hudson will lead the studies of the Roman pottery found in the Agora of Athens in Greece. “Pottery is the most common archaeological artifact at ancient sites in the Mediterranean, whi...

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