Solo Italiano: Dinner in Rosso: 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday October 6. Piazza della Famiglia, 523 Date St., San Diego. $200, plus facility fee. Tickets: soloitalianosd.com. Dress in your best red apparel and join the Little Italy community for an authentic Italian dining experience during Solo Italiano: Dinner in Rosso (Dinner in Red), a fundraising event benefiting Little Italy Association projects. The Piazza della Famiglia will be transformed into a Tuscan-inspired communal setting with farm tables brimming with family-style Italian dishes and beverages atop red-checkered linens.

Highlights include: interactive performances, table-side Italian lessons, Italian fashion show, Gesso Italiano (chalk art), exotic car display and dancing. Guests will be entertained throughout the evening with performances by Orange County-based opera singer Natalia Moran Clegg and Italian-born American tenor Pasquale Esposito.