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Since 1999, fall in Frontenac has meant Italian food, wine, music and raising money for education. Festa Italiana was created by the Frontenac Education Foundation to provide scholarships to graduating seniors of Frontenac High School. The event offers food sampling, fun for children, live music and more. And it all returns Saturday. Last year, Fes...

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In honor of October being Italian Heritage Month, Berkeley Township held a flag raising ceremony this weekend at Town Hall. Mayor Carmen Amato welcomed the Holiday City Silver Ridge Italian American Club of Ocean County to join him in a reading of the Proclamation and the raising of the Italian flag. Berkeley Township is home to one of the largest...

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Kingston, City of Festivals? While the O+ Festival primarily stakes out Uptown and Midtown and plies its unique art-for-healthcare bargain and designer Brad Ford’s carefully curated Field + Supply modern makers’ craft fair inhabits the Hutton Brickyards, the Ulster County Italian American Foundation presents a celebration of a different and more tr...

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Frank Baldari from the Myrtle Beach lodge of Sons and Daughters of Italy joined News13 NOW at 9 a.m. on Thursday to talk about the upcoming Festa Italiana. The Fall 2017 edition of the annual festival will be Saturday and Sunday, October 7 and 8. The festival in Myrtle Beach’s Market Common celebrates everything Italian. There will be authentic Ita...

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Ladies and gentlemen, start your spaghetti. The 36th annual Eldorado Great Italian Festival takes place this weekend, Oct. 7-8, at the Eldorado Resort Casino in downtown Reno. To help you make the most of the event, we're sharing this insider's look on what to eat, sip and do. The festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 7 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct....

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Hawaiʻi has no shortage of authentic Asian food, but do locals know where to find real Italian cuisine? (Hint: We’re not talking about pepperoni pizza or chicken parm.) By putting on Festa Italiana, the first-ever event of its kind in the Islands on Oct. 7, the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaiʻi hopes the answer to that question will soon be a res...

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Monday marked the start of Italian Heritage Month in the City of Springfield. City leaders and members of the Italian community raised the Italian flag at the Christopher Columbus statue at the intersection of Main and Locust Streets, in the city’s south end. The neighborhood was once home to a large Italian population. “In a culture like Springfie...

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Food, music and dancing will be part of the 38th Italian Festival this weekend at the St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church, 168 E. Lincoln St. in Columbus. “It washes your soul with happiness,” said Landa Masdeo Brunetto, festival spokeswoman. “It’s more than a good time -- it’s heartfelt.” Tickets are $5 at the door; children 12 years old...

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It was just announced that Italy’s entry for the Oscar race will be a small, independent film made in the south. “A Ciambra,” directed by Jonas Carpignano with Martin Scorsese as one of the executive producers, takes place within a small community in Calabria. 14-year-old Pio Amato is in a hurry to grow up and follows his older brother Cosimo every...

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The Italian film director Sergio Castellitto and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro will be among the guests of a festival in New York celebrating Italian box office hits called 'Italy on Screen Today'. The screenings, from October 19-22, will include stories linked to the films from actors and directors. Italia culture minister Dario Franceschini wi...

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