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The Hoboken Italian Festival takes over the Mile Square City's Sinatra Drive this weekend for it's 91st year. The event started last night and continues tonight with Freestyle Friday, which will include performances by Cynthia, Lisette Menendez, Aly Us, Fascination, Boriqua Posse and more. Performances on the main stage will continue tomorrow with...

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Get a taste of Italy with Kathy Occhipinti in her presentation, “Sicily & Wine throughout the Ages” at Chillicothe Public Library on Sept. 14. Attendees will discover the ancient grape varieties in the Sicilian provinces of Agrigento and Messina that are revolutionizing the way Sicilian wine is viewed throughout the world, and learn about the wine...

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Neil Calderone uncovered the holy grail of film prints. Just don't ask him how or where. For decades, the 35 mm original cut of baffling, proto-slasher arthouse flick Suspiria was perhaps the most sought-after print in the world. When Dario Argento's film was released in 1977, it was a sensation around the world—with a haunting music-box score an...

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The faithful and others just wanting to attend a neighborhood event flocked to Niles by the thousands for the annual Sicilian Catholic festival held continually in the Chicago-area since 1900, with roots dating to the early 1600s. The event had typical street festival attractions, carnival rides, food, beer and live entertainment on three of its fo...

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La Festa Italiana just wrapped up its 42nd year in Courthouse Square. A festival of entertainment, art and the star of the show –food – La Festa failed to disappoint with its smorgasbord of Italian cuisine. After going to La Festa four years in a row, I’ve accumulated a good amount of knowledge on how to maximize your La Festa experience. Without f...

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The 34th annual Bristol Italian Day is set for this weekend in Bristol Borough. The annual celebration of Italian culture is sponsored and presented by the Bristol Lions Club. It will be held at Lions Park by the wharf in Bristol Borough. The festival gives attendees the chance to congregate, eat authentic Italian food and listen to authentic Ital...

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A small crowd gathers at the bocce ball area, watching teams throw the balls down the dirt field. Nearby, an announcer calls forward teams as games are won and lost. Underneath some tents, people exchange tickets for some homemade Italian food as families gather for the annual St. Rocco’s Italian Festival. “We have bocce ball players coming in from...

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The muffuletta sandwich was born here and it should be celebrated here, so says Mark Subervielle, owner of Nor-Joe Import's, who is putting on a Muffuletta Festival on Sunday (Sept. 10). The festival, organized by Subervielle and Jared Zeller, will pay tribute to the sandwich as well as Italian-American contributions to New Orleans area food and cu...

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A special, one-of-a-kind exhibition about Rome ushers in Collinsville’s 2017 Italian Fest, according to a press release. The show "GET YOUR TOGA ON! (A Visit to Rome)" is open now through Oct. 15, at the Collinsville Library, 408 West Main St., in Collinsville. The exhibit takes visitors behind the scenes for sights and secrets of this fascinating...

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I don’t necessarily oppose the Los Angeles City Council’s replacement of Columbus Day with “Indigenous People’s Day” on the city calendar — I’ve always thought a “John Smith Day” or “John Winthrop Day” would be more appropriate of an American holiday, and the Italian Americans the holiday was originally meant to appease are now thoroughly integrate...

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