The 17th Annual Italian Feast of the Assumption at The Roman Catholic Church of Epiphany, 615 Thiele Road, runs from Thursday, August 17 through Sunday, August 20, from 5 to 10 p.m. There is free parking and free admission. Thursday night is bracelet night. Entertainment will be provided by Spotlight Entertainment, including carnival atmosphere wit...

The Festa Italiana has come and gone, but not without leaving plenty of good memories in the minds of Bradfordians. With more than 6,000 meatballs, 10 kettles of sauce and 700 pounds of Italian sausage, folks left each day of the Festa with full stomachs and smiling faces. For over 50 years, the event organizers have made sure that proceeds raised...

Little Italy Days, the region’s largest ethnic heritage celebration, will take over Bloomfield again for four days beginning Thursday. The 15th annual festival will transform the neighborhood’s main street, Liberty Avenue, into a destination sport for Italian-themed entertainment and food. Here are five things you need to know about the event

Amici Park will turn into a Western Village for Little Italy’s biggest party, Ferragosto! Taking on a new theme each year, Ferragosto 2107 will return with a “Wild Western” theme, inviting guests to join the party in their best western attire. Ferragosto is San Diego’s Little Italy own take on the traditional Italian holiday “Feriae Augusti.” The b...

The smell of grilled peppers and onions carried through Barker Commons Park as music could be heard being gently played Saturday. Italian Festival was back for its second year. The Italian Festival started last year as a way for people in the Fredonia community to celebrate their Italian heritage. Church street was lined with vendors. Local restau...

Three days before the 690th anniversary of St. Rocco’s death, four men carried a small statue of the medieval man down the steps of St. Mary parish, across the intersection of Church Square and Pleasant Street, through a school parking lot, and onto the field of grass and woodchips that has served as an annual fairgrounds for 39 years. One hundred...

Who better to kick off the Warren Italian-American Heritage Festival than a man born in Italy who has traveled there more than 250 times. “To me, Italy is and will always be the most beautiful country in the world, and Italians are the most beautiful people,” Peter D’Attoma, who runs a Munroe Falls travel agency that makes trips to Italy, told a fi...

The Nashville Italian Lights Festival will turn its focus to the sky on Aug. 21 for the epic solar eclipse. The festival actually starts on Friday, Aug. 18 at Bicentennial Mall State Park. The four-day event will offer a variety of food, wine, music and traditions. On the day of the eclipse though, the festival will turn its focus to the sky. “So t...

Summer festival season is in full swing and this weekend, the scene moves to Warren’s Italian-American Festival. There will be plenty of food and games. The Bocce tournament took place Friday night, right on the Courthouse lawn. All weekend long, there will be a large Italian American Culture tent, which focuses on the Italian tradition in the area...

The St. Ann’s Church Carnival and Italian Festival takes place evenings from August 14 to 19 at the Saint Ann Worship Site at Dorrance and Pond streets in Bristol Borough. There will be rides, homemade Italian food, baked goods including homemade cakes, cookies, pies, muffins and more, a basket auction, lots of carnival games, face painting sand ar...