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The 89th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 20, 2015, on the streets of historic Little Italy, the lower Manhattan neighborhood which served as the first home in America for hundreds of thousands of Italia...

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Eighty maids will surround this year's queen of the Italian American Marching Club when she is crowned this weekend at the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans. The 46th annual Italian American March Club St. Joseph Parade will roll at 6 p.m. on March 19 in the French Quarter. On Sunday, Kaylie Badalamenti Cotoire Hyde will be crowned queen at the...

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Fog and drizzle put a damper on the pastels used by i Madonnari artists when they began on Friday night, but by Memorial Day their works of art looked like masterpieces. More than 150 artists were chosen to take part in the 30th annual i Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival in front of the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. They volunteered their...

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A concert of Italian love songs and dinner by an Italian chef were the highlights of Serata d'Amore, a Festival Napa Valley event held Monday at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena. Festival Napa Valley is a 10-day series of more than 60 musical, dance and theatrical events held at wineries and other venues throughout the valley.   Monday ni...

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Coney Island is known for its hot dog eating competition and Philadelphia is known for the Wing Bowl but Scranton may be the capital of the cannoli eating competition. For the fifth year, a cannoli eating competition was held as part of the annual La Festa Italiana celebration. Seven people vied to be named champion.   As they down...

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Dal 1951 è la più importante manifestazione canora d'Italia, trasmessa in eurovisione e seguita da milioni di persone. Dal 29 al 31 gennaio 1951 nel Salone delle Feste del Casinò di Sanremo, il Festival della Canzone Italiana fu seguito da 25 milioni di telespettatori e il giorno successivo, il 1° febbraio, tutti cantavano e volevano rose rosse da...

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Each year, more than three-dozen Italian patron saint celebrations grace the Chicago area. Kept alive by paesani from villages and cities across Italy, these events preserve some of the most cherished of our traditions.   Festivities range from simple religious services to solemn masses and processions to family festivals that last several...

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Once again, the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul brings Twin Cities audiences enough culturally vibrant movie premieres to fill a Roman amphitheater.   Opening Thursday, the seventh annual Italian Film Festival runs through March 1 at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis. This year's lineup includes rare early works by...

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The Festival that brings two months of art and music to those rose-hued rocks, the Dolomites, is on its way back to the range this summer: the 20th season of Sounds of the Dolomites, marked by world-class music and crowds both Italian and foreign, is even more spectacular for its astounding natural setting, also an UNESCO World Heritage Site. &nbs...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Last Sunday (June 29th) I had the great pleasure of partaking in the Annual Club Sassanese d'America Dinner Dance in honor of San Giovanni Battista, patron saint of Sassano.   Around 120 guests, including members of The Federazione delle Associazioni della Campania USA, Our Lady of Snow Society and St. Rocco So...

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