by Allen Pierleoni Get your hunger on for a cornucopia of Italian fare from area restaurants and savvy home cooks at the 30th annual Festa Italiana. Heap your plates with Italian sausage and meatballs, pasta, chicken Parmesan, calamari, cannoli, gelato and much more. The festival of all-things-Italian goes still further, with singers,...
READ MOREMembers of Fort Lee's Saint Rocco's Society are carrying on a tradition that dates back almost nine decades. Nearly two-dozen members will carry a statue of their patron saint down Main Street on Sunday in Fort Lee's Italian Festival. "It demonstrates our devotion and thanks to our Patron Saint Rocco for all he did to those that where...
READ MOREThe historic San Francisco Italian Athletic Club proudly presents: Festa Coloniale Italiana! Celebrating their 95th Anniversary and 2013 the year of Italian Culture in America. Continuous live music, tasty food, Italian arts and crafts (shop Italian style) Tarantella dancers, wine tasting, Italian heritage displays, special guests, Grand Ballroom t...
READ MORESan Gennaro is the patron saint of Naples. But it's New York City he blesses every year with an 11-day festival highlighting delicious Italian-accented food, much of it from local chefs and restaurants. It's also a welcome departure from the usual grub at Big Apple street fairs. We love gyros and mozzarepas as much as the next New Yorker, but by S...
READ MOREBy Nelson Oliveira Town residents and officials will celebrate Italian-American culture during the 33rd annual Columbus Day parade Monday. The parade leaves the Bethel Food Market at 8:45 a.m. and continues down South Street and Greenwood Avenue. Viewers will gather at P.T. Barnum Square, where the parade vehicles will park a...
READ MOREWhen: Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Where: HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY // Hempstead, New York 11549-1000 The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thou...
READ MOREBy Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Ogni anno Hofstra University presenta un festival italiano che attira migliaia di persone nella contea del Long Island dalle diverse zone dello Stato di New York. La celebrazione della Hofstra sottolinea i numerosi contributi degli italiani alla cultura americana. Il festival include: concerti con ballerini e cantanti...
READ MOREThe Venetian and The Palazzo's annual holiday celebration Winter in Venice just got even tastier. This year, the Italian-inspired resorts partnered with the premiere culinary magazine dedicated to all things Italian to create the La Cucina Italiana Food and Wine Festival. Held December 5-8, the festival is hosted by chef Mario Batali, along with ch...
READ MOREAbout 1,000 people came out Sunday to support Mokena's first Festa Italiana. After the Mokena Lions rolled up the carpets from the Firecracker Dance on Saturday night, the Mokena Downtown Merchants Association and Knights of Columbus rolled out the welcome mat Sunday. Organizers of the two events found a way physically and financially to...
READ MOREBy Giovanni di Napoli As I have done so many times before (and hope to do for years to come), I dropped by 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn yesterday for the opening of The Feast of Santa Rosalia. Making my way through the crowd to the outdoor chapel, I pinned my donation on to the Saint's ribbons and picked up some prayer cards for my loved-o...
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