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The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club in the heart of North Beach will host the main event of Cabaret Comico 2015 on Friday, November 13 with original songs and Broadway comedy tunes performed by 16 of the Bay Area's funniest singers and songwriters.   And for the first time since its 2013 inaugural event, Cabaret Comico welcomes visitors...

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By Calla Vassilopoulos Throughout the last century, the U.S. has experienced a depression, two World Wars, the Vietnam War, and a recession, but Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society continues to persevere, according to its president, Carl Sferrazza. For the last 88 years, the organization located in Enfield has shared Italian traditions with the commu...

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Amateur winemakers are encouraged to enter their red or white wines in the annual Italian Festival's homemade wine contest. The Italian Festival runs July 25 to 27 in downtown. Wines must be entered by July 23. Bottles can be dropped off at Northeast Produce Regional Market, 101 Reserve Road, Hartford or 10 Jackson Way, Plainville, on weekdays fro...

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by Triness Kuhn   Kenner's historic Rivertown is the site for the 14th annual "Festa Italiana" festival on March 27-29. The Kenner Italian Heritage Foundation, created by former Kenner Police Chief Nick Congemi, will host the event, in cooperation with the City of Kenner. The three-day festival promises fun for the entire family.  ...

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by Jack Fennimore   The usual sea of people flooded the lanes of the Henry Maier Festival Park on Sunday, chowing down on fried foods and guzzling beer. It's summer in Milwaukee and that means another sunny afternoon of festivities at the festival. But this time, a recreation of the Trevi Fountain and Michelangelo's David greeted festival go...

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by Daniel J. Kov   Held one week early to make room for the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, the St. Padre Pio Festival on Sunday continued to delight local residents looking to eat, pray and love in the company of family. The couple of thousand residents who made their way out for the annual event often referred to it as feeling...

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by Allegra Hobbs   This feast is back for seconds! A group of Italian Williamsburgers has been quietly reprising the Giglio feast — the beloved century-plus neighborhood tradition where men carry an 80-foot-tall tower through the streets on St. Paulinus's feast day in July — every Columbus Day for the past four years.   But now t...

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by Patrice Wilding   From its humble beginnings as a single-block festival 41 years ago, La Festa Italiana grew into a destination event for locals, out-of-towners and homecoming natives. The Labor Day weekend festival now features more than 80 food and craft vendors, as well as dozens of regional entertainment acts, spread out over thr...

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Italian film was showcased at Newport Beach Film Festival, in California, with a screening of "Immaturi - Il viaggio" (2012) by Paolo Genovese. The film was introduced by the Executive Director of the Festival, Gregg Schwenk, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Alberto Di Mauro. They both underscored the strong link between th...

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The Italian American Heritage Corporation is one of the oldest Italian American organization in the United States. It was organized on November 11, 1866 and was incorporated on December 6, 1866 it is composed of many St. Louis Italian-American Organizations, who joined together a number of years ago to ensure that there will always be a Columbus Da...

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