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All things Italian are about to be celebrated at Onesti's Little Italy Fest-West in Addison. It's known for Italian specialties from area restaurants, and entertainment by Italian-American singers and performers from around the nation, including The Bronx Wanderers from New York.   Acts rarely seen in the region include appearances by Carnev...

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By Frank Mazzaglia Among the 275,000 Italian-Americans who make their home in Middlesex County, many of them, particularly Sicilians, will most likely be visiting Lawrence, the "Immigrant City" this Labor Day weekend for the 90th anniversary of "The Feast of the Three Saints." Revelers come to the "The Feast" for a good time. After all, everybody...

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by Carlos Avila   The Mercer County Italian-American Festival last month was once again a huge success, but The Trentonian dug deeper into the history of the festival to discover the man behind the show. The man behind the idea of organizing a festival that brings thousands of people from all over to Mercer Park to celebrate the culture...

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The 113th Feast of San Vincenzo in New York City on Sunday Oct. 26th will be significant, marking either the last event held at St. Joseph's Church or a celebration of the church's continued operation.   The Archdiocese of New York in evaluating their structure, anticipates announcing closings of some churches this Fall. Regardless of the de...

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Local Italian heritage will again be celebrated when the Unico Club of Hazleton hosts the ninth annual Bell' Italia Festivale on Sept. 17 and 18 at Hazle Township Community Park.   The festival features Traditional Italian food, games, kiddie rides and entertainment, including fireworks the night of Sept. 17. It will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p....

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Toss out any preconceived notion of what an Italian-American woman should be like. The Italian-American Club of Hilton Head (IACHH) powers that be, passed a rule a few years ago declaring... NO RULES (ta-da!) regarding one's ethnic heritage when applying for membership to the club. That's right, you read it here first. You don't have to be Ita...

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Columbia's seventh annual Italian Festival and Bocce Tournament will take place Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 at the Robert Mills House and Hampton-Preston Mansion (1615 and 1616 Blanding St.).   The Italian Festival, hosted by the Sons of Italy in America Bella Italia Lodge 2808-Columbia, is free and open to the public and will offer a day of live...

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The Joesph B. Franzalia, Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge No. 2422, will present the 34th Annual Festa Italiana Columbus Day weekend.   Feast on homemade Italian foods, desserts, cookies, Italian beers and coffee. The festa runs 5-9 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. There will be Italian novelty gifts, a variety of local vendors...

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It's been nearly a decade, and in the spirit of bringing back a great Worcester tradition, a Kick Off Dinner will be held for this Summer's Italian Festival at Mount Carmel Recreation Center this Saturday, May 30. All proceeds from the dinner will go towards the Italian Festival which will be held August 21-23 at Mount Carmel Church. The dinner wi...

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Last Sunday (May 31st), my friends and I joined members of the Società San Calogero di Torretta in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the 53rd Annual Feast of San Calogero. Starting from the society's clubhouse on 20th Avenue, the procession made its way through the neighborhood to Saint Dominic's Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian. On 18th Avenue...

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