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The Knights of Saint Francis—the organization created by former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Angela Alioto—has scheduled a special Mass to be held on Friday, June 13, 2014.   The Mass will be celebrated on the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, the Portuguese-born, thirteenth-century Franciscan friar and patron saint of Padua,...

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The Annual Taste of Italy Dinner, hosted by the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave.    Open seating; buffet style serving of signature dishes from more than 25 Italian restaurants, providing some of thei...

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By Fran Sullivan   Anyone driving down Fourth Avenue in recent weeks could see by the colorful street decorations that the 8th Annual Festa di San Vito Peterstown Cultural Festival is coming to town. The street fair begins this Thursday, July 23, and ends Sunday, July 26. Time is Thursday through Saturday from 6 to 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, 5...

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As La Festa Italiana celebrates its 40th year, the annual end-of-summer festival in downtown Scranton, Pa. is expanding by opening Friday evening for the first time. La Festa will be held Labor Day weekend (Friday through Monday, September 4-7, 2015) on Courthouse Square in the heart of the city. Hours are Friday, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday a...

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Roma Lodge's Italian Festival returns to Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., July 29-31. Festival hours are 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, noon to 1 a.m. Saturday and noon to 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission costs $5 at the gate; $4 for advance purchase tickets.   The 38th annual festival will feature a variety of live entertainment and traditional I...

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This year, the Mount Carmel Italian Festival will be entering its 91st year. Despite the festival being 91 years old, it still has plenty of new festivities to offer people, including the largest collection of Dean Martin memorabilia – which is a special addition to the festival this year. "[The goal of the festival] is to carry on a cult...

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by Phyllis A.S. Boros Every August, for the past 23 years, thousands of area folk flock to St. Jude Church in Monroe for its "authentic" Italian festival.   "It's the real deal," said Peter Lucia, who has volunteered at each of the church's 24 festivals. "We expect more than 10,000" at the event, which runs from Wednesday, Aug. 20, through...

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Perhaps thanks to her Sardinian blood, poet Antonella Anedda was able to deliver an extremely effective description of the Sartiglia – the fascinating and mysterious race held on Carnival Sunday and Tuesday in Oristano, "on Sardinia's West coast, beyond which there is only Spain". She explains that "a man called 'su Componidori' is dressed by thre...

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By Ishani Chatterji   The best-known Italian puppet, Pinocchio, may not be among the 165 handcrafted marionettes performing at the Emmett Robinson Theater beginning today. But with "Sleeping Beauty," the real-life Geppettos of the Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company have dusted off another fairy tale best known to American audiences thro...

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Labor Day weekend (Friday through Monday, September 4-7, 2015).   The annual La Festa Italiana on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton, Pa. More than 80 vendors offering great Italian food, and continuous live entertainment. Friday, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. featuring The Duprees at 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Monday 11 a.m. to...

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