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By Karlene Ponti   Be Italian for a day! The annual Italian Heritage Association Festa dinner will take place Oct. 10 at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. This year's dinner marks the group's 30th anniversary of celebrating local Italian heritage.   #The purpose of both the IHA and the Festa is the same: to preserve Italian heritage...

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Comitato Tricolore Italiani nel Mondo has been organizing Festa della Repubblica at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii since 2008. We did it to bring the entire community together, similar to Columbus Day, which is a celebration that every Italian American should support.   Unlike Columbus Day, which is a celebration of our contributions to A...

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The first week of February sees the 77th edition of the Sagra del mandorlo in fiore in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples (Feb. 2-9), a party to welcome spring and observe the blooming of the almond trees. Throughout the years, the event has become ever more international, while at the same time maintaining its original cultural significance, with...

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Celebrate a quarter century of the Ravenna Festival, the event that, from June to October, offers a series of cultural events dedicated to classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, opera, film and even history.   In fact, the theme of this year is "1914: The Year that Changed the World," a title linked to the celebrations for the 100...

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This year's recipient of the St. Anthony's Festival Pedulla Award is Mike Rossetti. The award is given each year by The Pedulla Family is in honor of D.A. Pedulla, who gave so much time and energy to the Festival but always with a smile and sense of humor.   The award is to honor a worker of St. Anthony's Festival who displays a sense of hum...

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Join us NEXT WEEKEND in East Cambridge! It is that time of year, when the streets of East Cambridge will come alive for the 88th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian THIS WEEKEND (September 6 & 7). The feast will be celebrated on Warren Street in East Cambridge. As always, there will be a food festival, parades, amusement rides...

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Rhode Island's Irish may have a lock on March, but October belongs to the state's Italians. And they know how to celebrate, with Columbus Day parades and festivals taking place from Westerly to Woonsocket. Providence's Federal Hill, the city's Italian stronghold, closes off much of Atwells Avenue beginning Saturday for three days of food, entertai...

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Summer is quickly approaching, which means some of the most popular festivals in the area will be coming up, like the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. One of the very first events to get things underway this year was held Tuesday night to announce the 2015 Italian-American of the year.   Tonight the Italian-American has been...

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Thank you Robert for sharing with us your wonderful pictures of this year's Feast of Our Lady of the Audience (May 24th). Each year devotees gather at Holy Rosary Church in Kansas City, Missouri to celebrate the Feast of the Madonna dell'Udienza, patroness of Sambuca, Sicily.   Festivities included live music, refreshments and the highly ant...

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The 37th annual Roma Lodge Italian Festival returns to Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Friday through Sunday, July 24-26. This year's festival is again all about traditional Italian foods and live entertainment. To show their gratitude for 37 years of support by the community, the Roma Lodge will again present fireworks from the Bartolatta Firewor...

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