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by Teresa Di Fresco   Among the best known and most important writers of Italy was Gianni Rodari, a master of children's literature who in this rhyme from "The Travels of Pulcinella", the protagonist is Pulcinella, a carnival mask among the most famous and most poetic that Italy has ever celebrated, not only in the carnival parades of floats...

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By Tom Leyde Festa Italia is about food. It's about music. It's about commercial fishing. It's about family. It's about life and love. The 83rd version of the annual festa had its finale Sunday in Custom House Plaza. Those who attended did just what the festa program suggested: "eat, drink and be Italian."   For Italian/Sicilian famili...

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Every year, the Mount Carmel Society here hosts the Feast of Mount Carmel, complete with a carnival, multiple fireworks events and a procession on the feast day, July 16. Get a sense of what you can expect by looking through some of the best photos from last year's feast.   The fairgrounds are on Springfield Avenue, at River Road. There are...

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The 10th edition of the annual Hollyshorts Film Festival returned to the Chinese Theater, featuring a selection of Italian short movies, including Sexy Shopping by Antonio Benedetto and Adam Selo, Voce Umana by Edoardo Ponti, The Escape by Ivano Di Natale and Alessandro De Vivo, Un uccello molto serio by Lorenza Indovina, and The Age of Insecurity:...

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A taste of la dolce vita is at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis this weekend as the seventh annual Italian Film Festival takes to screens with works from new talents and cinematic titans. Additionally, WCCO-TV’s most Italian news anchor, Frank Vascellaro, will be kicking festivities off with a gala at the nearby Aster Café, complete with...

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The streets of East Cambridge and East Somerville will come alive for the 89th annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, on Warren Street in East Cambridge. There will be a food festival, parades, amusement rides, meatball and cannoli eating contests, "Frozen" and "Monsters Inc." movie characters, ca...

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Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, announces the lineup for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 fully staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York.   Each show will h...

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Pazzi Lazzi will conclude its very productive winter/spring tour with an outdoor festival in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Performing its original scenario "The Lady of the Rings," the event will take place within the Ethnic Heritage Festival this Sunday, May 10, at 4 p.m. The event is free and great for families. The day's calendar of e...

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By Madeline McKenzie Italian food, grape stomping, cooking demos and puppy parades are among crowd-pleasers at Festa Italiana Seattle Italian Festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27, at Seattle Center. If they had you at "Italian food," you're not alone. "Come for the food, stay for the fun" is the festival's motto, with food vendors of...

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In Italy, spring and summer are the seasons of palios and everything that revolves around the fun, folk events that put "comuni" and medieval villages, hamlets and every possible subdivision of a city – "rioni", "contrade", "terzieri", "quartieri", "sestieri" – in playful competition.   There are also rides and historical events with flag be...

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